‘Best for Blue’ for Aquaculture
The Best for Blue’ research briefs series highlightis key considerations and principles for sustainable aquaculture in the Southwest coast of Newfoundland. These briefs are based on studies conducted by the researchers as well as the discussion at a workshop organized by the research team.
Meeting with TBTI Global Director and TBTI Hubs Coordinators in India
Attending the 14th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Conference (14AFAF 2025) was an enriching experience, but one of the most impactful moments was the opportunity to meet the Too Big To Ignore (TBTI) Global Director, Dr. Ratana Chuenpagdee and the Coordinators of the TBTI Philippines and TBTI Thailand.
Philippines’ small-scale fisheries research project conducts benchmarking activity in Japan
Highlights from a recent visit to Japan of the Philippines researchers as part of the project on ‘Assessing and Accelerating: Towards the Full Implementation of the FAO Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines (SSF Guidelines) in the Philippines’.
Small-scale Fisheries in Latin America
The objective of the new TBTI Global project is to establish national networks, or hubs, of researchers and stakeholders in support of small-scale fisheries in five Latin American countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru.
TBTI Podcast
We are pleased to share with you our new TBTI podcast series that explores our journey from how we started to where we are today. We hope that this series will be interesting to those familiar with our work, those who are new to the network, as well as those who have yet to join.
2024 World Fisheries Day
For 2024 World Fisheries Day, we’re contemplating the idea “Just Harmony,” as a way to bring attention to how small-scale fisheries can help restore or bring harmony to coastal and ocean space. It’s harmony in the sense of being respectful of each other, and of the differences. It is also in the sense of working together to deal with the ‘best’ option that does not necessarily seem to be ‘just’, at least not from the perspective of small-scale fisheries. Just Harmony can be learning moments for all, like learning to live together, despite our differences.
New book: Life Beyond the Tōhoku Disasters by Alyne E. Delaney
This book explores, in rich, ethnographic detail, the lives of a group of Japanese fishers and community residents in coastal Japan in the aftermath of the tsunami generated from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Focused on one town in Miyagi Prefecture near the epicenter of the 2011 quake, the text provides a singularly unique opportunity to hear, in their own voices, individuals’ reflections and experiences on life after the disasters while also drawing upon anthropological fieldwork data from many of the same individuals 10 years prior to the disaster.
A sneak preview of TBTI Malaysia
If you have been following our news, you would have noticed that an official launch of a TBTI country hub is accompanied by a cake. We didn’t have that in Kuala Lumpur when the writing team came together to work on the SSF Malaysia E-book in July.
Transdisciplinarity in Fisheries and Ocean Sustainability
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Blue Justice: Small-Scale Fisheries in a Sustainable Ocean Economy
Blue Justice: Small-Scale Fisheries in a Sustainable Ocean Economy. For small-scale fisheries around the world, the Blue Growth and Blue Economy initiatives may provide sustainable development, but only insofar as they align with the global consensus enshrined in the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication.
Highlights from the ‘Blue Justice – Alert to Action’ campaign
On February 20th, the World’s Day of Social Justice, TBTI Global brought forward a collection of stories about Blue Justice in Small-Scale Fisheries from nine countries. Each of the stories depicts issues of (in)justice, in voices of those directly affected by it – the small-scale fishers themselves.
We summarized these highlights in an infograhic and a short video that can be viewed on TBTI YouTube channel. And while you’re there, be sure to check the original videos that were released on February 20, plus a few more that we have received since then.
The consequences of the fishmeal and fish oil industry on Senegal’s food security
In the coastal nation of Senegal, a complex interplay between global market demands and local food security is unfolding. Despite an increase in fish landings, the proliferation of the fishmeal and fish oil (FMFO) industry, driven by the insatiable global appetite for products like supermarket salmon, is not only failing to alleviate national food insecurity but is exacerbating it.