We’re urging the UN to recognize aquatic animal welfare in their ocean governance. Join us in this critical movement! ???? The Zero Draft Declaration, titled "Our Ocean, Our Future: Accelerating Action", serves as the foundation for international negotiations leading up to the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), to be held in June 2025. We at ALI have submitted comments to the Zero Draft Declaration that urge the UN to integrate humane fishing and aquaculture principles for a more holistic ocean governance framework. Our submission highlights the massive scale of aquatic animal suffering—2-3 trillion animals annually caught in the wild for human consumption—and the lack of animal welfare protections in current ocean conservation policies. We propose specific language changes to ensure that marine conservation, fisheries, and aquaculture policies recognize and integrate aquatic animal welfare principles. Find our full submission here: https://lnkd.in/eStVeUBM
