Over 3 billion people depend directly on our seas for their livelihoods. But in reality, all of us depend on the ocean: for our water, our food, our climate and our air. Seas and oceans enrich our identity, ensure our wellbeing and sustain a large part of the economy. Human action has...

Civil society organizations, farmers, fisherfolk, pastoralists, indigenous peoples, consumers, youth networks, women’s networks, food processors, practitioners, government, academics and researchers, recognizing that food systems in Africa have dramatically changed over the last century, gathered in Addis Ababa in November 2016 to deliberate the theme, “Changing Food Systems in Africa: Agroecology...

A new project, supported by the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) and led by the FAO, is going to give fish exporters in the Solomon Islands an added boost to access the EU market. Solomon Islands’ fish exporters stand to benefit under a new project going live supported by the...

The newsletter of June 2017 includes: LIFE lands on the beautiful island of Cyprus, Top Chefs Association from Poland strengthens cooperation with LIFE, Other news from around the EU, News from our members, Press review

2 October 2017. Meeting in Hamburg Germany, around 30 small-scale, low impact fishers from Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Germany, and Netherlands, shared experiences and lessons learned from their engagement with the Advisory Councils (ACs). They were joined by technical experts and academics from the Baltic region, and supported by LIFE staff. Under discussion were...

The technical workshop “Social protection to foster sustainable management of natural resources and reduce poverty in fisheries-dependent communities” gathered 29 participants to discuss available evidence and make recommendations for the work programme of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department in relation to social protection and poverty reduction in fisheries dependent communities....

Why are small-scale fisheries excluded from European Blue Growth whilst aquaculture is included? It is time to recognize the potential of fisheries to provide sustainable jobs and food supplies.

The assumption that fishery is a sector exclusive to men only is not true. There is a misleading assumption in most research that fisheries operate in the public domain is usually dominated by men, which is why the private domain (women dominated) is hardly the focus of attention.And this video...

The newsletter of September 2017 includes: LIFE engaged from the start in the new Working Group on small-scale fisheries set up by the GFCM Small-scale fishers working in the Southern North Sea worried about the impact of pulse fishing Other news from around the EU News from our members

Small scale fishers are often presented or perceived as the ‘poorest of the poor’ (Bailey, 1988; Squires et al., 1998). Among small scale fishers in Sri Lanka, women involvement is significantly high as limited employment opportunities are available for them, especially in remote rural locations. Women in fishing communities have traditionally...

This video describes role of women in seafood industry and their livelihood importance, problem faced etc in Ramanathapuram district,Tamil Nadu. We really thankful to Dr.M.Krishnan, Principal Scientist, NAARM, Hyderabad, for his continuous support and encouragement.

Located in the central-western part of the country, Lake Chapala is Mexico’s largest lake, and one of the many fishing villages bordering the lake is Petatán, with a population of only 423 inhabitants. However, what makes Petatán special is that most fish caught in Lake Chapala—tilapia and carp—as well as...

The video was shot at Bishop Koji, an island 10 minutes speed boat ride from Central Lagos Nigeria. It highlights the role of women in the seafood industry, their personal sacrifices vis-à-vis economic contributions to livelihoods, the lack of social support and amenities from the Local Government in terms of...

“Women on board” is the result of a research and participative observation from the interior of a long distance fishing vessel, the objective is an evaluation of the possibilities of the inclusion of woman in on board tasks 

In poor households in Bangladesh, women participate in aquaculture much less than men. To increase women’s involvement, the USAID-funded Aquaculture for Income and Nutrition project has introduced gill nets, which enable women to quickly and easily harvest small fish from their household pond. This has helped increase households' access to...

Small-scale fisheries make an important contribution to nutrition, food security, sustainable livelihoods and poverty alleviation of coastal areas. This paper deals with the integration of small-scale fisheries in coastal communities, their contribution to sustainable development, and some methodological approaches that can be used to carry out this kind of analysis....

The aim of this study is to promote cooperation and actions for the benefit of coastal communities on the Southern and Eastern shores of the Mediterranean region by adopting an approach that integrates environmental, economic and social dimensions. These areas are traditionally based on Fisheries, especially small-scale fisheries (SSFs), which...

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 Once again Spain has turned its back on historic injustices by denying rights to small scale fishers in the Mediterranean to access Bluefin tuna.

This webinar originally aired on 25 January 2017. The Information System on Small-scale Fisheries (ISSF) is a web portal that is used to integrate, summarize, and communicate information on small-scale fisheries (SSF) globally. Based on a crowdsourcing approach, the data are all freely accessible, helping the global SSF community to better...