We are excited to announce that SWIOTUNA, in collaboration with The Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), is launching a series of informative webinars focused on Regional Marine Fisheries Governance and Management. The webinars focuses on regional fisheries decision making and other important elements of fisheries. 

We invite you to join the inaugural session.

Topic: The role of Regional Fisheries Management Organization in Sustainable Marine Fisheries. 

Date : 18th November 2024 

Time: 9:00AM EAT ( I hour 15 Minutes)

Language: English, with live translations available in French and Portuguese

Zoom Registration:  http://bit.ly/4e89kLp  

Please save the date, and find the concept note attached for further details and preparation. We kindly encourage you to share this information with your networks. 

Stay tuned for more updates.  

SWIOTUNA in collaboration with Marine Stewardship Council - MSC, invites you to a webinar on Tuna fisheries and sustainability. The MSC will be presenting insights and data from MSCs Tuna Yearbook.

Date: 12 August 2024
Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm EAT
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87977320061
Meeting ID: 879 7732 0061

We look forward to your participation.

Join SWIOTUNA network coordinator , Doreen simiyu, for the Transformation Literacy Conference on Monday 24th April, 2-4pm CET to engage and enlighten you on #OurBlueFuture, a transformation network for a sustainable blue economy in the Western Indian Ocean region.

To join us register using the link for your free- but limited- ticket here: https://events.zoom.us/.../Ag1vPwLiX9xOBv-h6i5...

SWIOTUNA will be  participating in the small scale fisheries summit that provides an opportunity to celebrate IYAFA 2022 and promote dialogue and collaboration between and among small scale fisheries organizations and other SSF stakeholders from 2nd-4th September 2022 at Rome Italy.

WWF have organized a bycatch mitigation workshop focused on drift/ gillnets in the Indian Ocean.   Objective of the meeting is to Undertake evaluation of existing mitigation measures for their sustainability to reduce bycatch of multiple taxa in drift/gillnet fisheries/gears and to scope and assess the feasibility of novel or experimental measures being developed for this purpose in the Indian Ocean.

This will be a virtual meeting that will be held on the 29th -31st August 2022 using a zoom platform and will be for four-hours every day.  The zoom link to the virtual meeting is
https://wwf.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwudeGpqzwiGNTnOAPxhQrWbPbFnewZk6HT.

WWF Madagascar commissioned a study on assessing the foundations of a sustainable blue Economy in the South West Indian Ocean Region. The study will inform the implementation of the current grant being implemented by SWIOTUNA and other parties in the region on Unlocking the potential of a Sustainable Blue Economy in the SWIO region. SWIOTUNA in liaison with WWF Madagascar have organized a webinar on the 24th August 2022 from 10.00am -12.00pm EAT to present the main findings of the report. The meeting audience are members of SWIOTUNA and any other institution in the region with a stake in the blue space. The zoom link to the virtual meeting is https://wwf.zoom.us/j/95456611608?pwd=S3FyTitlb1hVd1lSQm1VUW1kNzJGUT09.