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Indonesia/SSF Strong Pillars
The fisheries and coastal resources policy of Indonesia requires a specific operational and regulatory framework to ensure the the protection of traditional small-scale fishers
Indonesia
2018 - ICSF
Newsletter
News from the Deck - June 2018
The monthly newsletter of the Low Impact Fishers of Europe, comming with a lot of interesting news, events and technical informations, regarding Small Scale Fisheries in European Union and not only.
European Union
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Journal article
Vietnam / Fisheries Legislation: Re-visiting the Law
The government of Vietnam seeks to empower the country's fishermen through the landmark passage of an amended fisheries law
Viet Nam
2018 - ICSF
Journal article
Review/Book: Women Rising
A critical look at Towards Gender-equitable Small-scale fisheries Governance and Development: A Handbook by Nilanjana Biswas, published by the FAO, in 2017
2018 - ICSF
Newsletter article
News from the Deck - May 2018
The monthly newsletter of the Low Impact Fishers of Europe
European Union
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Journal article
Roundup: news, events, briefings and more. Samudra Report No.79
The Roundup includes recent publications, films added to our Documentation centre, meetings coming up, websites which are important to small-scale fisheries, flashback of editorial from old issues of samudra report related to the theme and Endquote from the world of literature related to fisheries.
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Journal article
Africa/SSF Guidelines: Co-operate to Move Forward
An Africa Workshop focused on creating awareness about the SSF Guidelines, lobbying for their implementation, and aligning them with national fisheries policies
2018 - ICSF
Blog article
FAO helps Ukraine’s food safety system for fishery products meet EU standards
Ukraine, due to its geographical closeness to the European Union and its recently signed Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area agreement, has committed to aligning its food safety and quality systems with EU standards.
The needed changes in legal requirements and in Ukraine’s official food safety control system bring with them...
Ukraine
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Journal article
Comment/Editorial: On Land, at Sea, Lives Matter
Cyclone Ockhi, which caused large-scale destruction in southern India, should open the eyes of officialdom to both the landward and seaward dimensions of cyclones
2018 - ICSF
Journal article
Roundup: news, events, briefings and more. Samudra Report No.78
The Roundup includes recent publications, films added to our Documentation centre, meetings coming up, websites which are important to small-scale fisheries, flashback of editorial from old issues of samudra report related to the theme and Endquote from the world of literature related to fisheries.
2018 - ICSF
Journal article
From the editor, Yemaya, No.56, January 2018
More than three years since the endorsement of the SSF Guidelines in June 2014, it is important to recall that these Guidelines, the first internationally recognised instrument for the small-scale fisheries sector, expressly call upon all stakeholders to adopt strategies to promote gender mainstreaming in the fisheries. It is important...
2018 - ICSF
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The Caribbean Islands: Celebrating Women in Caribbean Fisheries
The Caribbean Network of Fisherfolk Organisations works on the implementation of the SSF Guidelines with a special focus on gender
The Caribbean Network of Fisherfolk Organisations (CNFO) is a regional network of national and local level fisherfolk organisations and individual fisherfolk leaders. It operates throughout the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) comprising mainly the English-speaking countries and territories. In 2006, the CNFO was informally established through fisherfolk capacity building and strategic planning,...
2018 - ICSF
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Profile: Dream Big, the Sea is the Limit: K.C. Rekha: Seagoing Fisherwoman from Kerala, India
Taking a road less travelled is not easy. Sometimes the whole of society stands against you. But no such fear deterred Rekha K.C. of Koorkenchery, a village in the Thrissur district of Kerala, India, the first woman in the country to go fishing in the deep waters of the outer...
India
2018 - ICSF
Journal article
Tanzania: Networking for Strength
A newly established network of women fish processors and traders promises to improve the prospects of women in Africa’s post-harvest sector. The vast fish resources of the African continent offer many benefits. Fishery and aquaculture products supply food, nutrition, income and livelihoods to hundreds of millions of people; they help earn...
United Republic of Tanzania
2018 - ICSF
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Milestones: Global Gender Gap Report
The new Global Gender Gap Report released by the World Economic Forum, estimates that, especially when it comes to women’s workplace equality, it will be another 217 years before we achieve gender parity. The report ranks a total of 144 countries by economic opportunities, education, political participation and health. The...
2018 - ICSF
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Norway: Then and Now—Women in Norway’s Fisheries
Twenty-five years after the introduction of the quota system, significant challenges confront women in Norway’s fisheries. Norway is considered to be one of the largest fishery nations in Europe. Despite this, there are few professional women fishers in the country. According to statistical data released in 2017 by the Norwegian Directorate...
Norway
2018 - ICSF
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What’s New, Webby?: Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP)
The Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) was launched in June 2015 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. The FFKP gathers digitised quality information on family farming from all over the world, including national laws and regulations, public policies, best practices, relevant data and statistics, researches,...
2018 - ICSF
Newsletter
TBTI Digest, April 2018
The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
2018 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research
Newsletter
TBTI Digest, June 2018
The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
2018 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research
Journal article
Working together in small-scale fisheries: harnessing collective action for poverty eradication
This paper builds on lessons learned from case studies of organization-building and collective action as a means of eradicating poverty in small-scale fisheries. The Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication, endorsed by FAO Member States in 2014, recognize that addressing...
2018
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