• Why we need small fish: Maarten Bavinck

• World Food Day 2020: Statement by ICSF in support of small-scale artisanal fisheries

• Covid Response 2020: ICSF's Newsletter

• General Secretary of the National Fishworkers' Forum (NFF), T. Peter passed away in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India on Thursday October 8, 2020. He has dedicated his life for the wellbeing of fishing communities and engaged himself steadfastly to protect their life and livelihoods

• National Fishworkers Forum [NFF] mourns the demise of our beloved leader and one among the tall stalwarts of the fishworkers movement – Comrade T Peter

• Legislating for sustainable small-scale fisheries: A guide and considerations for implementing aspects of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication in National Legislation

• Dialogue 11: Covid 19 - 10,000 Years of Winter Fisheries Endangered: Responses From the Polar North and Why Do They Matter in Global South\

• The Human Relationship with Our Ocean Planet by Edward H. Allison, John Kurien and Yoshitaka Ota

• Ocean Panel Blue Paper: The Human Relationship with our Ocean Planet: Communications Toolkit, August 2020

• Webinar on The Human Relationship with our Ocean Planet, Tuesday 8 September 2020, 10.00AM-11.30AM BST

• Presentation: Impact of Covid-19 on Fisheries and Aquaculture Effects, Good Practices and Recommendations: Small-Scale Artisanal Fisheries Perspective by Sebastian Mathew

• Asia-Pacific Countries with Special Needs Development Report 2020: Leveraging Ocean Resources for Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States

• Food security and nutrition: building a global narrative towards 2030. A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the Committee on World Food Security

• Announcement: We are planning to publish YemayaNo. 61 July 2020 as a special issue on  SSF contributions and rights to food and nutrition security.The last date of submission for articles, case studies, interviews with fishing community members, review of legislation and policy related to food safety, photo essays, film and book reviews, reviews of online resources, photograph of paintings, cartoons (maximum 2000 words for articles, case studies, interviews and reviews/ten photos or paintings or cartoons)is 20 July2020. Please send your contributions to: Venu at icsf@icsf.net

• Infographics video on SSF Guidelines: Governance of tenure and resource management

• Infographics video on SSF Guidelines: Social development, employment and decent work

• Infographics video on SSF Guidelines: Value chains, post-harvest and trade

• Infographics video on SSF Guidelines: Disaster risk and climate change

• Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries: Showcasing Applied Practices in Value Chains, Post-Harvest Operations and Trade

• The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020: Sustainability in action 

• Covid-19 Country responses, compiled by ICSF, 12 June 2020

• ICSF website on the Covid-19: Addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fisheries and fishing communities

• Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana - A scheme to bring about Blue Revolution through sustainable and responsible development of fisheries sector in India

• Solidaridad, empatía y esperanza de las comunidades de pesca artesanal de pequeña escala en Costa Rica ante la situación del COVID – 19 desde CoopeSoliDar R.L.:  Acciones y aprendizajes ante la situación de emergencia

• COVID-19 and Human Development:  Assessing the Crisis, Envisioning the Recovery

• Amphan cyclone tracker: Odisha begins evacuation, PM to chair NDMA meeting

• Cyclone Amphan may intensify into Super Cyclone, warns IMD

• Cyclone Amphan: NDRF warns people from going near sea in WB's East Midnapore

• COVID 19 Disaster: Through the eyes of fishermen by Dr Shivakumar Magada, Dr M T Lakshmipathi and Dr T S Annappaswamy

• Information on COVID-19 and small-scale fisheries, Compiled by Ahana Laksmi/ICSF

• India: Operations of the fishing(marine)/ aquaculture industry, including feeding & maintenance, harvesting, processing, packaging, cold chain, sale and marketing; hatcheries, feed plants, commercial aquaria, movement of fish/ shrimp and fish products, fish seed/ feed and workers for all the seactivities

• Social Protection and Jobs Responses to COVID-19: A Real-Time Review of Country Measures - A “living paper”, version 2 (March 27, 2020) by Ugo Gentilini (World Bank), Mohamed Almenfi (World Bank) and Ian Orton (ILO)

• How to monitor implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries?

