GUIDANCE MEMO — Elements of effective governance for fishery-sensitive mCDR development

Prepared By

Fiona Hogan, Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA)

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This 9-page memo provides 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.

“These things tend to be preplanned, pre-decided, and pre-formulated, and then they’re presented to the fishing community. The fishing community, at some time, at least some members of that community need to rise to the level of being decision makers… and they never or rarely ever have. If we work day to day, every day of the year out on that ocean, we should help decide what happens out there.” – Fishing industry member