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Closed Season: The woes of women and children in fishing communities
The din of brisk fishing activity greets anyone who ventures onto the landing beach at Jamestown the Greater Accra Region and in coastal regions all over Ghana.
The fishermen haul nets with fish from the boats, while the women take up the sale of fish from January to December.
But not so...
Ghana
2023
Report
India: Creating a Cadre
Inland fishers and activists mingled with experts at a workshop on training of trainers on India’s fisheries policy
Inland fishers and activists mingled with experts at a workshop on training of trainers on India’s fisheries policy. A prerequisite for implementing the ‘Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication’ (the SSF Guidelines) is to mainstream these into the State’s policy and...
India
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Report
Report on National Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop on the SSF Guidelines (Marine Fisheries) October 13-15, 2022, Asha Nivas Social Service Centre, Chennai, India
The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Trust organized a National Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop on the SSF Guidelines (Marine Fisheries), India at Asha Nivas Social Service Centre, Chennai, India, on October 13-15, 2022. There were sixtyseven participants from the coastal states of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra...
India
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Report
Beyond Business as Usual
The Illuminating Hidden Harvests report showcases the contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development
One of the final events marking the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA), 2022 was the hybrid launch of the report Illuminating Hidden Harvests: the contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development (the IHH report) on March 16, 2023. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Report
Report on National Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop on the SSF Guidelines (Inland Fisheries), December 22-24, 2022, Seva Kendra, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Trust organized a National Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop on the SSF Guidelines (Inland Fisheries), India at Seva Kendra, Kolkata, India on December 22-24, 2022. There were forty-eight participants from the states of Assam, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan...
India
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Report
Report on Latin American and Caribbean Workshop – IYAFA 2022: Celebrating Sustainable and Equitable Small-scale Fisheries, 2-5 November 2022, Brazil
International collective in support of fishwokers (ICSF) in partnership with Comissão Nacional de Fortalecimento das Reservas Extrativistas (CONFREM), Instituto Linha D’Água and Associação de Moradores Itacuruçá Pereirinha (AMOIP) organized an International Workshop titled “IYAFA 2022-Celebrating Sustainable and Equitable Small-scale Fisheries: Latin American and Caribbean” from 2 to 5 November 2022...
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Journal article
Film Festival: A Fish-eye View
Against a backdrop of social struggles, the 15th edition of the Pecheurs du Monde International Film Festival was successfully held in Lorient, France. The 15th Pecheurs du Monde film festival took place from March 19 to 26, 2023, with many spectators and exhibition visitors participating across seven municipalities in France. The...
France
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Journal article
Nutrient supply from marine small-scale fisheries
Over 2 billion people are unable to access safe, nutritious and sufficient food year-round. While global fisheries are considered key in providing essential nutrients to hundreds of millions of people around the globe, the specific contribution of small-scale fisheries to the nutrient supply given other available food supplies is unknown....
2023 - Scientific Reports
Blog article
Online certification system rolled out to simplify fish and seafood trade
All necessary licences and product inspection certificates for fish and seafood imports and exports will now be available online.
It is expected that the initiative will make the import-export process of fish and fishery products in Bangladesh even more convenient and increase their acceptability in the global market, according to service...
Bangladesh
2023 - The Business Standard
Blog article
Morocco to Set Terms for New EU Fishing Deal
Rabat - The future of cooperation between Morocco and the European Union (EU) in the fishing sector will be determined through comprehensive assessments conducted by the Moroccan government in consultation with European partners, Morocco's Foreign Minister has said.
Speaking during a press conference following the third Ministerial Meeting of the Atlantic...
European Union - Morocco
2023 - Morocco World News
Blog article
Call For Indian Investments To Help Hard Pressed Sri Lankan Fishermen And Farmers – Analysis
A Singapore-based Sri Lankan Tamil entrepreneur has suggested a few small-scale agro-based projects with Indian private sector investment to help the hard-pressed fishermen and farmers of the North and East.
Taking into consideration the travails of the North Sri Lankan fishermen who have not been able to get their legitimate share...
India
2023
Book
Social Development and Sustainable Fisheries: Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s small-scale fisheries is going through a phase of multidimensional challenges. There is a lack of grassroot associations and organizations which affiliates fishers and protect their interests. The current study found that one of the root causes of all problems for sustainable and small-scale fisheries in the country stem from...
Bangladesh
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Report
Ghana: Beyond Knee-jerk Reactions
Ghana’s efforts at providing social development, employment and decent work in its fisheries sector must focus on improving education, health and social protection in fishing communities
Ghana has about 550 km of coastline on the Atlantic Ocean, along the Gulf of Guinea. Within the coastal space, more than two million people are directly and indirectly engaged in fisheries. The country’s engagement with the sea results in about 300,000 tonnes of fish every year, apart from nearly...
Ghana
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Blog article
Sri Lanka’s fishermen face double whammy of climate and economy
Babarandage don Sarath Appuham, a 59-year-old fisherman, has worked at Negombo Lagoon since he was a teenager. Palpable differences in tide patterns and fish catches from climate change have complicated his work.
“We used to always go at 9am, then 1pm. It’s no longer that predictable,” Sarath told Al Jazeera.
They have...
Sri Lanka
2023
Report
Ghana: A Good Year
Interview with Jojo Solomon, president, Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council (GNCFC) on how artisanal fishers should fish responsibly
Most countries look up to Ghana when it comes to responsible fisheries and management. Fortunately for us, this time around, we have a minister who has at least demonstrated a political will to do that which is right politically. Ghana is moving forward with a lot of reforms.
Ghana
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Blog article
WorldFish and Norway promote renewable energy for Egyptian aquaculture
The four-year initiative, called Center for Renewable Energy in Aquaculture (CeREA), is funded by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Cairo.
The initiative reflects Norway's commitment to enhancing nutrition, promoting job and value creation and empowering local fish value chain actors with climate-smart technologies, particularly small- and medium-scale fish farmers in Africa.
Commenting on...
Egypt
2023
Report
Analyse des marchés des produits de la pêche et de l’aquaculture continentales dans les pays du Maghreb
Avec une production annuelle d'environ 41 000 tonnes, la contribution des secteurs de la pêche continentale et de l'aquaculture reste modeste par rapport au potentiel hydrique et biologique de la région du Maghreb. Pourtant, ce secteur pourrait soutenir le développement de l'offre alimentaire et contribuer à la lutte contre la...
Algeria - Mauritania - Morocco - Tunisia
2023 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Report
India: Tap into the Potential
The limitations of India’s local self-government institutions can be overcome through capacity building and institutional strengthening
Community participation and the use of technology in disaster response as well as the role of local self-government institutions (LSGI) in fisheries management were the highlights of a two-day workshop on Sea Safety and Fisheries Management in the southern state of Kerala. It was organized jointly by ICSF and the...
India
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Newsletter
Roundup: News, events, briefings, and more...
news, events, briefings and more. Samudra Report No.89, August 2023
The Roundup includes recent publications, films added to our Documentation centre, meetings coming up, websites which are important to small-scale fisheries, flashback of editorial from old issues of samudra report related to the theme and Endquote from the world of literature related to fisheries.
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Newsletter article
Yemaya, ICSF's Newsletter on Gender and Fisheries
Special Issue on GAF8: From the Editor
We are happy to present a Special Issue on the recently-held 8th Global Conference on Gender in Aquaculture & Fisheries- Shaping the Future: Gender Justice for Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries (GAF8). Held over three days, from 21 – 23 November 2022 in the city of Kochi in the coastal state...
2023 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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