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Francisco Blaha
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And South America, Europe and Balkans… just to name a few en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
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Ex fisherman/scientist, now institutional fisheries advisor. IUU, PSM & Labor issues for FFA/FAO/NZMFAT & others. NZ/Aoteroa & PICs are home. Waterman, 🚲 & Dub
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Francisco Blaha
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And South America, Europe and Balkans… just to name a few en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
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Francisco Blaha
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Great result for a party that campaigned on reducing the cost of living 🙄
Thousands sign up for benefit, as grim business data points to further job losses www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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Francisco Blaha
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Terrible news… (even if I swim without a wetsuit all year long)
Oceanic and coastal water temperatures highest since records began
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Francisco Blaha
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We must start thinking outside the box to address these new issues and develop new approaches. We also need to evaluate what happens within the intermediate periods, which has not been tested, as we tend to focus only on extreme scenarios.
www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2024/7/...
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Francisco Blaha
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Ultimate measure of badness
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Francisco Blaha
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Nice!
Road safety is not political or part of a unnecessary culture war.
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...
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Francisco Blaha
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I would rather pay for a child to study than spend money to put him in jail Lula da Silva President of Brazil
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Francisco Blaha
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The outer atolls of the Marshalls (ie, all the atolls other than Majuro and Kwajalein) have lost nearly half their population in the last ten years. Never in post-war history had the remote atolls even come close to such a drop-off.
marshallislandsjournal.com/where-have-t...
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Francisco Blaha
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Commercial fishing does not affect the main food sources of snapper.
The areas in the Gulf where bottom trawling was permitted did not correlate with the areas where the syndrome was most prevalent.
Surely legasea will retract their allegations now 🙄
www.mpi.govt.nz/news/media-r...
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Francisco Blaha
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How can governments look at charts like this and not enter full-on emergency response?
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Francisco Blaha
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With the government’s new increase of speeds policy, Auckland Transport has a new target for deaths and serious injuries next year is 631, up 25 from the previous target and the figure for the following year is a rise of 30 incidents.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3503...
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Francisco Blaha
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“NZ never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity” 🙄
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Francisco Blaha
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Despite model uncertainties, agreement between different models on distributional shifts suggests that it is not a question of ‘IF’ the tuna biomass will shift due to climate change from the Pacific SIDS EEZs but ‘WHEN’ and ‘TO WHAT EXTENT’.
www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2024/6/...
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Francisco Blaha
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Conservation Minister Tama Potaka said yesterday he wants to see costings for saving every species, suggesting it may be more cost-effective to let some species go extinct.
newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/19/c...
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Francisco Blaha
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Thank you 🙏🏽
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Francisco Blaha
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Btw… impressive setup you guys have… i will be at my in laws in the Achterhoek next week but for a few days only. Next time I come to say hello
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Francisco Blaha
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Thank you! Indeed is just different shades of grey the closer you get to the realities of many people 🙏🏽
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Francisco Blaha
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I just returned from almost a week working on a trawler in the Guinea-Bissau EEZ. It was a deeply humbling experience and one of the most rewarding fishing trips I have ever had from a human perspective.
www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2024/6/...
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Francisco Blaha
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Unity - Fight - Progress
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Francisco Blaha
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When I worked more at the food-producing level (i.e., fishing, working with people to catch more fish, and maintaining that fish in better conditions for longer), I felt more useful than with some of the jobs I do today… and I struggle with that.
www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2024/6/...
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Francisco Blaha
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World Bicycle Day draws attention to the benefits of using the bicycle. A simple, affordable, clean and environmentally sustainable means of transportation, contributing to lower emissions, less congestion and makes education and services more accessible
www.un.org/en/observanc...
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Francisco Blaha
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Back in Guinea-Bissau. I always feel so unstylish when coming to Africa. As usual this continent gives me a lesson in color, style and absolute resilience.
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Francisco Blaha
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DJ Geriátrico on vinyl duties 🙄 … back in a happy space with my happy partner in life dancing her head off to an old favourite D’n’B dancefloor killer. Happy Birthday @vibeke.bsky.social
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Francisco Blaha
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Asadito… un clásico
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Francisco Blaha
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Great argument! So why not: I finished school! Why should my money go to education!! The herald never disappoints on their low punches 🙄
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Francisco Blaha
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Hey, Bluesky: can anyone recommend an academic or practitioner with experience in transnational workers' unions and labour rights? (Is for potential study)
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Francisco Blaha
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Such a short-sighted policy decision
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Francisco Blaha
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Interesante que están ahí… aún… alfinsin y balbin… los 2!
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Francisco Blaha
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I’m all on for a “international socialist” charter school. Focused on democratic process, pluralism, international cooperation, social justice and environmental matters. It works in many countries, Seymour would be stoked! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociali...
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Francisco Blaha
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It's not that I’m trying to bite the hand that feeds me; the opposite… I always look for ways to do a better job… and the first step is recognising and incorporating criticism.
www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2024/5/...
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"The money that one possesses is the instrument of freedom; that which one strives to obtain is the instrument of slavery." Rousseau
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Francisco Blaha
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Ninjorcas ✊🏽
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"Truly, it is not want, but rather abundance, that breeds avarice” Michel de Montaigne (very contemporary for NZ’s present government)
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Bell - The Post 12 May 2024
#kiwi
#nzpol
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"We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." Louis Brandeis
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End of times in my garden? Aurora in NZ's southern skies
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Francisco Blaha
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So true
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Francisco Blaha
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The conmute to work 🙄 Tarawa, Kiribati
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I grew up with Portuguese being my bigger neighbour’s language in the only radio station we had, and then I kept it in my head since then. I never suspected that it would be one of my 3 working languages that open to me some amazing part of the world. So yeah! Muito Obrigado!!!
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Francisco Blaha
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Managed to bake a semi decent focaccia with some flour, yeast and some onions I found here in Tarawa (unusual finds!)… The other option was the local speciality: a chicken 🐓 and lamp 🪔 stew... but only half-cooked 🙄
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Francisco Blaha
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This is seriously messed up... Stats NZ is the public sector institution that really counts (pun intended). Every policy decision has to be based on data!
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Can we talk about the Parliamentarian whose anger management issues and loose mouth could do real harm to this country? (Spoier: Not Julie Anne Genter)
#nzpol
www.1news.co.nz/2024/05/03/b...
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Francisco Blaha
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As with all things in life, there are positives and negatives. This web feature from the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation does a good job of explaining that duality in FADs
www.iss-foundation.org/fresh-thinki...
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Francisco Blaha
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"Money degrades all the gods of man and converts them into commodities." - Karl Marx
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2nd May is World Tuna Day. I'm just one of the estimated 25,000 people in the Pacific who are directly involved with this sustainable and legal fishery here in the Pacific, which is fundamental to the economic viability of most Pacific Island Countries. Tuna changed my life for the better. 🙏🏽
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reminder that many of our ‘strong’ business leaders would rather cyclists be put at risk based purely on capitalist vibes rather than evidence or information.
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Francisco Blaha
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"Money degrades all the gods of man and converts them into commodities." Karl Marx
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Very interesting interview with @BritFinucci (ultra cool shark scientist at NIWA in Wellington) talking about her extensive paper in the cover of Science on deep sea sharks and their liver oil trade. (And her dislike for some cars)
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Francisco Blaha
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I recommend this very informative paper by Julia Weston and Ingrid Kelling to people interested in Fisher's labour standards, particularly those tempted to buy the lie that private labour certifications are relentlessly pushing into the industry.
www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2024/4/...
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