Fisheries

WCPFC urged to end closed meetings

2024-11-27T12:36:00

Profile head and shoulders shot of Ryan Orgera, global director of Accountability.Fish

Source: Accountability.Fish

As the Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission convenes its annual general meeting, Accountability.Fish is urging members to open the doors to the media in the name of greater transparency

The pressure group which advocates for open governance of the world’s oceans is calling on the commission to reverse its practice of closing key elements of its Technical & Compliance Committee meeting to NGO observers.

Director Ryan Orgera says the practice of closed meetings ‘flies in the face’ of the commission’s founding charter.

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