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La reunión "Seguridad marítima 2024: innovaciones y alianzas para el futuro" fue una reunión de dos días que se celebró los días 8 y 9 de octubre de 2024, organizada por el Gobierno de Cabo Verde en la capital, Praia, como parte de un proceso más amplio de intercambio de experiencias en el marco de la Arquitectura de cooperación de Yaundé. A lo largo de los años, el formato puso cada vez más énfasis en la búsqueda de respuestas innovadoras a lo que hace unos años era un foco de piratería e inseguridad marítima. Está impulsado por los Amigos del Golfo de Guinea del G7++ (FoGG).

La transición energética en el sector pesquero no consiste únicamente en reducir las emisiones y luchar contra el cambio climático, sino también en garantizar que el sector siga siendo competitivo a escala mundial y resistente a largo plazo. Organizado por ClientEarth, Oceana y Seas at Risk, este evento de la Semana del Océano de la UE tuvo lugar el jueves 3 de octubre de 2024 a la hora del almuerzo en el espacio de exposición de Talk CEC, 141-143 Chaussée de Wavre, 1050 Ixelles, Bruselas.

The documentary X-Trillion shows the journey of 14 women crossing the North Pacific Ocean in a sailing ship to document at least the surface plastic that has been dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The eXXpedition’s all-women crew led by Emily Penn sailed 3,000 miles taking samples to make the unseen, seen.

Del 30 de septiembre al 4 de octubre de 2024 se celebró la Semana de los Océanos en el Parlamento Europeo y sus alrededores, organizada por las "ONG azules" en Bruselas, encabezadas por Seas At Risk, BirdLife Europe and Central Asia, ClientEarth, Oceana, Surfrider Foundation Europe y WWF. Con el apoyo de unas 140 organizaciones, entre ellas Mundus maris, lanzaron el nuevo "Manifiesto Azul" para un océano saludable y productivo. Identifica 50 peticiones políticas transversales y sectoriales concretas, proporcionando así una hoja de ruta clara hacia un océano saludable en 2030. El evento "Replanteando la pesca", celebrado en una gran carpa frente al Parlamento el 1 de octubre, fue una excelente oportunidad para arrojar luz sobre los cambios que se necesitan urgentemente para reconstruir los recursos y permitir una pesca próspera de bajo impacto.
 

Una amplia coalición de organizaciones locales de Senegal pide al nuevo gobierno que adopte medidas decisivas para mejorar las condiciones de vida de su población. Una marcha silenciosa exigió un esfuerzo nacional para ayudar a los jóvenes a permanecer en el país y construir un futuro mejor. Mundus maris expresa su solidaridad con las familias afectadas en Senegal y en otros lugares. Apoya el llamamiento de la coalición a un mayor compromiso del gobierno, los profesionales y la sociedad civil para detener el éxodo e invertir en capital humano, instituciones y condiciones dignas de trabajo.

In March 2022, the United Nations Environment Assembly decided to establish an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop a legally binding international treaty to address plastic pollution throughout its lifecycle, from production to disposal. This treaty, expected to be the most ambitious to date, could be finalised between 2024 and 2025, and would regulate plastic use in a similar way to climate change agreements. It is currently in a particularly critical phase of the international negotiations where proposals to drastically reduce plastic use and replace fossil fuel feed stock by biodegradable raw materials meet with resistance from countries and lobbies wedded to gas and oil.

The annual FishBase-SeaLifeBase Symposium is the occasion to showcase advances in biodiversity research and use of the global information systems to promote recovery and sustainable use of marine and freshwater resources and their ecosystems. This year's symposium was convened by the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 2 and 3 September 2024. Day one was focused on new findings in conjunction with the Gill Oxygen Limitation Theory (GOLT), day two gave room to a broader cross section of biodiversity related topics with a focus on the Mediterranean.

The 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) is scheduled for June 2025 in Nice, France. Costa Rica and France are the co-organisers. UNOC3 is to rally more political, financial, technical and societal engagement in support of the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development (SDG 14). An extensive preparatory process is ongoing with conferences e.g. in Costa Rica in June and at the UN in New York in July 2024. Ten themes have been identified to shape the programme in Nice. They are at the centre of so-called Ocean Action Panels. Mundus maris has responded in the public consultation to underpin three of them.

Upon invitation of the organising committee at the FAO, Cornelia E Nauen of Mundus maris attended the second SSF Summit taking place in the premises of FAO from 5 to 7 July 2024. The first day was exclusively reserved for members of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) Working Group on Fisheries with a thematic focus on customary tenure rights for small-scale and indigenous fisheries. During the weekend, with some 300 participants admitted, the emphasis shifted towards sharing recent experiences and regional group discussions focused on translating these experiences into next steps of implementation to be carried for the ensuing meeting of the Committee of Fisheries (COFI36).

As part of the preparations for the next global small-scale fisheries congress, regional gatherings are convened by the research platform 'Too Big To Ignore' (TBTI) and its partners under the suggestive title 'Bright spots - Hope spots'. The one for Europe gathered a small group of researchers and fishers near Larnaca, Cyprus, from 1 to 3 July 2024. Katia Frangoudes based at IUEM/UBO, Brest, France was the principal host not sparing any effort to make the meeting professionally productive in the lovely atmosphere created by traditional Cypriot hospitality.

The emergency closure of the Baltic cod fishery in 2019 was the sad low point of mismanagement of Baltic fisheries. The Low Impact Fishers Europe (LIFE) apex organisation of small-scale, coastal fishers had invited managers, NGOs and other interested parties to a consultation to explore how to stop the desastrous downward spiral. Since 2019 things have not improved. On the contrary. The collapse of cod in the Western Baltic has also been followed by that of herring and sprat as major food of cod. The flatfishes are still there but can not replace either the ecological function or the economic role of the collapsed species in the ecosystem. Marta Cavallé, Executive Director of LIFE, flanked by Brian O'Riordan, her predecessor, opened the meeting and welcomed all participants.