PH Embassy in Berlin Marks Maritime Awareness Month with Sustainable Fisheries Talk

Participants at the UPLIFT Session (Berlin PE photo)

BERLIN 05 October 2020 — In celebration of Maritime and Archipelagic Nation Awareness Month (ManaMo) in September, the Philippine Embassy in Berlin hosted the second session of its UPLIFT  series (Unpacking the Pandemic’s Lessons through Interviews with Filipino Thought-leaders/Talents) on the topic “What ISDA Future We Want: A conversation on sustainable fisheries” on 02 October 2020.

Mr. Paolo Domondon, Senior Director for Policy and Partnerships at Rare, talked about the organization’s biggest project, Fish Forever, which currently works with 900 coastal communities and 150 local governments in managing 100 million hectares of municipal waters in eight countries, including the Philippines. He highlighted the importance of small-scale fisheries to global food, economic, and environmental security.

Mr. Heister Bon Jaralve, a second generation Filipino-German shared about the startup he co-founded and its free app, Fischroute, which helps fishing enthusiasts locate waters that can be fished in Berlin, Brandenburg, Hamburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. This helps to promote responsible and sustainable fishing by encouraging people to try to explore other fishing spots, reducing the overfishing of popular spots.

The discussion may be viewed in full on the Philippine Embassy in Germany’s Facebook page. END

For more information, visit https://www.berlinpe.dfa.gov.ph, https://www.philippine-embassy.de or https://www.facebook.com/PHinGermany.