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Farm Gate
Farm Gate is hosted by ffinlo Costain and produced by Farmwel and FAI Farms. ffinlo is the chief executive of Farmwel, a think tank working for sustainable agricultural land use and food production. More episodes of Farm Gate can be found at https://www.faifarms.com/podcasts/
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From emergency closure to success
Friday, 4 June 2021
The Isle of Man is home to one of the most successful sustainable shell fish fisheries in the British Isles. Developed over a period of 30 years, their Marine Nature Reserve now accounts for 52% of Manx coastal waters, and their Ramsey Bay scallops are the biggest in Britain. ffinlo Costain talks to Phil Gawne, former Fisheries Minister of the Isle of Man Government, and to Peter Duncan, IOMG's Senior Marine Environment Officer.
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Saving Sierra Leone's fish
Friday, 4 June 2021
In this programme we visit Sierra Leone. We discuss how this West African country managed to stop Chinese, Russian, Korean and European vessels plundering their fish stocks, how stakeholders built a sustainable fisheries programme, and the challenges for international organisations such as the World Bank. We also address the controversy over Sierra Leone's new Chinese-funded harbour project. ffinlo Costain talks to Salieu Sankoh, the co-ordinator of the World Bank-funded West African Regional Fisheries Programme in Sierra Leone, and to Phil Gawne, an advisor to the Program, and a former fi...
