Our oceans and coastal communities are in peril, threatened by overfishing, biodiversity loss, Climate Change, and many interconnected social and environmental injustices. Under the banner of the Blue Economy, our oceans have also recently become considered the last frontier for economic development. Yet nearly 500 million people worldwide who derive a livelihood from our oceans are primarily excluded from this development narrative, despite their significant contribution to global food security through Blue Foods and having the most to offer and the most invested in ocean health.
\nSmall-scale fisheries constitute 40% of the global catch and provide food for billions worldwide. Yet, most fishers do not have access to technologies and systems that facilitate traceability and transparency, rendering them incongruent with the rapidly rising global consumer demand for traceable and sustainable products. Considered data- poor and plagued by Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing activities, they are marginalized in the marketplace, governance, and management spheres, remaining price-takers whose critical Local Ecological Knowledge is severely undervalued. This fiscal and power dynamic is reinforced by a financial dependency on mid-chain actors, a lack of access to fair markets, and an inability to
\nengage directly with end consumers.
\nThe service was developed by ABALOBI in conjunction with the CSIR, and leverages satellite images to provide small-scale fishers with access to near real-time data on Chloropyll-A and sea surface temperature (SST) that impact both their fishing decisions and safety of life at sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4223,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"pays":[83],"institution_de_mise_en_oeuvre":[96],"thematiques":[88],"implementing_institutions":[],"country":[],"class_list":["post-4222","success_stories","type-success_stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","pays-south-africa","institution_de_mise_en_oeuvre-csir","thematiques-marine-resources"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n