Mayankho a Zakudya Zam'madzi

Mark J. Spalding, Purezidenti wa The Ocean Foundation

Tidalumikizana ndi The Ocean Foundation ndi SeaWeb kudzera pa Mgwirizano Wamabungwe a Gulu, omwe idayamba kugwira ntchito pa Novembara 17, 2015. Ocean Foundation idzasamalira udindo wa SeaWeb 501(c)(3), ndipo idzapereka kasamalidwe ndi kayendetsedwe ka mabungwe awiriwa. Tsopano ndine CEO wa mabungwe onsewa, ndipo mamembala a board a 8 omwewo (5 ochokera ku TOF, ndi 3 ochokera ku SeaWeb) adzalamulira mabungwe onsewa kuyambira pa 4 December.

Chifukwa chake, The Ocean Foundation ipitiliza kugwira ntchito komanso kukhulupirika kolimba kwa mapulogalamu okhazikika a SeaWeb pogwira ntchito ndi atsogoleri abizinesi, opanga mfundo, magulu oteteza zachilengedwe, atolankhani ndi asayansi; komanso chidwi chake pazinthu zina zofunika kwambiri zam'nyanja.

Ocean Foundation imathandizira njira yokhazikitsidwa ndi msika monga gawo la njira zotsatizana zambiri zokhudzana ndi thanzi la m'nyanja ndi kukhazikika (zachuma, chikhalidwe, kukongola, ndi chilengedwe). Takhala tikuthandizira kwa nthawi yayitali Msonkhano wa SeaWeb Seafood ndi ntchito yake ndi gawo lazakudya zam'nyanja kuti asinthe makampani awo kuti akhale okhazikika. Ocean Foundation yathandiziranso Msonkhanowo ngati wothandizira zachuma. Tawona kufunikira kwa maphunziro ogula pazakudya zam'nyanja kudzera mu Seafood Watch ndi maupangiri ena am'nyanja. Ndifenso akatswiri pamapulogalamu opangira ziphaso, komanso kufunikira kwa ma eco-label omwe amachokera kwa iwo. Ocean Foundation yagwira ntchito ndi Environmental Law Institute pa miyezo yaulamuliro wa certification of aquaculture. Kuphatikiza apo, tachita kafukufuku wambiri mothandizidwa ndi Clinton Global Initiative Partnership pa International Sustainable Aquaculture. TOF inagwira ntchito ndi Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic ku Harvard Law School komanso ndi Environmental Law Institute kuti ifufuze momwe malamulo a federal alipo - makamaka, Magnuson-Stevens Act ndi Clean Water Act - zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito moyenera kuwonetsetsa kuti tikuchepetsa kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe chaulimi wapanyanja.

Kuonjezera apo, ife a The Ocean Foundation tikuwona mwayi wochuluka wowonetseratu kafukufuku wokhazikika ngati gawo la kuyankha pamapulogalamu amakampani monga njira yolumikizirana ndi misika (kukhulupirira woweta nsomba). Njira yathu yonse imatanthauza kupeza mwayi wopeza Total Allowable Catch, kuthana ndi usodzi wosaloledwa, ukapolo komanso kusokonekera kwamisika komwe kulipo, kotero kuti msika ukhoza kukhala wabwino ndi kuchita zamatsenga.

Ndipo, ntchitoyi sinangogwira ntchito pazakudya zam'nyanja, tidathandiziranso ndikugwira ntchito limodzi ndi Tiffany & Co. Foundation pazomwe zidakhala kampeni ya SeaWeb Too Precious to Wear. Ndipo, tikupitiriza kuyesetsa kwa mauthengawa kuti tisinthe khalidwe la msika wa ma coral a pinki ndi ofiira mpaka lero.

Kuti tipitirize khama lathu, ndikulankhula ku SeaWeb Seafood Summit (February ku Malta) pa ubale pakati pa nyanja acidification ndi chitetezo cha chakudya, ndi pa Seafood Expo North America (March ku Boston) mmene kusintha kwa nyengo kudzakhudza malonda nsomba , ndikuwatsutsa kukonzekera. Khalani nane pamisonkhanoyi, ndipo tidzapitiriza kukambirana.

Chithunzi chojambula: Philip Chou/SeaWeb/Marine Photobank