Negotiating the Ocean

Episode 1 - Ocean Equity


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70 % of the Earth’s surface is Ocean. Beneath the surface lies a complex web of global governance. Who decides how to manage the ocean in a way that is fair and equitable to both the marine environment and humans who rely on the sea for their livelihoods?


Episode 1 of ‘Negotiating the Ocean’ explores the idea of Ocean Equity and how it can be applied to the high-level international talks governing and managing the ocean and its resources. We meet ANCORS researchers who work on different aspects of Ocean Equity, including fisheries, climate change, pollution, deep sea mining, renewable energy, and more.


We ask the big questions:

  • Who gets to fish, where, and how much?
  • How is climate change being factored into decision-making?
  • How are responsibility and costs for environmental protection shared between developed and developing countries?
  • How can benefits from minerals and genetic material be shared equitably?
  • Who gets a seat at the decision-making table and is a diversity of voices being heard?
  • And, what is the role of future generations and planetary health?


Join us for this first episode of negotiating the ocean and meet a collective of ANCORS experts passionate about reshaping the way global society relates to and looks after the Ocean.

⁠Quentin Hanich⁠, Professor at ANCORS, leading the Fisheries Governance Program

⁠Aline Jaeckel⁠, Associate Professor at ANCORS

⁠Michelle Voyer⁠⁠, Assoc.-Professor at ANCORS, leading the Blue Futures Program

⁠Freya Croft⁠, Post-doctoral Researcher, ANCORS

⁠Kamal Azmi⁠, Senior Research Fellow, ANCORS & Coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Fisheries Management and Development

⁠Randa Sacedon⁠, ANCORS Research Fellow

⁠Makrita Solitei⁠, Associate Research Fellow, ANCORS


Hosts: Ina Tessnow-von Wysocki⁠, Bianca Haas⁠ & ⁠Jennifer Macey⁠

Sound design and editing: ⁠Emily Perkins⁠

Communication: Sunnefa Yeatman


For questions & comments please contact:

Ina Tessnow-von Wysocki ([email protected])


The Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), based at the University of Wollongong (UOW), is the only multidisciplinary university-based centre of its type in the Southern Hemisphere dedicated to delivering specialised research, advisory services, education and training in ocean law and policy, maritime security, and marine resources management.


ANCORS Ocean Equity page https://oceanequityresearch.org/

ANCORS at the University of Wollongong https://www.uow.edu.au/ancors/

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