The Global Fisheries Transparency Coalition has offered membership to SFB USA. The coalition is a partnership between multiple NGOs headed by Oceana and the Environmental Justice Foundation. The goal is to expand solutions to reduce illegal fishing and human rights abuses at sea globally. Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Vibrant Ocean Initiative has committed to funding the coalition.

“The Global Transparency Coalition will be the platform and global voice of the many NGOs now working to strategize and harmonize efforts to take transparency to the next level,” Oceana Board Member Antha Williams said in a statement. “Beginning in key target countries and organized around a set of to-be-developed policy principles, this coalition will build an inclusive international community among global transparency leaders, sharing intelligence and resources, and helping secure new support where gaps are identified. We are excited to support this effort to elevate and advance fishing transparency at a global scale.”

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