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Magazine SPRING 2020 OCEANA.ORG British investment banker Lord Jacob Rothschild welcomed Oceana’s Board to a reception at Spencer House, the 18th-century London palace that was carefully restored under Lord Rothschild’s chairmanship. For photos of the event, see page 37. © Waddesdon Image Library Resilient Seas Sanctuaries Won Meet SeaChange’s Chair How the oceans can counter The marine habitats Oceana Entrepreneur Elizabeth Wahler climate change, with our help has preserved, in photos leads one of Oceana’s top events Board of Directors Ocean Council Oceana Staff Valarie Van Cleave, Chair Susan Rockefeller, Founder Chief Executive Officer Ted Danson, Vice Chair Kelly Hallman, Vice Chair Andrew Sharpless Diana Thomson, Treasurer Dede McMahon, Vice Chair President James Sandler, Secretary Anonymous Jim Simon Keith Addis, President Samantha Bass Chief Policy Officer, North America Gaz Alazraki John and Violaine Bernbach Jacqueline Savitz Monique Bär Rick Burnes Herbert M. Bedolfe, III Marcella Cacci Chief Scientist Nicholas Davis Vin Cipolla Katie Matthews, Ph.D. Sydney Davis Barbara Cohn Senior Vice President, César Gaviria Ann Colley Strategic Initiatives Mária Eugenia Girón Edward Dolman Matthew Littlejohn Loic Gouzer Susanne Elstein Vice President, Belize Jena King Kay Fernandez Janelle Chanona Sara Lowell Marsha Garces Williams Stephen P. McAllister Brian and Linda Gold Vice President, Brazil Ademilson Zamboni, Ph.D. Kristian Parker, Ph.D. Chris and Carolyn Groobey Daniel Pauly, Ph.D. J. Stephen and Angela Kilcullen Executive Director, Oceana Canada David Rockefeller, Jr. Ann Luskey Joshua Laughren Susan Rockefeller Peter Neumeier Vice President, Chile Simon Sidamon-Eristoff Carl and Janet Nolet Liesbeth van der Meer Rashid Sumaila, Ph.D. Ellie Phipps Price Sam Waterston David Rockefeller, Jr. Executive Director and Vice President, Oceana in Europe Jean Weiss Andrew Sabin Pascale Moehrle Elias Sacal John and Regina K. 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Features Contents 3/ CEO Note Oceana’s country by country approach gets the job done, despite political turmoil 4/ For the Win A legal milestone in Chile, progress towards a U.S. shark fin trade ban, and more 6/ News & Notes Seafood fraud shown in three countries, Canada’s fish populations decline, and more © Shutterstock/Imagine Earth Photography 8/ Q&A Climate change and the oceans Dr. Malin Pinsky on becoming an Oceana Science 10 Advisor and researching marine ecosystems 10/ Resilient Seas Climate change is hurting the ocean, but Oceana is helping the ocean fight back 22/ Sanctuaries Won A snapshot of Oceana’s habitat protections around the world 30/ Oceana’s Victories Looking back at our big wins over the last year © Oceana/Carlos Minguell 31/ Supporter Spotlight Protecting habitats around the world Entrepreneur and marketing whiz Elizabeth 22 Wahler is the new SeaChange chair 32/ Ask Dr. Pauly What is ecosystem-based fisheries management? To help navigate Oceana’s work, look for these five icons representing our five major campaigns. 34/ Events Our Ocean 2019, a plastic seminar in Curb Protect Switzerland, and two London receptions Pollution Habitat Stop Increase 38/ Chef’s Corner Overfishing Transparency Mark Bittman’s recipe for seared sea scallops Reduce 40/ Parting Shot Bycatch Swimming above a meadow of Neptune grass 1 Your support makes an ocean of difference Please Give Generously Today A healthy, fully restored ocean could sustainably feed more than 1 billion people each day. Call us today at (202) 833-3900, email us at [email protected], visit www.oceana.org/give, or use the envelope provided in this magazine to make a donation. Oceana is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization and contributions are tax- deductible to the fullest extent of the law. © Shutterstock/Seb c’est bien CEO Note © iStock/Vaara Oceana saves the oceans country by as well as good for the world. It’s also outcomes that stop overfishing, country. This might seem surprising, important because our campaigners protect ocean habitat, reduce ocean since the map of the world’s oceans are on their home turf, and so they pollution, and drive the transparency makes it look like a highly international know the nuances of how to win. that deters illegal fishing. You will place. enjoy reading about a new set of policy So, while