The Asia-Pacific region is taking important preparatory steps to strengthen the governance of aquaculture for sustainable development and future food security, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced today. Following four decades of advancements, aquaculture has surpassed capture fisheries to become the major source of fish for human consumption...

E as mulheres sempre estiveram presentes na pesca. É o que Siri Gerrard (2018) destaca sobre o livro de Margaret Wilson “Seawomen of Iceland: Survival on the Edge”, baseado em narrativas islandesas sobre mulheres pescadoras e trabalhadoras no mar desde os anos 1700. É o caso de Thurídur Einarsdóttir, capitã...

Quando falamos de mulheres rurais e do seu importantíssimo trabalho para a soberania e segurança alimentar, a primeira imagem que nos vem à cabeça são mulheres nos roçados, plantando, carpindo, colhendo e processando. Com esforço, estendemos o nosso olhar para as matas e florestas onde milhares de mulheres vivem do...

The 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress (3WSFC), held in Chiang Mai Thailand in October 2018, was an opportunity for researchers, practitioners, fisher organizations, CSOs, and policy makers to share up-to-date information about all aspects of small-scale fisheries and to formulate action plans and capacity development programs to support the implementation...

Small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea Region represents a key segment of the fishing sector, accounting for the greatest part of the fleet in the region and more than a half of the total workers employed in the sector. Fisher and fishworker households are exposed to different risks and...

An energetic and committed worker for the cause of fishers, he was a lighthouse for the fishworkers’ movement

“Have all the webinars been recorded?”, “Where can I find guidelines on managing the budget of a CSA farm?”, “I have to deliver a training session on starting a LSPA1 in my country. Is there anybody to contact on the topic ?”, “Do you know if there is a tutorial...

A field trip to Teluk Bahang, a fishing village on the northwestern tip of Penang in Malaysia, shed light on the lives of small-scale fishers

India’s 2019 Draft National Policy on Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture is an ambitious effort but limited in depth and vision

The Landings Obligation – No Simple Answers

Fishers from the Amazon region gathered to exchange ideas about common challenges and opportunities to sustain and develop indigenous fisheries in the light of the SSF Guidelines

The CFP has Created a Distorted Sea

Environmental non-governmental organizations can work in partnership with fishing communities to secure vibrant fishing communities and thriving marine ecosystems

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

The voices of small-scale fishers and civil society organizations were loud and clear at the 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

Nalini Nayak and Cornelie Quist reflect on the 7th Global Conference on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries (GAF7), held in Bangkok during 18-21 October 2018

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.

Reflections on the ‘Towards an Inclusive Blue Economy’ conference organized by the International Institute for Environment and Development in London in February 2019