| - High-Level Dialogue session on the National Plan of Action for Small-Scale Fisheries in Malawi
- Virtual inception meeting on new project 'Implementing the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines for gender-equitable and climate-resilient food systems and livelihoods - Phase 2”
- Report of the workshop on creating an enabling environment for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries
- The contribution of small-scale fisheries to healthy food systems and sustainable livelihoods in the SADC region
- Turkey: Raising awareness on the SSF Guidelines and RPOA-SSF
- Report of the global workshop between regional fishery bodies and basin management organizations for scaling up cooperation towards sustainable inland fisheries in the context of food security and nutrition
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| - New elearning: Developing and implementing National Plans of Action for Small-Scale Fisheries
- FAO Namibia releases a series of policy briefs to support implementation of the SSF Guidelines in the country
- Stepping up resilient and sustainable small-scale fisheries and aquaculture: Policy considerations to sustain the achievements from the IYAFA 2022 celebration in the Western Central Atlantic region
- TBTI: Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the SSF Guidelines at the SSF Regional Symposium for Asia-Pacific
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| - NPOA-SSF Manual
- NPOA-SSF Guide for trainers
- NPOA-SSF templates and tools platform
- Small-scale fisheries governance - A handbook in support of the implementation of the SSF Guidelines
- New baseline survey results on small-scale fisheries in Indonesia, Madagascar, Namibia and the Philippines
- Women in fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea region: roles, challenges and opportunities
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| - The contribution of small-scale fisheries to healthy food systems and sustainable livelihoods in the United Republic of Tanzania
- Passing the baton: bolstering young fishers’ roles for sustainable fisheries resources in Indonesia
- ICSF: Getting the story straight and envisioning a fair future for small-scale fisheries in Europe
- SEAFDEC: Striving to mainstream and integrate gender in small-scale fisheries of Southeast Asia
- DIHR: new guide on Human Rights Due Diligence for companies in the fisheries value chain
- OCCHR: Report | Fisheries and the right to food in the context of climate change
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| - New COFI Sub-Committee on Fisheries Management emphasises small-scale fisheries
- Publication: Environmental stewardship by small-scale fisheries
- Applying the Illuminating Hidden Harvests approach – Compiling data on the contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development
- New elearning course: Compiling data on the contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development
- The 6th edition of the International Fishing Industry Safety and Health Conference (IFISH) focused on small-scale fisheries
- INFOFISH: Democratizing the implementation of the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines Article by John Kurien
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| - The new SSF Guidelines website ushers in the 2024 celebrations
- Malawi launches National Plan of Action for Small- Scale Fisheries (2023 – 2030)
- New videos available to boost training on improved post-harvest practices
- Monitoring the challenges of marine and inland small-scale fisherfolks in Ghana
- Now available: Food and Agriculture Microdata Catalogue - Fishery Surveys
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Framework
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| - Don't miss the new deadline! Share your experience on the implementation of the SSF Guidelines
- In Namibia the implementation process of the SSF Guidelines has started
- Commercially important sea cucumbers of the World
- Small fish for food security and nutrition
- GFCM: More Mediterranean and Black Sea countries can join the journey towards sustainable fisheries!
- Don't miss the CAFI SSF Network - Webinar Talk Series
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| - Share your experience on the implementation of the SSF Guidelines - call for submissions is open!
- Empowering Indigenous Peoples through sustainable fisheries: A dialogue at the UN biennial Global Indigenous Youth Forum (UNGIYF)
- GFCM: Turkish version of the Regional Plan of Action for Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea is available
- Take part in the 6th edition of the International Fishing Industry Safety & Health Conference (IFISH-6)
- Michigan State University: Two PHD positions open
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| - New country briefs on the contribution of women in small-scale fisheries to healthy food systems and sustainable livelihoods
- The contribution of small-scale fisheries to healthy food systems and sustainable livelihoods in Uganda
- FAO Yearbook of Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics 2020
- Mitigating the impact of irrigation infrastructure on fish migration
- Nature Food: Fishing for subsistence constitutes a livelihood safety net
- IHH Executive summary is now also available in Spanish and French
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| - Video: Learn more about the development of a National Plan of Action for Small-Scale Fisheries 2022-2026 (NPOA-SSF) in Namibia
- Ecosystem restoration and inland food fisheries in developing countries
- Comunidades con voz. El futuro de la pesca artesanal en Latinoamérica y el Caribe
- From vulnerability to viability: A situational analysis of small-scale fisheries in Asia and Africa
- Indigenous Peoples’ customary fishing rights
- Cases concerning Indigenous Peoples’ rights and fisheries
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| - Enhancing fishers livelihoods through social protection
- INFOFISH: Resilient rivers: counting fish from forests
- COBI: DECALOGUE - The International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture in Mexico
- One Ocean Hub highlights the collective achievements during IYAFA 2022 and plans the way forward!
