LIFE members from Ireland – the Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation launch a campaign to ask decision-makers to support a groundbreaking Heritage License Bill that would allow to allocate a small percentage of the Irish national quota to the islands’ fishers, thus preventing island populations from dwindling.

The opening editorial Comment in the current issue argues that as the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) gets under way, it is imperative to lobby for policies and processes that will empower small-scale fishing...

In the wake of tropical cyclone Ockhi, the focus now should be on improving at-sea cyclone preparedness and search-and-rescue co-ordination to save precious lives.

The 2018 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture emphasizes the sector’s role in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, and measurement of progress towards these goals. It notes the particular contributions of inland and small-scale fisheries, and highlights the importance of...

As the implementation of the SSF Guidelines gets under way, it is imperative to lobby for policies and processes that will empower small-scale fishing communities

The Guaranis, indigenous people of Morro dos Cavalos in Brazil, are being displaced from their lands to satisfy the interests of politicians and businesses

La publicación Abordar la agricultura, la silvicultura y la pesca en los Planes Nacionales de Adaptación: Directrices complementarias (Directrices PNA-Ag) proporciona orientación específica para la Planificación Nacional de la Adaptación en los sectores agrícolas. Esta se constituye en una guía útil para los planificadores nacionales y los tomadores de decisiones...

An FAO project examines global occupational health and safety policies, practices, standards, problems and challenges in aquaculture occupational safety and health (AOSH)

Fisheries co-operatives in Sri Lanka need to be restructured into true co-management platforms to ensure the sustainable use of coastal zone resources

The Seafood Slavery Risk Tool helps inform businesses about abuses of labour and human rights in their seafood supply chains

A workshop on Cyclone Ockhi, which swept through parts of south India, discussed ways to make coastal fishing communities more resilient to natural disasters

Cyclone Ockhi, which hit southern India late last year, brought out the need to empower communities to manage risks through locally owned and locally appropriate approaches

The largest conference on occupational safety and health in the fishing industry returns after a gap of nine years

Comment/Editorial: On Land, at Sea, Lives Matter, India - Natural Hazards: In the Eye of the Storm by Manas Roshan, India - Cyclone Ockhi: A Stitch in Time by  K G Thara, Puerto Rico - Hurricane María: Mortal Embrace by María Suárez Toro, Analysis - Decent Work: Freedom from Modern...

Conflicting forces of nature, alongside the ecological intervention of traditional fishermen, helped mitigate the destruction wrought in Puerto Rico by Hurricane María

From the Editor, America - The Caribbean Islands: Celebrating Women in Caribbean Fisheries by The Gender In Fisheries Team (GIFT), Profile - K.C. Rekha: Seagoing Fisherwoman from Kerala, India by Amrutha K.J., Africa - Tanzania: Networking for Strength by  Editrudith Lukanga, Milestones - Global Gender Gap Report by Venugopalan N,...

The following are stories about farmers and farmer organizations in the Pacific. They reflect some of the impacts of a five-year funding programme (2014-2018) that has changed the way farmer organizations operate in the Pacific Islands. Stories like these have become common in farmer organizations across the region. What follows...

Only shared interest and mutual will—nationally, regionally, locally—among fishers and social partners can help achieve sustainable fisheries

The Norwegian experience shows that learning about sustainable small-scale fisheries development should not be a one-way traffic from the North to the South

Formal recognition of marine tenure provides an incentive for small-scale fishers to form and support the overarching structure for responsible governance