Category Archives: Exchange blog

Blog posts from the GAP2 Exchange

Leading the way: from Lyme to California

Simon Pengelly (IFCA) discusses why Lyme Bay, Dorset is such an important area and what is being done to both sustainably fish and maintain healthy ecosystems there…

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Seabird Bycatch Mitigation, Orcas & Beer

Rex and Rory enjoying GAP2 exchange!

Back and brimming with ideas, Birdlife International’s Rory Crawford reflects on his hopes and learnings during a visit to Puget Sound, with Filey Bay fisherman Rex Harrison.

Posted in GAP2 General, GAP2 Newsletter October 2014, Homepage News, News, Puget Sound | Tagged , , , ,

Pioneering Pontoons in Puget Sound

Solar panels and sustainable salmon fishing

GAP2 Comms Officer, Katrina Borrow, writes about her experiences on GAP2 exchange – learning about bird bycatch in the Puget Sound salmon fishery, WA

Posted in GAP2 General, GAP2 Newsletter October 2014, Gap2 Voices, Homepage News, News, Puget Sound | Tagged , , , ,

Puget Sound exchange: Birdlife blog

Razorbill (c) Chrise Roebuck, National Geographic

Blogpost by senior policy officer the the BirdLife marine programme, Rory Crawford , who is taking part in one of GAP2s new exchange projects to Puget Sound this September.

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Saving seabirds in Seattle: New exchange!

GAP2 Comms Officer Katrina Borrow blogs about her upcoming trip to Seattle, as part of the GAP2 exchange programme.

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The lucky 13 out of 10000.

Everyone gathers for one last exchange photo

A final instalment of the Italian-Dutch exchange project, which includes the final statements of the visiting Italian delegates…

Posted in GAP2 General, GAP2 Newsletter August 2014, Homepage News, Italian-Dutch exchange blogs, News | Tagged , , , , ,

Entering our “No Man’s Land”: The exchange to the Netherlands

15 bonding session on board

Blog post from the latest GAP2 exchange: the lessons learnt from the Italian-Dutch exchange and reflections for the future…

Posted in GAP2 General, Homepage News, Italian-Dutch exchange blogs, News |

The Value of Exchange Programs

A view from Brixham harbour © GAP2

GAP2 exchange veterans Marloes Kraan and Susan Thompson reflect on the value of learning from international fisheries.

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Hot off the press: New GAP2 exchange report

You can tell a big question is coming - don't look at the face, just look at the hand!

Did twelve smoked herrings from Italy rob a Dutch Starbucks in their desperate quest for coffee? Read on and see…

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Marloes Kraan: The Cookie Monster Problem

GAP2 social scientist Marloes Kraan discusses the importance and difficulties of including fishers’ data in science models.

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