- The contribution of women in small-scale fisheries to healthy food systems and sustainable livelihoods
- Mangrove photography awards 2023.Open for entries!
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| - Towards sustainable resource management for small-scale fisheries
- Gender transformative trainings: insights from the Philippines and Indonesia
- CFI: Fisherfolk in Peru preserve mangroves and ocean resources through co-management
- Women’s groups in Papua New Guinea embrace new technology in fish processing introduced by FAO
- ‘Fishing’ for recognition of customary law: a preliminary reflection in the fisheries context
- Directives volontaires visant à assurer la durabilité de la pêche artisanale dans le contexte de la sécurité alimentaire et de l’éradication de la pauvreté
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| - Responsible governance of tenure and inland fisheries: more than simply fish
- Trainings and distribution of fishing kits promote food security and nutrition in South Sudan
- FISH4ACP: Lake Tanganyika countries meet on action plan for first stock assessment in decades
- “A Blue Transformation can only be achieved if opportunities are provided for fishers, fish farmers and value chain small and medium-sized enterprises to grow and financial inclusion is the key.”
- INFOFISH speaks to Nicole Franz
- A review of governance and tenure in inland capture fisheries and aquaculture systems of India
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| - SSF Guidelines website
- SSF-LEX
- E-learning - Governance in small-scale fisheries
- Find out: Series of videos for training on improved post-harvest practices
- Malawi: The gender household approach brings positive changes for small-scale fisher households
- Why the gender transformative approach is critical to achieving more equitable and resilient SSF in sub-Saharan Africa
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| - IYAFA Global closing event
- IYAFA 2022 photo exhibition
- IYAFA 2022 Final report
- IYAFA 2022 in Africa
- IYAFA 2022 in North Africa
- IYAFA 2022 closing celebration for Asia
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| - Kyrgyzstan launches series of stamps to celebrate IYAFA 2022
- FAO and MSU are seeking case studies on aquatic ecosystems and associated livelihoods
- Nominations for the Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Awards for East Africa are open
- IIED: Sustainable seafood and small-scale fisheries: improving retail procurement
- Socioeconomic impact evaluation of unemployment insurance for small-scale fishers in Brazil
- FAO: Fibreglass-reinforced plastic (FRP) boat repair in the tropics: A practical guide
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| - Throughout 2022 FAO has gathered 12 stories from the field to highlight the diversity of activities, culture and experience these workers have.
- European Parliament: IYAFA 2022 in resolution on the small-scale fisheries situation in the EU and future perspectives
- OOH: Defenders of the Ocean
- CAOPA: Report of IYAFA activities
- CFFA: “A year for artisanal fishers is not enough”
- FAO: Bangladesh celebrates IYAFA 2022
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| - IYAFA: Interview with Jackie Sunde, senior researcher for the One Ocean Hub small-scale fisheries research team at the University of Cape Town
- Check out the recently launched legal and policy database on small-scale fisheries to support the implementation of the SSF Guidelines
- E-learning – Legal and policy considerations for sustainable small-scale fisheries
- Legislating for sustainable small-scale fisheries
- A policy and legal diagnostic tool for small-scale fisheries
- Applying coherently the human rights framework to small-scale fisheries
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| - IYAFA: Interview with Ratana Chuenpagdee, research professor in geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland, in St. John’s, Canada
- Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH)
- Strengthening the food composition evidence base for aquatic foods
- Building co-management for the anchovy fishery and improving local livelihoods
- New e-learning course: Evaluating fisheries co-management effectiveness
- A good practice guide for ethical and inclusive communications involving small-scale fisheries
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| - IYAFA: Interview with Shakuntala Thilsted, global lead for nutrition and public health at WorldFish
- Equitable livelihoods, food and nutrition security in small-scale fishing communities: Under threat by the nutrition transition?
