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Fishermen and their representatives have been working through the Fishery Friendly Climate Action Campaign in partnership with the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA) and three regional coastal/ocean acidification networks to define core principles of “fishery sensitive” marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). In this webinar, we will describe a set of 17 fishing industry roundtables on this topic in 2025, and then share RODA’s new “Guidance for Fishery-Sensitive mCDR” memo series, which was developed by the project partners based on fishermen’s input.
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RODA’s “Guidance for Fishery-Sensitive mCDR” Memo Series will be published in March 2026. Click the tabs below for a sneak preview!
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Prepared by: Fiona Hogan, Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA)
Intent: To provide preliminary guidance that mCDR developers and mCDR permitting agencies should use when engaging the fishing industry in the design of proposed projects or surveys taking place in fishing areas and seeking feedback from the broader fishing industry community.
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Prepared by: Fiona Hogan, Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA)
Intent: To provide preliminary guidance on the core elements that should be incorporated into the governance of pilot and full-scale mCDR projects that would ensure a transparent, science-based, and collaborative approach is taken that recognizes the expertise of the fishing industry.
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Prepared by: Darcy Dugan, Alaska Ocean Acidification Network (AOAN), Alex Harper, California Current Acidification Network (C-CAN), Austin Pugh: Northeast Coastal Acidification Network (NECAN)
Intent: To provide preliminary guidance for engaging commercial fishermen in the context of: mCDR project design, assessing baseline biogeochemical conditions of prospective mCDR sites; monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) of mCDR projects; and assessments of impacts to marine resources via pre-development and post-development site-specific fisheries surveys.