• Time to get prepared International year of artisanal fisheries and aquaculture 2022

• Safety and health at the heart of the future of work: Building on 100 years of experience by ILO

• SDG India - Index & Dashboard 2019-20

• SDG India Index - Baseline Report 2018

• Seawater intrusion and submarine groundwater discharge along the Indian coast

• Fishing communities are outliers in our national development discourse and this discrimination starts at the level of the LSG.  Therefore, it is at this level where we must take the initiative to correct this historical neglect says John Kurien

• Governance of Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture in India: Situation Paper in the Context of India’s Draft National Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and the FAO SSF Guidelines by Nachiket Kelkar

• Guidelines for increasing access of small-scale fisheries to insurance services in Asia: A handbook for insurance and fisheries stakeholders

• Marine fishereis (Regulation and Management) 2019 - Comparison

• National Mariculture Policy 2019 (NMP 2019) - Revised Draft

• A Human Rights Based Approach to Data - Leaving No One Behind in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Guidance Note to Data Collection and Disaggregation

• Canada: Fisheries Act (R.S., c. F-14, s. 1), dated May 22, 2019

• Fisheries subsidies negotiations: What is at stake for least developed countries?

• Sustainable development: Oceans and the law of the sea: oceans and the law of the sea, The United Nations, General Assembly - A/73/L.82

• Securing sustainable small-scale fisheries: sharing good practices from around the world

• The Justice for Women Report, released in March 2019 by the High-level Group on Justice for Women

• Inside Europe: Women and 'Slow Fish' sustainability

• Fishing is a hunter’s job

• The five-year old will say OK, let’s stop eating seafood

• World Oceans Day 2019 is dedicated to: "OCEAN WOMEN AND MEN. This year's theme is an opportunity to explore the gender dimension in humanity's relationship with the ocean

• Environmental change, expanding cities, and overfishing had sent aquatic populations into a tailspin!!!

• Coastal Communities in Morocco Strive to Preserve Sustainable Small-Scale Fishing

• Guardian Fishers Put Technology at the Service of Sustainability

• Sea Heroes: Working Side by Side with Indigenous and Small-Scale Fishers

• Our safety net is stretched almost to breaking point, says Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by IPBES

• Odisha, on High Alert as Cyclone Fani Set to Intensify Into 'Very Severe Storm'

• Inside the cultural shift in commercial fishing, one of Canada’s deadliest industries

• South Africa; Fishing rights dispute hots up

• Korea – Import bans, and testing and certification requirements for radionuclides: Report of the Panel - WTO

• Slum Dwellers In Africa's Biggest Megacity Are Now Living In Canoes

• The Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section of the Asian Fisheries Society publishes an annual e-Newsletter

• Supporting the implementation of the SSF Guidelines: Report from the 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress, October 22-26, 2018, Chiang Mai, Thailand

• Ready or not, a new world is upon us, says the new report on Globalization 4.0

• 14,882 Marine Protection Areas (MPAs) protected in name only

• Lorient Pêcheurs du Monde Festival awarded the Chandrika Sharma prize to the Swiss film "Ligne Noire" by Alain Le Sann, former Member, ICSF for ICSF

• Trade and Poverty Reduction: New Evidence of Impacts in Developing Countries

• The Role of Trade in Ending Poverty

• Equitable mariculture: A diagnostic framework for equitable mariculture development in the Western Indian Ocean

• Global Report on Food Crisis 2019

• S. 496 Young Fishermen’s Development Act’’ Bill February 14, 2019 is available online

• A Cap-Based Approach To Addressing Certain Fisheries Subsidies: Submission of Australia and the United States

• Pacific Handbook For Gender Equity And Social Inclusion In Coastal Fisheries And Aquaculture

• Accelerating progress: An empowered, inclusive and equal Asia and the Pacific

• These Photos Show the Devastation Caused by a Catastrophic Climate Disaster

• Regulating labour and safety standards in the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors by Sisay Yeshanew

• Tropical Cyclone Idai affects 1.5 million across Mozambique and Malawi, as UN ramps up response

• Hundreds dead or missing in devastation of Cyclone Idai – in pictures

• Namibia to provide fish to countries,Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, affected by Cyclone Idai

• Gender Analysis: Ghana's Artisanal Fisheries 2019

• TBTI: Happy International Women's Day!