- The Fisheries and Aquaculture and the Food and Nutrition Divisions at FAO join forces to incorporate fish into home-grown school feeding programmes
- New fish-based recipe book for better nutrition in Malawi
- Small-scale fisheries and the human right to adequate food
- IYAFA in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
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| - IYAFA: Interview with Jeppe Kolding, professor in fisheries science at University of Bergen, Norway
- Colombia: children learn about the conservation of catfish
- Fisheries and forestry join forces for inland small-scale fisheries
- Summary of chapter on inland fisheries in SOFIA
- Review of the state of the world fishery resources: Inland fisheries
- Size-based assessment of data-limited inland fish stocks
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| - IYAFA: Interview with Darío José Mejía Montalvo, President, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
- Indigenous women lead research on artisanal fisheries
- Algae offers Indigenous fishers new prospects in Panama
- FAO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
- Indigenous Peoples’ food systems. Insights on sustainability and resilience from the front line of climate change
- Capacity development Workshop on the SSF Guidelines for Indigenous Peoples of Central America
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| - Video: Chapter 9 in the SSF Guidelines is about disaster risks and climate change
- IYAFA: Interview with Zoila Bustamante Cardenas, President of the Latin American Union of Artisanal Fisheries and of the Confederation National Association of Artisanal Fishermen of Chile (CONAPACH)
- FAO in Latin America and the Caribbean welcomed 24 Champions of Small-Scale Fisheries and Aquaculture
- Community fishers attend screening of award-winning film organized by FAO Bangladesh in occasion of IYAFA 2022
- 2022 Ocean Conference side event Small in scale, big in value: Stocktaking, partnerships, and solutions in support of small-scale fisheries
- FAO takes the opportunity at the 2022 Ocean Dialogue to highlight the high vulnerability of small-scale fishers and fish farmers to climate change
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| - IYAFA: IYAFA 2022 at UN Ocean Conference: an inspiring journey across regions, told by fishers, fish workers and policy makers
- IYAFA: Interview with Ambassador Peter Thomson, UNSG’s Special Envoy for the Ocean,occasion of the 2022 UN Ocean Conference
- Blue Transformation: A vision for FAO's work on aquatic food systems
- Small-scale fisheries and sustainable development: Key findings from the IHH report
- African countries celebrate the importance of fish industries employing 5.4 million people and providing essential nutrition
- Países de América del Sur impulsan el consumo de pescado con programas de promoción y educación alimentaria
- The Government of Namibia launches national plan of action (NPoA) for small-scale fisheries
- Marine protected areas: Interactions with fishery livelihoods and food security
- Restoration of productive aquatic ecosystems by small-scale fisheries and aquaculture
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| - Video: Chapter 5A of the SSF Guidelines is about responsible governance of tenure
- IYAFA: Interview with Dr. Fikret Berkes, Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba, on the importance of Governance to small-scale fisheries and aquaculture
- Legislating for sustainable small-scale fisheries
- A policy and legal diagnostic tool for sustainable SSF
- Parlatino: Model law on small-scale fisheries
- IYAFA 2022 and UNDFF: an opportunity for small-scale fisheries and aquaculture producers to amplify their voices
- Towards transforming blue food systems: Strengthening coherence between fisheries policies and social protection
- FAO: International policy tools based on human rights help countries to create a sustainable blue economy
- The FAO Aquaculture News (FAN) celebrates IYAFA 2022
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| - Video: Chapter 6 in the SSF Guidelines is about social development, employment and decent work
- IYAFA: Interview with Adriana Cedena Cancino, representative of the confederation of the National roundtable of artisanal fishing of Colombia
- Impact evaluation of the fishers’ unemployment insurance in Brazil
- Decent work and social protection in Tunisia: women in small-scale fisheries
- Autogenous social protection mechanisms in small-scale fisheries and aquaculture
- Social Protection in the Fisheries and Aquaculture sector (SocPro4Fish) project
- A participatory exercise for the social protection of Colombia's fishing and aquaculture sector
- New Brief: Inclusive social development and decent work for enhancing small-scale fisheries resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Promoting greater coherence between small-scale fisheries and social protection policies, mechanisms and programs in Cambodia
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| - Video: Chapter 7 of the SSF Guidelines is about value-chains, post-harvest and trade
- IYAFA: Interview with Dr. Prasun Kumar Das, Secretary General of APRACA (Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural credit Association)
- Guidelines for micro-finance and credit in support of small-scale fisheries in Asia
- Financing fisheries in Africa - Case studies from Tanzania and Zambia
- Showcasing applied practices in value chains, post-harvest operations and trade
- Developing sustainable value chains for aquatic products - A draft methodological brief for analysis and design
- Fish with a story: find out how Abalobi is bringing together fishers and consumers with tecnology
- WWF's Ocean Witness: “We are agents for local development”
- GFCM: Breaking free of the traditional value-chains
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| - Video: Gender equity and equality are core objectives and guiding principles of the SSF Guidelines.
