Innovative Technology in Marine Biodiversity and Sustainable Fisheries: Lessons from USAID’s ECOFISH Project
USAID's award-winning “Ecosystems Improved for Sustainable Fisheries” (ECOFISH) project works to conserve biological diversity, enhance ecosystem productivity, and restore the profitability of fisheries throughout the Philippines by applying an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management to improve social, economic, and environmental conditions.
Innovative technologies developed for this project, as well as the project itself, have received notable recognition and multiple awards. Please join us to learn more about these innovations and celebrate the key individuals and organizations who made these accomplishments possible at a reception to follow the event.
Please note that this event is accessible by webcast only.
Speakers
Vice President, Sustainable Markets, Pact
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