# Fifteen countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe and the Pacific endorsed a new political declaration aimed at tightening oversight of global fisheries. It hopes to force greater transparency on who is fishing, where they are operating and under which authority. The agreement, known as the Mombasa Declaration, was unveiled at the 11th Our Ocean Conference in the Kenyan city. It reflects a growing push among governments and conservation groups to treat fisheries transparency as a baseline requirement for ocean governance rather than a voluntary reform.
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