- IYAFA: Interview with Editrudith Lukanga, Executive Director EMEDO and Secretary General of AWFishNet
- Towards gender-equitable small-scale fisheries governance and development
- A methodological guide for mapping women ́s small-scale fishery organizations
- Video: The female factor – farming catfish in Nigeria
- Rowing IYAFA 2022 in the United Republic of Tanzania
- Blue Ventures: Women in fisheries management in Indonesia
- One Ocean Hub: In a perfect world fishing has no gender
- GFCM: Redressing the gender balance IYAFA
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| - Video: Community-based Fisheries Management - Fishing voices from the Pacific
- IYAFA: Interview with Manuel Barange, Director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division at FAO, on the importance of artisanal fisheries and aquaculture for the environmental sustainability
- Chapters 5a and 5b in the SSF Guidelines are about sustainable resource management
- E-learning course on SDG Indicator 14.b.1 - Securing sustainable small-scale fisheries
- E-GEOS presents the 2022 LOVE PLANET EARTH calendar IYAFA 2022
- Event: Launch of the EMEDO Environmental Resource Center (ERC) in Tanzania
- Handbook: Convention on Biological Diversity for small-scale fisheries communities
- Video: CAOPA: "What is the value of African artisanal fisheries?"
- INFOFISH International celebrates IYAFA
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| - Video: Like ripples in the water
- Watch global IYAFA launch
- Watch regional IYAFA launch
- IYAFA 2022: Call for human-interest stories
- Job posting: Fishery Officer (Social Protection)
- IYAFA 2022: Call for human-interest stories
- Meet Margaret Nakato, winner of the Margarita Lizárraga Medal
- Celebrate #IYAFA2022!
- A video message from IYAFA supporters
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| - Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH): A snapshot of key findings
- Upcoming webinar: Highlighting environmental leadership by small-scale fishers
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| - International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA)
- Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH): A snapshot of key findings
- Review of Global Fisheries and Aquaculture Insurance
- IYAFA 2022: Call for human-interest stories
- Job posting: Fishery Officer (Social Protection)
- Call for papers: Artisanal and small-scale fisheries and aquaculture
- CAOPA: Declaration on transparency for sustainable artisanal fisheries in Africa
- SMU: New initiative highlights environmental leadership by small-scale fishers
- FiTI Brief: Transparency for small-scale fisheries
- Blue Ventures: 30x30 is an ambitious new goal to protect 30% of the planet by 2030
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| - Checklists and technical guidelines to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Volume 1 and 2
- FAO on Twitter: Our oceans sustain the livelihoods of millions
- Report on the National Gender Training workshop
- Summary of the SSF Forum sessions on decent work and social protection
- New translations for "Linkages between the SSF Voluntary Guidelines and the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition"
- TBTI: 4th World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress Series
- FAO, ICARDA, WORLDFISH: Virtual expert consultation to draft a MEL framework
- CAOPA: Upcoming "Who does the fish belongs to" Webinar
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| - GFCM: the SSF Forum will offer more workshops in the Fall
- FAO: rules of the road at sea e-learning for small-scale fishers
- FAO: Scaling up the implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
- CAOPA: towards a National Plan of Action for Small-Scale Fisheries (NPOA-SSF) in Ghana
- TBTI: proceedings of the SSF Open House, a week full of exchanges on small-scale fisheries
- Duke University: listen to this podcast on Measuring Fish for Food & Nutrition Security
- Duke University: two new post-doctoral position on small-scale fisheries
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| - FAO: tribute to Fabio Hazin, the chair of the consultations for the SSF Guidelines
- FAO: evaluating the efficiency of small-scale fisheries co-management
- FAO: latest developments of the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022
- FAO: information building materials on small-scale fisheries safety at sea
