Communicator for @pewenvironment international fisheries work. Come for the tuna talk, stay for the pug pics. Views my own. Contact: [email protected].
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Leah Weiser retweeted
Unbelievable. It is unfathomable that this admin wants to spend $300M to repair the sea wall and REDUCE access to the peninsula for everything other than elite golfers.
Plans at the NCPC show NO Ohio Drive. NO playground. NO park. This is completely unacceptable and a gross misuse of taxpayer dollars and the original intent of this PUBLIC PARK.
To be clear, the plans explicitly note that the overhaul would displace all other forms of recreation.
It is downright digusting.
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Leah Weiser retweeted
130 years of being a public park “for the recreation and pleasure of the people” all for one egotistic and greedy person to steal it away for his rich buddies.
If you are not paying attention, last night the NPS finally said the plan is final. A plan that calls for the expansion of golf to the entire peninsula. No more running. No more cycling. No more park.
Just golf.
Thousands of people. Access to the Cherry blossoms. A multipurpose space. 130 years of history. All washed away bc one dude who already has 16 golf courses demands he be gifted a 17th.
This is a naked grab for public lands. How the f**k is this acceptable?
@JaredHuffman @jamie_raskin @DonBeyerVA @glenniveymd @MarkWarner @AlsobrooksForMD @timkaine @ChrisVanHollen
Leah Weiser retweeted
National Park Service has neglected Anacostia Park - a Spotlight DC investigation with East of the River News. eastoftheriverdcnews.com/202…
This should be disqualifying.
DC candidate for Mayor Janeese Lewis George praised controversial W8 CoMem Trayon White at his birthday party Sunday - calling him an early mentor to her on the council. @wcp
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Leah Weiser retweeted
The demand for squid is rising fast, but protections for them haven't kept up.
This month, countries can agree to sustainably manage the species in the South Pacific, the world's largest squid fishery. #SPRFMO pewtrsts.org/4aWPOSw
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Nice way to handle the sidewalks by a 24 hour bus stop, @AnacostiaBID @DCDPW @311DCgov. Stop #100/426.
Leah Weiser retweeted
15 years ago today, the @FAO Conference approved the #PSMA, the only binding tool to #FightIUUFishing.
Over 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ States have since then become Party to the Agreement.
Check out how #PSMA is combatting #IUUFishing & advancing #SustainableFisheries 👉 buff.ly/3OmcGzU
Leah Weiser retweeted
Wishing all the best for your mandate, Commissioner @CostasKadis. May #ICCAT2024 in your home country 🇨🇾be an auspicious start, with the adoption of measures that ensure sustainable fisheries and healthy marine ecosystems.
#StayTuned
Leah Weiser retweeted
1.42 million metric tons of commercial tunas—heavier than 140 Eiffel Towers—are transshipped annually.
However, transshipments that are not adequately managed can open the door to illegal activity.
New data dives deep into how much money is at stake: pew.org/4gSv9Rv
Leah Weiser retweeted
Global fisheries health has fallen largely due to overfishing.
This November, regional fisheries management organizations (RFMO) can adopt data-backed catch limits, set by harvest strategies, for five commercially and ecologically important fish.
What they can do. 🧵 👇
ALT The number of sustainable fish populations fell from 90% in 1974 to 62% in 2021. Source: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Leah Weiser retweeted
Day 2: The urgency is palpable as CCAMLR Members discuss marine protections for Antarctica. With rising temperatures and melting ice, choices today will shape the future of this vital ecosystem. Time to prioritize krill management and secure the D1MPA. pewtrusts.org/en/research-an…
Leah Weiser retweeted
📢PSA to all #consultants and #researchers with an interest in #maritime and #fisheries! We are currently running two requests for proposals:
🐟Impact of External Threats on #SeafoodTrade
🦪Catalyzing DEI to Support Oyster #Aquaculture & Restoration
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Leah Weiser retweeted
Right now, the @UN General Assembly is convening.
5 ways #UNGA can work to improve our ocean’s health:
📜 Advance the #HighSeas treaty
♻️ Tackle plastic pollution
⏸ Pause on seabed mining
🐟 Reduce harmful fisheries subsidies
🚫 Combat illegal fishing
pew.org/47AAOHY
Leah Weiser retweeted
This September, fisheries managers can agree to keep tuna sustainable in the face of climate change.
How? They can agree to implement better data collection, harvest strategies, and efficient compliance processes. #IATTC 📸 Fabien Forget/ISSF pew.org/4dC8YN6
ALT The text “Tuna fisheries in the eastern Pacific Ocean are worth $5 billion annually.” Over an image of a dense school of torpedo-shaped, silvery fish, each with a yellow dorsal fin, a single yellow steak from head to tail, and a slightly ridged back, swims left to right through blue ocean waters.
Leah Weiser retweeted
NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITY at Pew on the needs and opportunities for understanding seaweed farming impacts in Alaska and British Columbia. We hope to inform management approaches that are right-sized, adaptive and effective for ensuring sustainable outcomes.
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Leah Weiser retweeted
Happening now: The @FAO's Committee on Fisheries (#COFI36) convenes in Rome to focus on ways to keep our fisheries sustainable.
Here's a look at just four of the many ways governments can work toward a sustainable ocean. 👇🧵
ALT Striped marlin hunting mackerel as divers look on, Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Hey, Call Your Mother! There are a lot of storefront vacancies here in Anacostia and we'd be HAPPY to have you on this side of town. @cym_deli
Georgetown bagel shop drama continues!
At yesterday's zoning hearing, Call Your Mother presented video of a neighbor improperly dumping her trash into a city can.
“It’s me throwing rat carcasses away,” the neighbor said, blaming the rat problem on CYM.
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Leah Weiser retweeted
We know more about our solar system than we do about the depths of the ocean.
This #WorldOceansDay, here are 5 threats to our ocean—and 5 ways we can help protect it. 🧵👇
ALT Colorful fish, a stingray, and black tipped sharks swimming below the waterline. A partly cloudy sky above.
Leah Weiser retweeted
Governments must work together to fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (#IUU) for the health of our ocean.
On #IUUDay, here are a few reasons why: pew.org/3VbPsiL
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1: FIFA via Getty Images
2: Oleh_Slobodeniuk/Getty Images
3: Andrés Pérez Wittmann/Getty
ALT A seafood market with multiple types of fish in the foreground. One employee looks at other speaking in the backgorund
ALT Twenty to thirty fishing boats over green-blue water
ALT A pair of hands untangling a green fishing line