• What happened to MH370? One day we will know It's 5 years to the day MH370 disappeared from the skies. 

• WTO members consider new draft texts in second cluster of fisheries subsidies meetings

• Report summary fishery workers and the rights to food - A/HRC/40/56 (2019)

• Report of the Special Rapporteur on fishery workers and the right to food (A/HRC/40/56)

• SDG India Index - Baseline Report 2018

• Ultimate no-notice event: Indonesian tsunami strikes without warning, killing at least 281 people

• Fears for more tsunamis after hundreds killed in Indonesia

• UNGA Adopts Resolution on Oceans and Seas, Stresses Their Role in 2030 Agenda

• Summary of SSF Guidelines  produced by ICSF in Ewe, Ga, Fante and Nzema (Languages of Ghana is available online)

• Draft Indian National Policy on Mariculture 2018 dated 19 September 2018 is available online  for comments

• Agenda Item 24: Spatial planning, protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures - Joint Statement submitted to CBD Secretariat, COP14, 2018

• The declaration for equal opportunities for men and women in the seafood industry

• Regional plan of action for small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea: a common commitment for the future

• Draft United Nations declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas

• Community-state-civil society involvement is the only credible and sustainable way of creating and fashioning global policy says John Kurien of ICSF Trust

• 7th Global Conference on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries: "Book of Abstracts"

• WSFC 3rd World Small-scale Fisheries Congress, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 22-26 October 2018 - Preliminary Program

• Indonesia's death toll headed well past 1,200, with several coastal towns still to be heard from

• Indonesia tsunami: death toll expected to rise as rescuers try to reach Donggala - live

• High-level conference on sustainable small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea

• Film: Fortalecimiento de peladoras de camarón, Costa Rica

• International legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction

• In Ockhi's Wake: Disaster Preparedness at Sea

• Report of the National Workshop on Small-scale Fisheries, Cyclone Ockhi and Disaster Risk Management 29 to 30 May, 2018, Kerala, India

• Cyclone Ockhi: Disaster Risk Management and Sea Safety in the Indian Marine Fisheries Sector by Manas Roshan

• The fishermen and the sea

• Standing Committee on Agriculture (2017-2018): Sixteenth Lok Sabha Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare - Fifty Third Report "Scheme on Development of Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture - An Analysis"

• Review of the state of the world fishery resources: Inland fisheries, 2018

• Artisanal fishing guidelines: "Countries are not at the same level, we are always looking for ... Senegal has played its role fully"

• CAOPA at COFI33 2018 Speech by Mr Gaoussou Gueye

• Discours de Monsieur Gaoussou Gueye/COFI33 2018

• Intervention from International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) on COFI33 agenda item (8.2) on Small-scale and Artisanal Fisheries Governance

• Intervention from International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) on COFI33 agenda item 10 on climate change and other environment related matters

• Intervention from International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) on COFI33 agenda item 5 on the CCRF questionnaire

• The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018

• Interview with Abigail Bennett, co-author of the report,  The Nutrition and Food Security Contributions of Capture Fisheries

• General Law for the sustainability of small-scale, artisanal fisheries in the context of food security, poverty eradication and shared governance: Bill - legislative assembly of The Republic of Costa Rica

• Ley General Para La Sostenibilidad Del Sector De Pesca Artesanal De Pequeña Escala, En El Contexto De La Seguridad Alimentaria, La Erradicación De La Pobreza Y La Gobernanza Compartida - Proyecto De Ley - Asamblea Legislativa De La República De Costa Rica

• What does the fisherman want?: Report on the survey among fishers around Lake Nokoué and Porto-Novo Lagoon in Benin by Ben Sonneveld et al.