- FAO: mainstreaming gender for SSF development strategies
- GFCM: raising awareness of national legislations to promote sustainable small-scale fisheries
- TBTI: SSF Open House, celebrating the lives and livelihoods of small-scale fisheries
- One Ocean Hub: promoting small-scale fisheries and ocean well-being
- Ocean University of Sri Lanka: blue growth for sustainable livelihoods
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| - New FAO website on the importance of social protection for small-scale fisheries
- IYAFA 2022: Indigenous Peoples inland small-scale fisheries for healthy food systems
- GFCM: the second year of the SSF Forum was launched in May
- Illuminating Hidden Harvests: Read about the latest news and updates from the study
- TBTI: alongside the FAO, TBTI will be unpacking the SSF Guidelines during World Oceans Week
- SSF Guidelines launch in Malawi paves the way to sustainable small-scale fisheries
- WorldFish: Junior Communications Consultant for Illuminating Hidden Harvests launch
- One Ocean Hub: workshop on sustainable small-scale fisheries law co-organised with FAO
- TBTI: Using transdisciplinary training for implementing the SSF Guidelines in India
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| - CFS47 Side event: Exploring CFS instruments in small-scale fisheries
- APFIC Webinar 2021: Information and Communication Technologies for small-scale fisheries
- APFIC Webinar 2021: Characteristics and performance of co-management in Asia
- CAFI SSF Network hosts webinar on microfinance and credit services for small-scale fisheries
- Tanzania: launch of NPOA-SSF marks another committed step in the right direction
- SSF Guidelines launch in Malawi paves the way to sustainable small-scale fisheries
- Call for Action: Funds under Ocean Innovation Challenge for small-scale fisheries
- Masifundise host first Small-Scale Fisheries National Strategic Forum
- TBTI: Using transdisciplinary training for implementing the SSF Guidelines in India
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| - Overview: the part Civil Society Organisations play in the implementation of the SSF Guidelines
- In their own words: how ICSF, the IPC Working Group on Fisheries and EMEDO are helping to implement the SSF Guidelines
- SSF Gender Handbook referenced in International Women's Day webinar discussing women in fisheries leadership positions
- New webpage on Social Protection and Fisheries helps raise awareness about the challenges of the sector
- FAO discuss the future of fish markets and trade at International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) 2021 Conference
- FAO present at the 2021 Korea International Cooperation Conference on Oceans and Fisheries (KICCOF) in the context of Covid-19
- Find out more about APFIC's webinars scheduled for 2021 on SSF Co-management, ICT4SSF and gender equality and equity
- Virtual regional training workshop to test Legislative Guide and Diagnostic Tool for implemention of the SSF Guidelines
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| - Supporting sustainable small-scale and artisanal fisheries at the 34th Session of COFI
- Exploring the application of CFS instruments to small-scale fisheries
- Call for Expression of Interest and Vacancy Announcements with FAO
- Webinar exploring the role of nutrient-rich, small, low-cost fish in diets
- International Ocean Institute of Southern Africa deliver governance training for Africa
- New CFS Voluntary Guidelines to leverage the right to food with reference to the SSF Guidelines
- International Collective in Support of Fishworkers: Samudra Report 84th Edition
- Poseidon: newsletter details development of NPOA-SSF training program
- TBTI: February 2021 newsletter shares SSF Guidelines 'transdisciplinarity' workshop report
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| - Overview: the role Non-Governmental Organisations play in the implementation of the SSF Guidelines
- In their own words: how ABALOBI, EDF, SSNC and ELI are helping to implement the SSF Guidelines around the world
- Understanding the link between gender and food loss in African small-scale fisheries value chains
- National inception workshop for empowering women in Sierra Leonean small-scale fisheries
- The SSF Guidelines: what we have learnt and what we need to do next
- The 34th Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) - virtual
- EDF: the SSF Hub in now live!
