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Allocution
LIFE writes to ICCAT’s Chair
An invaluable opportunity for a more sustainable and fair BfT fishery
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Article du bulletin d’information
Milestones: The Santiago de Compostela Declaration: Promoting equal opportunities in fisheries and aquaculture
The ‘Santiago de Compostela Declaration for Equal Opportunities in the Fishing Sector and Aquaculture’ was approved at the end of the opening day of the First International Conference of Women in Fisheries 5-7 November 2018. Held in Santiago de Compostela, the capital of northwest Spain’s Galicia region, the meeting was...
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Rapport
European development cooperation in the field of fisheries and aquaculture : state of play 2018
Currently, there are still 815 million people who do not have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food, particularly among the most vulnerable in fragile countries. Hunger and undernutrition affect not just the individual; they also impose a serious economic burden on communities and the sustainable development of countries as...
European Union
2018 - European Commission
Article du bulletin d’information
Mexico: Female fishers in Lake Chapala
Lake Chapala is the second largest lake in Mexico, and fishing has been an important economic activity in the region for hundreds of years. From colonial times to the 19th century, there was a high regional demand for fish, thanks to the region’s abundant native species. The introduction of carp...
Mexico
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Bulletin d'information
Yemaya Newsletter No.57, July 2018
July 2018 witnessed the release of the flagship report of the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) 2018. A trove of information that, in the months to come, will be unpacked and discussed by activists and researchers in the fishery and aquaculture sectors,...
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article du bulletin d’information
What’s New, Webby?: A new Women in Fisheries project
New research exploring women’s roles in fishing families officially got going in August 2018, with the launch of the new Women in Fisheries project website. This research examines how women contribute to the survival of both fishing families and the fishing industry, and will shed light on women’s roles, identities...
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Rapport
Report of the National Workshop on Small-scale Fisheries, Cyclone Ockhi and Disaster Risk Management 29 to 30 May, 2018, Kerala, India
National Workshop on Small-scale Fisheries, Cyclone Ockhi and Disaster Risk Management was held on 28 to 29 May, 2018 at Thiruvananthapuram. The workshop was organised by the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Trust with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The...
India
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article du bulletin d’information
Yemaya Recommends: Film: Give a woman a fish, Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia
This documentary is about women fishers living in the floating villages of Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia, considered the world’s most productive inland fishery. In these villages of floating huts and boats, both women and men depend on fishing and fish processing, and there are few other livelihood options. Most are...
Cambodia
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article de blog
Growing momentum to close the net on illegal fishing
A growing number of countries are signing up to a global agreement that helps stop illegal fishing, as the international community today marks the first International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing. IUU fishing is estimated to affect one in every five fish caught, with an...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Ouvrage
Cyclone Ockhi: Disaster Risk Management and Sea Safety in the Indian Marine Fisheries Sector
Between 29 November and 3 December, 2017, Cyclone Ockhi devastated hundreds of lives and livelihoods of coastal fishing communities in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India. This study assesses the impacts of the cyclone on fishing communities and the mechanisms in place at the local, national and international levels to address...
India
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article de blog
What future for British fishing
Looking beyond the horizon for UK small-scale fisheries in the context of Brexit
The personal perspective of Jeremy Percy, Chairman of the Coastal PO and Executive Director of the Low Impact Fishers of Europe
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Événement
Small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean: part of the solution not the problem.
The Low Impact Fishers of Europe and the ECOMERS Laboratory of the University of Cote d’Azur jointly organized an event as part of the Monaco Ocean Week on Wednesday April 11 2018 in Monaco to draw attention to the SSCF as part of the solution to the problems facing the Mediterranean.
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Fiche d'information
Use of Non-conventional Water in Agriculture
The Near East and North Africa (NENA) region with its generally arid climate, predicted population growth and increased water scarcity, needs a coordinated regional approach, among others, to increase fish production and consumption, rural employment and the sustainable use and conservation of the aquatic resources. In this respect, the “Integrated...
Algeria - Egypt - Oman
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article
Meet Iuri Peri, LIFE’s new Project Manager for Italy
In the framework of its three years project “Mainstreaming small-scale low impact fisheries in the Mediterranean” funded by the MAVA Foundation, LIFE plans to reinforce its presence on the ground in order to provide increased support to the small-scale fishing communities in the region. Following a comprehensive interview process Prof. Iuri Peri was selected...
Italy
2018 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Note/document d'orientation
The FAO Blue Growth Initiative
Strategy for the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Eastern Africa
As part of FAO’s Blue Growth Initiative (BGI) the FAO Member Countries of the Eastern Africa Sub-Region met to agree on a strategy for the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture within the Blue Growth Initiative in Eastern Africa (BGI Strategy). The BGI is an FAO flagship initiative that aims at...
Burundi - Ethiopia - Kenya - Rwanda - Somalia - South Sudan - Uganda
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Allocution
IIMRO: PR on the Heritage License
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.
Ireland
2018
Revue spécialisée
Samudra Report No. 79, August 2018
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...
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article de revue spécialisée
India / Natural Hazards: In the Eye of the Storm
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.
India
2018 - ICSF
Revue spécialisée
Comment/Editorial: From Rhetoric to Reality
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
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Revue spécialisée
Brazil - Indigenous Rights: Shoved out
The Guaranis, indigenous people of Morro dos Cavalos in Brazil, are being displaced from their lands to satisfy the interests of politicians and businesses
Brazil
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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