Global.
SDG 14
In 2015, world leaders agreed to 17 goals for a better world by 2030. These goals have the power to end poverty, fight inequality and stop climate change.
SDG 14 focuses on life below water. It’s aim is to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. The UN has defined targets and indicators for SDG 14.
The Fishers Manifesto aligns with 5 of the targets -
14.2 Protect and restore ecosystems
Sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans.
14.4 Sustainable fishing
Effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics.
14.5 Conserve coastal marine areas
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) help to preserve biodiversity, maintain fish stocks, and sustain coastal economies and livelihoods that depend on healthy marine ecosystems. SDG 14.5 calls for putting at least 10% of the world ocean under MPA by 2020; as of end 2016, this figure stood at about 3.9%.
14.b Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets
Small-scale fisheries provide about 1/2 the world's seafood product and employ 90% of those employed in the sector. Small-scale fisheries are disadvantaged by much greater subsidies to large scale, lack of co-management arrangements, lack of access to markets even domestically, and lack of pricing power. SDG 14.b calls for improving access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets.
14.c Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in UNCLOS, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources.
SDG 14.c recognises the critical importance of implementing existing international and regional law (UNCLOS, Regional Seas Conventions, CBD, Stockholm Convention, IMO & ILO Conventions, etc.) as part of the means of implementation of SDG14.