- Invemar and FAO: meeting hosted with platoneras from Buenaventura in Colombia
- OSPESCA: the implementation of the SSF Guidelines in OSPESCA Member States
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| - Overview: the role of research and academia behind the implementation of the SSF Guidelines
- In their own words: hear from several of our research partners about their work on the SSF Guidelines
- Enhancing sanitation and hygiene at Kunduchi and Kirumba fish markets in the wake of Covid-19
- First meetings for the National Plan of Action to implement the SSF Guidelines in Namibia
- Close to 200 fishers and scientists participated in the SSF University Day in the GFCM regions
- IPNLF: Small-scale tuna fishers now able to directly advise the European Union
- ICSF: Completion of SSF Guidelines translation into additional four languages for Ghanians
- TBTI: Using Transdisciplinarity for Fisheries Policies and the implementation of the SSF Guidelines
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| - Overview: an introduction to the financial support behind the SSF Guidelines
- In their own words: why our donors see value in implementing the SSF Guidelines
- Enhancing sanitation and hygiene at Kunduchi and Kirumba fish markets in the wake of Covid-19
- First steps to creating a National Plan of Action to implement the SSF Guidelines
- One Ocean Hub: small-scale fisheries and Blue Justice
- IUCN Guidelines for gathering of fishers' knowledge for policy development and applied use
- Symposium on the future of small-scale fishery markets in the Mediterranean
- CFFA: How the EU can support African artisanal fisheries with the SSF Guidelines
- TBTI: Unlocking legal and policy frameworks for small-scale fisheries: global illustrations
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| - Overview of key SSF Guidelines activities in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
- Implementing the SSF Guidelines across Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
- "Autonomy, power and independence do not come overnight"
- How the Government of Malawi supports small-scale fisheries during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Fish as Food - the role of fish in the Right to Food
- SSF Gender Policy Champions
- Course in Resilient Fisheries Governance
- IOI and FAO: 5-day training program in regional small-scale fisheries governance
- The SSF Guidelines in Wolof for Senegal
- Calls to action
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| - Overview of key SSF Guidelines implementation activities in Europe
- The SSF Guidelines are gaining momentum in Europe
- Covid-19 sensitization for fishers and fishworkers in coastal regions of Ghana
- FAO Global Expert Workshop on Fisheries Co-Management Guidebook
- "Fish(ing) for Future": Sustainable fish for food security and nutrition in Africa
- Small-scale fisheries and food security
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| - Overview of key SSF Guidelines activities in the Near East and North Africa region
- Take part of our partners' experiences from implementing the SSF Guidelines in the region
- Illuminating Hidden Harvests study in the spotlight at COFI virtual dialogues
- The experience of small-scale fisheries in the face of the COVID-19 crisis
- Training of trainers in 'gender transformative approaches'
- Virtual dialogue on women's empowerment in fisheries now available online
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| - Special edition: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Overview of key activities in the region
- How the African Union facilitates implementation of the SSF Guidelines in Africa
- "When I know there is a tool speaking for me, I feel stronger, I feel empowered" (Katosi Women Development Trust)
- Get to know the newly formed African Advisory Group
- Recent event: Webinar series 'Small is bountiful'
- Recent resources: New videos explain the SSF Guidelines
- Info about COVID-19 and small-scale fisheries compiled
- Recent publications
- Upcoming events
- Call for grant applications
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| - Special edition: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Overview of key activities in the region
- Insights into how OSPESCA supports implementation of the SSF Guidelines in Central America
- ‘Aligning the stars’ – A story about collective action to implement the SSF Guidelines in Costa Rica
- Job: Small-Scale Fisheries Project Coordinator, 11 months contract, Windhoek, Namibia
- Job: Small-Scale Fisheries Project Manager, 216 days consultancy, remote work
- Information about COVID-19 and small-scale fisheries compiled
- Recent publications
- Upcoming events
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| - Special edition: Asia and the Pacific
- Overview of key activities in the region
- "We use the SSF Guidelines as a point of reference that we keep coming back to"
- "A key role ICSF plays is to lay the ground for organizations to drive the issues they care about"
- Job: National Professional Officer in Fishery and Aquaculture Value Chains, Marshall Islands
- Online consultation gathered thoughts on how to monitor SSF Guidelines implementation
- Play the game “GO small-scale Fish!ng” and learn about the SSF Guidelines
- Information about COVID-19 and small-scale fisheries compiled
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| - International Women's Day
- Launch of a 'university' dedicated to small-scale fishers
- Inception workshop for project in Africa to empower women
- Advisers and legislators of the Congress of Colombia briefed on the SSF Guidelines
- Lake zone producers’ forum in Tanzania highlights SSF Guidelines
- Developing a national plan of action in Tanzania
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| - Online consultation: How to monitor implementation of the SSF Guidelines?
