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Insights from the 2025 West Africa Small Pelagic workshop held in Mauritania
Global Roundtable to discuss fisheries management at Lisbon conference on marine ingredients
Insights from the 2025 West Africa Small Pelagic workshop held in Mauritania
The Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients (GRT) is pleased to announce the publication of the official report (in English and French) from the workshop titled “Transforming the Small Pelagic Fish Value Chain in West Africa: Maximising the Value of the Catch”, held in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on 10–11 July 2025.
2024 Annual Report
Global Roundtable to discuss fisheries management at Lisbon conference on marine ingredients
Insights from the 2025 West Africa Small Pelagic workshop held in Mauritania
Throughout 2024, Members of the Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients have joined forces with stakeholders sharing the same concern for responsible sourcing of marine raw materials.
Global Roundtable to discuss fisheries management at Lisbon conference on marine ingredients
Global Roundtable to discuss fisheries management at Lisbon conference on marine ingredients
West Africa: Following an FAO workshop in Ghana, Members of the Global Roundtable recommend an action plan
The Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients will host a discussion around fisheries management and viable value chains' contribution to food security on the 23rd October 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal. A range of speakers will discuss what underpins good fishery management and how to monitor impacts as well as how the industry can contribute
The Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients will host a discussion around fisheries management and viable value chains' contribution to food security on the 23rd October 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal. A range of speakers will discuss what underpins good fishery management and how to monitor impacts as well as how the industry can contribute to improving fishery management in some key regions, such as West Africa.
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West Africa: Following an FAO workshop in Ghana, Members of the Global Roundtable recommend an action plan
The Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients wants to catalyse action following a third-party Human Rights Impact Assessment in Mauritania and Senegal
West Africa: Following an FAO workshop in Ghana, Members of the Global Roundtable recommend an action plan
2nd February 2024
Several members of the Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients travelled to Africa to participate in a workshop from 5th to 7th December 2023 in Accra, Ghana.
Evaluation d'impact sur les droits humains en Mauritanie et au Sénégal : la Table Ronde Mondiale sur les Ingrédients Marins veut favoriser l’action
The Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients wants to catalyse action following a third-party Human Rights Impact Assessment in Mauritania and Senegal
The Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients wants to catalyse action following a third-party Human Rights Impact Assessment in Mauritania and Senegal
5 octobre 2023
« Cette étude souligne l'écart entre d’une part les pratiques actuelles au Sénégal et en Mauritanie et d’autre part les standards de l'industrie de la farine et de l'huile de poisson au niveau mondial ».
The Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients wants to catalyse action following a third-party Human Rights Impact Assessment in Mauritania and Senegal
The Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients wants to catalyse action following a third-party Human Rights Impact Assessment in Mauritania and Senegal
The Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients wants to catalyse action following a third-party Human Rights Impact Assessment in Mauritania and Senegal
5th October 2023
“This study underlines the gap between the current practices in Senegal and Mauritania and the fishmeal and fish oil industry’s global standards”.
Roundtable members welcome the FAO's SOFIA 2022 Report
Side event at NASF: Update on the Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients
Roundtable members welcome the FAO's SOFIA 2022 Report
The Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients welcomes the latest FAO’s State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture report on 29th June 2022, launched at the recent UN Ocean Conference.
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Roundtable provides update at NASF 2022
Side event at NASF: Update on the Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients
Roundtable members welcome the FAO's SOFIA 2022 Report
Árni M. Mathiesen, Independent Chair of the Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients, provided an update yesterday at the North Atlantic Seafood Forum held in Bergen, Norway, on the work undertaken by its Members* in three directions: West Africa, South / Southeast Asia and life cycle assessment analyses. He also announced that a new membe
Árni M. Mathiesen, Independent Chair of the Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients, provided an update yesterday at the North Atlantic Seafood Forum held in Bergen, Norway, on the work undertaken by its Members* in three directions: West Africa, South / Southeast Asia and life cycle assessment analyses. He also announced that a new member had joined the pre-competitive platform: the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).
Side event at NASF: Update on the Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients
Side event at NASF: Update on the Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients
Side event at NASF: Update on the Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients
Press conference held at the North Atlantic Seafood Forum (Bergen, Norway) on 21st June 2022.
The Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients was launched in October 2021, with two objectives: increasing the availability of sustainable marine ingredients and driving environmental and social improvements in key reduction fisheries globally.
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Contribution for Mauritanian Management Plan
Contribution for Mauritanian Management Plan
Side event at NASF: Update on the Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients
(31th March) The members of the Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients congratulate the Government of Mauritania for initiating the development of a management plan for the small pelagics fishery in 2018/19, which is essential for its ongoing sustainable development.
Roundtable recommendations for West Africa
Contribution for Mauritanian Management Plan
Roundtable recommendations for West Africa
(8th March) Members of the Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients welcome the report which the FAO published on 21stJanuary 2022, entitled Socio-economic and biological impacts of the fish-based feed industry for sub-Saharan Africa.
Roundtable Launch
Contribution for Mauritanian Management Plan
Roundtable recommendations for West Africa
(18th October 2021) IFFO, The Marine Ingredients Organisation, and Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) today announced the Global Marine Ingredients Roundtable, where companies from the entire marine ingredients value chain will drive environmental and social improvements in key fisheries globally.