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Towards gender-equitable small-scale fisheries
29/08/2017
The document Towards gender-equitable small-scale fisheries governance and development: A handbook was developed based on a participatory process and following a series of regional consultations on the implementation of the...
Latin America and the Caribbean creates the world's first model law on small-scale fisheries
21/07/2017
Latin American and Caribbean Parliament passed a law that provides guidelines and recommendations to countries in the region to strengthen small-scale fishing.
The model law is a legal framework reference that...
National decree calls upon Costa Rican institutions to support small-scale fisher organizations
07/08/2015
The Costa Rican government showed keenness to implement the SSF Guidelines from day one by signing a national decree that called upon Costa Rican institutions to support small-scale fisher organizations and the Costa Rican...
FAO trained women fisherfolk on values formation with team building activities to strengthen women organizations in coastal municipalities of the Philippines
09/10/2025
During the months of January, June, July and August of 2025, FAO in collaboration with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) of Misamis Occidental conducted a series of trainings on values formation and team building for women in small-scale...