8 June, Jakarta/Menarbu/Rome - Yustus Menarbu, 37, is a member of the Roon Indigenous community and a traditional fisherman from the coastal village of Menarbu in Indonesia. Like the rest of the 238 people who live in his village, Yustus and his wife and their nine children depend on artisanal fishing...

8 June, Lima/Manta/Rome - José Augusto López Zambrano, 41, is a third-generation pole-and-line tuna fisher from Manta, Ecuador. This married father of two has been honing his craft since the age of 12, when he started accompanying his own father at sea. “I hope my children — Juan Diego, 12, and Amber,...

16 October, Dionewar - Mariama Sarr works as a seafood harvester and processor in the community of Dionewar, an island in Senegal's Sine Saloum Delta. Thanks to their work, Ms Sarr and her colleagues provide food such as dried oysters and shrimp semi-conserves to their community, which depends largely on small-scale...

Photo ©FAO, Fatou Ndong Sarr 18 July, Niodior - The village of Niodior lies in an idyllic setting in Senegal’s Sine-Saloum Delta. On this island paradise where fishing is the flagship economic activity and a lack of salaried jobs drives an exodus of men, the women are on the frontlines of...

Photo ©FAO, Kacou Charles 18 July, Sassandra - Kacou Charles, 48, a husband and father of four children, is a native of the coastal town of Sassandra in Côte d'Ivoire who has been practicing artisanal fishing for the past 25 years. Despite the challenges associated with this profession, including competition from communities...