We are pleased to announce that the next International Fishing Industry Safety and Health Conference (IFISH-6) will be held at [...more]

25 July is World Drowning Prevention Day. This global advocacy event serves as an opportunity to remind ourselves that fishing [...more]

Negombo, Sri Lanka – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) successfully conducted the Train the Trainer [...more]

The posters can be used for awareness creation purposes, or be used in educational / training environments. The 13 posters focus [...more]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is rolling out a train-the-trainer workshop to provide practical training [...more]

Could you tell the direction a vessel is sailing at night by its light?  Knowing the basics of navigation can save [...more]

Safety at sea is often an overlooked aspect of fisheries management. Noting the conservation and management role of regional fishery [...more]

Insurance is important for increasing safety in fisheries. However, the FAO World review of capture fisheries and aquaculture insurance 2022, [...more]

The FAO manual on Safety at sea for small-scale fishers has now been published in 16 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, [...more]

On 28 April 2021 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 25 July as the World Drowning Prevention Day. The observance, which [...more]