Implementing the voluntary guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries in the context of food security and poverty eradication (SSF Guidelines): perspectives of the fishers and fishworkers on the east coast of India
This report is the outcome of a series of six fishworkers’ consultations, organised to discuss the relevance and implementation of FAO’s Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines (SSF Guidelines), and my sincere thanks are due to the fishers and fishworkers - both men and women - who attended the consultations in Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) on 23-24 January, in Bhubaneswar (Odisha) on 26-27 January, in Kultuli (West Bengal) on 30-31 January, in Kolkata (West Bengal) on 1-2 February, in Chennai (Tamil Nadu) on 5 February, and in Ramnad (Tamil Nadu) on 7 February. It is particularly noteworthy that the consultations ran to ‘full-house’ despite their schedule coinciding with peak fishing and other activities in most states.
Publisher: International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Author: Venkatesh Salagrama
Year: 2015
Country/ies: India
Geographical coverage: Asia and the Pacific
Type: Book
Full text available at: http://igssf.icsf.net/images/SSF%20India%20workshop/ICSF%20SSF%20Workshop%20Background%20Paper-Final%20Venkatesh%2031%20March%202015.pdf
Content language: English