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CLLD or “community-led local development” is a bottom-up approach to socio-economic development that brings local people together to decide how they want to improve their area. Under the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF), 2021-2027, coastal areas once again have the opportunity to launch – or re-launch – CLLD.

The EU wants to take an even more active role in international ocean governance (IOG) by: strengthening the IOG framework at global, regional and bilateral levels; realising ocean sustainability by 2030; making the ocean a safe and secure space responding to growing challenges to the rules-based multilateral order; building up international ocean knowledge for evidence-based decision-making to protect and sustainably manage the ocean.

The ocean is at the foundation of life in the planet and plays a vital role in safeguarding that some of our most basic needs are met. The Blue Economy comprises all activities that are linked to the water, the sea and the oceans.

Regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs) are international bodies..

Stock identification provides a basis for understanding population dynamics and makes the stock assessment process more robust, thereby developing fisheries management strategies.

Relevant fish stocks and other marine organisms, and associated fishing activities for data collection and scientific advice in support of fisheries management advice in each OR Small-scale fisheries constitute the main fisheries in the ORs.

As a result of global warming, the marine ecosystem around the North Pole, the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO), is in fast transition from a permanently to a seasonally ice-covered ocean.

As a result of global warming, the marine ecosystem around the North Pole, the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO), is in fast transition from a permanently to a seasonally ice-covered ocean.