- Training of trainers in safety at sea
- TBTI 'Training-of-the-Trainers' program builds capacity to implement the SSF Guidelines
- Workshop on mainstreaming small-scale fisheries in governance and policy
- SSF Guidelines presented at international symposium on marine ecosystems challenges
- Regional workshop on gender integration in fisheries
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| - What does FAO do to implement the SSF Guidelines?
- Central American sub-regional meeting on the implementation of the SSF Guidelines
- Small-scale fisheries value chains, post-harvest and trade discussed in high-level meeting
- Technical workshop on small-scale fisheries and data collection in the Maghreb
- Research network helps collect knowledge on small-scale fisheries
- 18th session of the Committee for Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture of Africa (CIFAA)
- New card game teaches the SSF Guidelines – test run at fisheries governance course
- Parliamentarians for Global Action agreed to promote the SSF Guidelines
- Danish institute promotes human rights in fisheries and aquaculture in Asia
- CAOPA celebrated world fisheries day and highlighted SSF Guidelines
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| - How to secure sustainable fisheries livelihoods discussed at FAO symposium
- Seminar promoted safety at sea and decent work in line with the SSF Guidelines
- New session of the CECAF Working Group for Artisanal Fisheries
- International workshop on ICT4Fisheries in practice
- BMZ Innovation Dialogue on the future of African rural areas
- ICSF workshop on the implementation of the SSF Guidelines at local level in India
- Building a global knowledge sharing platform to help implement the SSF Guidelines
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| - Small-scale fisheries round table talks on partnerships and market opportunities
- Expert Seminar on Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Peoples' Fisheries in the Arctic
- West Africa fishing communities receive FAO training in new fish smoking technique
- Local communities play outsized but overlooked role in global fisheries
- Multi-stakeholder meeting discussed resilient and equitable small-scale fisheries
- SSF Guidelines included in recent UN University post-graduate level training
- Expert workshop acknowledges sustainability and potential in non-certified seafood
- Committe on World Food Security side event: Treasures of the oceans and inland waters
- SSF Guidelines discussed at Community of Practice Workshop on Fishery Improvement Projects
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| - Indigenous peoples workshop on governance in fisheries
- GIZ staff and consultants got to know the SSF Guidelines better
- ICSF workshop on improving inland fisheries governance
- Job vacancies
- Recent publications and resources
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| - SSF Guidelines at the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC)
- Training workshop in Cabo Verde: using the SSF Guidelines in the Coastal Fisheries Initiative (CFI)
- Ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) training including the SSF Guidelines
- National workshop on India's marine fisheries policy and the SSF Guidelines
- African Expert Meeting: Operationalising a Human Rights Based Approach
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| - National workshop on social protection and fisheries in Senegal
- International workshop on legal frameworks for small-scale fisheries
- Pan-African workshop on Strengthening Non-State Actor (NSA) platforms
- Recent publications and resources
- Upcoming events
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| - Illegal fishing and poor working conditions examined
- New tool under way to help capacitate fisherfolk organisations
- General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) High-level conference on MedFish4Ever initiatives
- Dialogue on Socially Responsibility in Fisheries and Aquaculture Value Chain
- People & the Sea Conference: learning from the past, imagining the future
- The SAMUDRA Report No. 81
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