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Mundus Maris is a non-profit association that aims to protect the seas and the people of the seas by

The objectives of the Initiative

To make accessible to non-specialists scientifically validated knowledge [including 'ethno-scientific' knowledge] in ways that facilitate critical engagement and encourage active use of such knowledge for the transition towards sustainability. To encourage artistic expression in response to scientific knowledge reflecting diverse ways of 'knowing' and articulating such knowledge. To enable social networking and appropriation of knowledge for understanding marine and coastal ecosystems on one hand and marine cultures on the other. To support the development of international cooperation among schools and other entities centered on education, acquisition, valuation and sharing of knowledge and associated activities. To encourage the development of didactic tools for education and self-training. To provide a repository for accumulating and sharing information, knowledge and experience about initiatives and activities in the public domain. To give exposure to works of students and other people involved with the pursuit of knowledge of the sea through exhibitions and other forms of audio-visual and written expression. To encourage and promote the valuation of fishing communities' social capital and cultural heritage in pursuit of sustainable relations with the sea and the coast, including through exhibitions and other forms of communication.

16/10/2026

Today is World Food Day - 16 October!
Unfortunately modern aquaculture of carnivorous species produces less food than the food grade nutritious fish that are turned into fishmeal as feed. It takes about 5 tons of fish for one ton of feed and it takes 3 to 4 kg of feed in the optimistic case to produce 1 kg of carnivorous fish like salmon.
You can do the math - and then there are all these other costs, from massive pollution, public health issues and more.

One burden of the West’s aquaculture industry is created in the factories of poor countries, where communities live with foul air, disrupted sleep and the stench of rotting fish.

13/10/2026

Small-Scale Fishers in Ghana demand the revocation of offshore gold mining licenses in coastal waters, including in the newly established marine protected area in order to protect coastal living resources they want to regenerate, not put additional pressures on.

Ghanaian fishing communities are mounting pressure on the government to permanently revoke offshore gold exploration licenses, warning that the activities…

12/10/2026

"We are the Ocean. The Ocean is us" - a documentary of the European Peace Building Liaison Office (EPLO)

How does peacebuilding look when climate, gender and an intergenera...

11/10/2026

We've said it all along: carnivorous aquaculture is utterly unsustainable and actually destroying rather than producing food.

A new "Food for Feed" investigation reveals what happens when wild fish are treated as an industrial input rather than food for people.

06/10/2026

The September 2026 Newsletter is out with a focus on ocean protection, peace and international cooperation. How this can be practiced more at local level is shown in the accounts of Mundus maris activities during the month, notably through the SSF Academy in Ghana Canoe and Gear Owners Association - read the newsletter and enjoy

https://us7.campaign-archive.com/?u=18733887606f3d5c885cab815&id=75cf4e9a95

06/10/2026

Our friends at OceanCare followed the proceedings of the International Whaling Commission that just concluded its work in Hobart. - Light & Shadows. The good news is that the ban on commercial whaling was successfully upheld.

The 70th meeting of the International Whaling Commission, held in Hobart, Tasmania, took decisive decisions on several controversial issues.

01/10/2026

The training of the regional facilitators in the Academy was successfully concluded today with some more monitoring of the extent of achievements in relation to the year plan and agreement on realistic targets for the next three months. Group photo with the Regional Director of the Fisheries Commission in the Central Region, the Policy Director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministry, and Cornelia E Nauen of Mundus maris in the middle of the first row and television interviews by Kenneth Arthur of CaFGOAG and Cornelia E Nauen

30/09/2026

The second workshop of the SSF Academy in Ghana started Monday, 28 September 2026 in Elmina with the 20 regional facilitators from Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western regions ad well as national facilitators and coordinators from Mundus maris and Ghana Canoe and Gear Owners Association. After recapping dialogue meetings done in 8 pilot villages and other activities, the Academy practitioners worked on perfecting their engagement methods and learning new approaches to retain and expand the interest of different actors in the villages they were already working with. It's all to understand the rights and responsibilities fishers, boat owners, processors, traders, fisheries officers, and others have under the new Fisheries and Aquaculture Act's provisions for co-management. They are also preparing for bringing the regular dialogues to additional villages so that they can also identify their priority issues and work together towards solutions.

24/09/2026

The Governing Board of the Fisheries Commission (FC) in Ghana with support of the Global Fisheries and Resilience Action (GFRA) has inaugurated two national level fisheries co-management committees.

The Governing Board of the Fisheries Commission (FC), with support from GFRA — Global Fisheries and Resilience Action under the Inshore Exclusion Zone Enforcement and Transparency (IEZET) Project, has inaugurated two national-level fisheries...

20/09/2026

Please support the petition:
"Tell Norway to stop krill fishing expansion and support Antarctic marine protected areas"
Norway should stop pushing for unlimited krill catches, the key stone species of the food web in Antarctica. We support a healthy ecosystem and the permanent protection of Antarctica rather than krill catches for Norwegian salmon fattening in cages.

Antarctica's Southern Ocean is home to krill — tiny crustaceans that feed whales, penguins, and seabirds, and help lock carbon deep in the ocean. Krill populations are the foundation of the Antarctic ecosystem and the species that depend on them are already under pressure. Just this year, Antarcti...

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