The current edition, SAMUDRA Report No. 90, dated December 2023, features a range of articles from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, with a special focus on climate change.

The editorial Comment that opens the current issue of SAMUDRA Report argues that adaptive social protection and effective fisheries management can be the best approach to move towards climate-resilient fisheries.

The collapse of fish and crab stocks in Alaska, climate change shocks to Bangladesh’s fishing communities, traditional management in Indonesia’s focus on the Blue Economy, how some provinces in Vietnam are using gender to address climate change, selective fishing to protest Peru’s biodiversity, and Japan’s hoary tradition of fishing co-operatives – these are among the many topics covered in SAMUDRA Report No. 90.

An article from Chile reports on how small-scale fishing communities are rallying against the new General Fisheries Law, while another from South Africa shows how the regulation of the country’s inland fisheries continues to remain stuck in apartheid practices.

Apart from reports on workshops held on the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA) 2022, SAMUDRA Report No. 90 features an interview with a fisher leader from Senegal, the reflections of a 15-year-old girl from Ireland on attending her first fisheries conference, a book review of essays on the human experiences of small-scale fisheries, and obituary notices on Clotilde de Jamblinne, honorary chair of the Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements (CFFA).

The back-of-the-book Roundup section leads with a story on how COP28 concluded with a historic agreement to try to tackle the climate crisis, and follows up with an excerpt of the outcome of the first global stocktake on climate change.

The Infolog section lists new resources available at ICSF (publications, infograpḥics, films) as well as announcements of upcoming fisheries-related meetings and website links.