African news outlets, including Ghana’s Graphic Online and All Africa.com have been reporting on the multi-day African Journalists for Sustainable Fisheries workshop in Accra, Ghana, and quoted CRC’s Dr. Brian Crawford, chief of party for the USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP), regarding policies that have led to overfishing, the need for measures to reverse over-exploitation and the need to share stories of success in sustainably managing fisheries in Africa.
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Philanthropy Magazine Mentions our Work under Rockefeller Foundation
Charitable foundations and rich folks have sustainable fisheries on their radar. Check out this piece from “Inside Philanthopy,” which mentions CRC-URI’s work under the Rockefeller Foundation, namely: “…Rockefeller has also supported academic research through a $559,000 grant to University of Rhode Island to better understand the root causes of fishery overexploitation.”