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15/7
2019
18/7
2019
SSF Guidelines Implementation discussed at WECAFC 17
15/07/2019 - 18/07/2019
The Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission met for the 17th time in mid-July to discuss the most pertinent fisheries issues in its coverage area. Twenty-five Members, including the European Union,...
10/7
2019
12/7
2019
Pan-African workshop on Strengthening Non-State Actor (NSA) platforms
10/07/2019 - 12/07/2019
Forty representatives of fisheries and regional organizations from across Africa have called for the strengthening of existing small-scale fisheries bodies and the creation of a new pan-African platform at a...
4/7
2019
National workshop on Social protection and Fisheries in Senegal
04/07/2019
FAO, in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy, organized a national workshop in Senegal to present and discuss the findings of the first study to evaluate policy...
26/6
2019
28/6
2019
International workshop on legal frameworks for small-scale fisheries
26/06/2019 - 28/06/2019
Around 20 participants including lawyers, academics, members of governments, and national legislators gathered in A Coruña – Spain, during three days, to discuss and share ideas about Legal Frameworks for...
24/6
2019
28/6
2019
People & the Sea Conference: learning from the past, imagining the future
24/06/2019 - 28/06/2019
The bi-annual conference, in its 10th edition, was organized by the Centre for Maritime Research (MARE) in the Netherlands. The conference gathered social scientists investigating issues related to the ocean,...
19/6
2019
20/6
2019
Dialogue on Social Responsibility in Fisheries and Aquaculture Value Chains
19/06/2019 - 20/06/2019
Twenty-three participants from both the small- and large-scale fisheries and aquaculture sectors, including actors from trade unions, fishworker organisations, NGOs, academia and the private sector, gathered in Rome recently for...
8/6
2019
Remember to celebrate World Oceans Day on the 8th of June!
08/06/2019
The United Nations celebrates World Oceans Day every year on 8 June. Many countries have celebrated this special day since 1992, following the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development,...
23/5
2019
24/5
2019
Tool under way to capacitate fisherfolk organisations – inception workshop in Trinidad and Tobago
23/05/2019 - 24/05/2019
A number of actors have partnered up to develop a tool which can help in understanding how fisherfolk organisations self-govern and help identify areas for improvement and capacity building within...
7/5
2019
10/5
2019
Figuring out 'Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures' (OECMs)
07/05/2019 - 10/05/2019
There is much discussion around the world about Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) – put in place by countries to protect certain areas of the ocean (and the equivalent for inland...
7/5
2019
9/5
2019
Expert workshop on Guidelines for micro-finance, credit and insurance for small-scale fisheries in Asia
07/05/2019 - 09/05/2019
Thirty-two rural finance and fisheries experts from Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, UK, Canada and the USA met to discuss ways to improve access to financial services for...
15/4
2019
16/4
2019
Launch of the Tanzanian Women Fish Workers Association (TAWFA)
15/04/2019 - 16/04/2019
FAO has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development to provide capacity support towards the implementation of the SSF Guidelines in Tanzania, and a National Task...
9/4
2019
11/5
2019
Pacific Regional Workshop on Exploring SDG 14.b and its Indicator 14.b.1
09/04/2019 - 11/05/2019
"We live and breathe in SDG 14". This statement by Terry Opa from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) at the regional workshop for the Pacific dedicated to SDG...
24/3
2019
31/3
2019
SSF Guidelines presented at the film festival Pêcheurs du Monde
24/03/2019 - 31/03/2019
The Pêcheurs du Monde Film Festival is a yearly event offering an opportunity to discover the relationship between fisher folk and the sea through films. Some forty films are presented...
6/3
2019
7/3
2019
Meeting on implementing the Regional Plan of Action for small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (RPOA-SSF)
06/03/2019 - 07/03/2019
Small-scale fisher representatives, scientific experts, NGO representatives and representatives of fisheries administrations met in Podgorica on the occasion of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean’s (GFCM) permanent working group...
3/10
2018
SSF Guidelines highlighted in WTO Public Forum as a means to improve fisheries trade
03/10/2018
During the 2018 WTO Public Forum in Geneva in the beginning of this month, the FAO organized a working session called FAO Instruments supporting the Sustainability of Traded Fish and Fisheries Products....
25/9
2018
26/9
2018
High-Level Conference on Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
25/09/2018 - 26/09/2018
In September, approximately 240 participants from 30 countries gathered at a high-level conference in Valletta, Malta, to discuss progress made in recent years and solutions to support the small-scale fisheries...
19/9
2018
20/9
2018
Strengthening social protection for fishers and fish-farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean
19/09/2018 - 20/09/2018
Parliamentarians from 17 countries met in Panama in September for the IV Foro de Parlamentarios de la Pesca y la Acuicultura de América Latina y el Caribe. The forum was...
17/9
2018
22/9
2018
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Response in Emergencies (FARE) Training of Trainers
17/09/2018 - 22/09/2018
This month, in the Caribbean, the FAO held a training of trainers in emergency response in fisheries and aquaculture, run over six days. The first three days consisted of a 3-day...
10/9
2018
14/9
2018
Tenure and User Rights in Fisheries 2018: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
10/09/2018 - 14/09/2018
More than 160 representatives, including government officials, fishers and fisheries-related stakeholders, NGOs, CSOs, IGOs and academics from 42 countries gathered in Yeosu, Republic of Korea, in mid September. The meeting Tenure...
10/9
2018
14/9
2018
Tenure and UserRights in Fisheries 2018: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
10/09/2018 - 14/09/2018
Marine and inland fisheries provide millions of people around the globe with food security and livelihood opportunities. Advancing knowledge on how the world's marine and inland capture fisheries are accessed,...