we are highly diverse, we victories in this decade’s first issue of Our approach is rooted in the fact that are one global organization. We have our thrice-yearly magazine. most of the world’s fish, and most of its grown to include people campaigning in biodiversity, are in the coastal zones 10 key ocean countries, and together, Ocean conservation has been an that are under national control. these countries control about 30% of area in which steady progress is the world’s wild fish catch each year. possible despite political tumult. This These zones, called Exclusive Economic tradition is even evident in the name Zones (or EEZs, for short), extend Across all our countries, our policy of the fundamental U.S. law on ocean out to 200 nautical miles. They are advocates are facing extraordinary fishing, which is called the Magnuson- recognized under international law political events, and in some cases, Stevens Act after the Democratic and as zones in which the coastal country, even turmoil. The United States is Republican senators who insisted typically without any international heading into what will almost certainly on modern science-based fishery consultation, sets and enforces rules be a hyper-partisan election year. management. on ocean fishing and other ocean Britain and Europe have just finished resource extraction, such as oil drilling a Brexit-fueled round of high stakes With your continued support, Oceana or undersea mining. politics. continues to win for the oceans, despite these highly partisan times. To win national ocean conservation In Chile, street protests involving Thank you for your generous support. policies country by country, Oceana millions of people challenge Please take courage, and confidence, assembles small teams of advocates in assumptions about the balance of from the good news reported in these countries whose EEZs are strategically power in that important ocean country pages. important to the global productivity (which is always listed among the top and diversity of the world’s oceans. 10 most important fishing nations in For the Oceans, the world). I could go on. All our teams are composed of citizens from those countries. This is important You will be relieved to learn that Andrew Sharpless because the conservation policies we these unusual times have not stopped CEO seek are good for the coastal country us from continuing to deliver policy Oceana 3 SPRING 2020 | Oceana.org For the Win © Oceana/María José Cornax Buckets are filled with longlines aboard a fishing vessel in Sicily, Italy. Up to 1,200 hooks can be attached to the main line, posing a deadly and indiscriminate threat to many marine animals. Fishery council rejects harmful longline fishery Oceana provides public access to Mexico’s commercial off U.S. West Coast fishing data for first time The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted Mexico’s commercial fishing data can now overwhelmingly against the return of a West be viewed anywhere in the world, thanks to Coast-based pelagic longline fishery targeting Oceana’s efforts to provide free online access swordfish on the high seas. Pelagic longlines, which have to this crucial information on the Global Fishing Watch been banned off of California’s coast for nearly 40 years, platform. contain thousands of baited hooks and stretch for up to 100 kilometers (60 miles). They are left to soak in the This data, recorded by satellite, covers more than 2,000 water overnight, resulting in high rates of bycatch and vessels in Mexico’s industrial fleet. Previously, only 34 ensnaring sharks, seabirds, marlins, marine mammals, vessels had data on public record. Oceana was able and critically endangered sea turtles. to access a more complete dataset after the National Access to Information Institute (INAI) ruled that this Despite facing pressure from NOAA Fisheries to expand information was of public interest and should be made the use of pelagic longlines, the council sided with available. Oceana and its allies, ecotourism operators, members of Congress, and the state of California, which played a key Visit globalfishingwatch.org/map/workspace/mexico to role in securing this latest protection for marine life. see the data. 4 Chile’s Supreme Court sides with Oceana in Shark fin trade ban passes U.S. House Dominga mining case vote, heads to Senate Last September, Chile’s highest court sided with The U.S.