• Transparency, Due Diligence, and the Future

• Statement from the ICSF's workshop on Saving Lives, Protecting Livelihoods: National Workshop on Small-scale Fisheries, Cyclone Ockhi and Disaster Risk Management, Thiruvananthapuram, India, 29th and 30th May 2018

• ICSF’s National workshop on small-scale fisheries, cyclone ockhi and disaster risk management at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala from 29th to 30th May 2018

• Report of the Thirty-second Session of the Committee on Fisheries, Rome, 11-15 July 2016

• WTO members complete first cluster of meetings for fisheries subsidies negotiations since MC11
• SSF Guidelines: Gender Equity and Equality

• Small-scale fishing income and fuel consumption: Fiji’s artisanal sea cucumber fishery

• FAO SSF Guidelines Update - March 2018

• The handbook "Towards gender-equitable small-scale fisheries governance and development" is now available in French

• The SSF Guidelines are now online in Japanese

• The relationship between the governance of small-scale fisheries and the realization of the right to adequate food in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals - Information note by FAO

• Changing Tides: Gender, Fisheries and Globalization Edited by Barbara Neis, Marian Binkley, Siri Gerrard and Maria Cristina Maneschy

• Women’s participation and leadership in fisherfolk  organizations and collective action in fisheries: A review of evidence on enablers, drivers and barriers

• Improving our knowledge on small-scale fisheries: data needs and methodologies

• Fishery Exports and the Economic Development of LDCs: Bangladesh, Cambodia, the Comoros, Mozambique, Myanmar and Uganda

• Hidden Chains: Rights Abuses and Forced Labor in Thailand’s Fishing Industry

• Engendering Security In Fisheries And Aquaculture, Asian Fisheries Science 30S Special Issue (2017)

• 10th Anniversary of the International Fishing Film Festival of the World from March 19th to 25th, 2018 at Lorient, France

• Institutions and collective action in a Costa Rican small-scale fisheries cooperative: the case of CoopeTárcoles R.L

• Collective action and co-management initiatives in post-disaster Aceh, Indonesia

• Film - Oceans, the voice of the invisibles

• Inland small-scale fisheries: WFFP working group on inland fisheries

• SDG 14: The Ocean Conference Voluntary Commitments as on September 28, 2017

• Focus on Labour Issues in the Fishing Industry: Not in the Same Boat: Prevalence & Patterns of Labour Abuse Across Thailand's Diverse Fishing Industry

• Thousands homeless as nations rush to help islands devastated by Hurricane Irma

• Why fishermen are planting trees

• Governance of water and freshwater fish production systems in India: Is there need for a national policy to protect fishers and fishworkers?: Draft for Comments - by ICSF

• Why fishermen are planting trees

• Voluntary Commitments for the Ocean Conference at a Glance: 1395 total commitments As on 14 July 2017 -  Compiled by ICSF Trust

• Towards gender-equitable small-scale fisheries governance and development - A handbook by Nilanjana Biswas

• Social protection to foster sustainable management of natural resources and reduce poverty in fisheries-dependent communities, Report of the FAO Technical Workshop, 17–18 November 2015, Rome

• Community Fisheries Organizations of Cambodia:  Sharing processes, results and lessons learned in the context of the implementation of the SSF Guidelines by John Kurien

• ICSF Note on SDGs and Small-scale Fisheries

• ICSF's website on SSF Guidelines Implementation

• Fisheries Sector Schemes: State, Central, NFDB, NCDC and NABARD for the year 2016-17 - Compiled by ICSF

• Report on Workshop on Enhancing Capacities of Women Fishworkers in India for the Implementation of the SSF Guidelines, Chennai, India, 21-23 November 2016

• Fisheries Sector Schemes: State, Central, NFDB, NCDC and NABARD for the year 2016-17 - Compiled by ICSF

• ICSF statement on marine and coastal biodiversity at the High-level segment meeting of the CBD

• ICSF @ CBDCOP11

• WFFP-ICSF statement on Agenda item 10: marine and coastal biodiversity @CBD COP11

• ICSF documentary film "Shifting Undercurrents: Women seaweed collectors of Gulf of Mannar" wins award

• WFFP-WFF-ICSF-IPC: Statements made at the 30th session of COFI: Rio +20 outcomes; VG-SSF

• New publications of ICSF on climate change and MPAs released

• Fishing communities celebrate International Day for Biodiversity, focusing on marine and coastal biodiversity

• ICSF's workshop on Fishery dependent livelihoods, conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, New Delhi, India, 1-2 March 2012

• ICSF's training programme on Empowerment of Information, Bangkok, January 2012

• ICSF's interventions for the Rio+20 meeting