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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.

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

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

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

Report of the ICSF-BOBLME India (East Coast) Workshop: Implementing the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines)

Summary of SSF Guidelines (ICSF) - English, Telugu, Odiya, Hindi, Malayalam.

ICSF-BOBLME India (East Coast) Workshop on Implementing the SSF Guidelines, 6-7 March 2015

Report of the Proceedings of the Regional Labour Dialogue, Bangkok, December 2013

ICSF's workshop on Towards Socially Just and Sustainable Fisheries: Workshop on Implementing the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines), 21-24 July 2014, Puducherry, India

The ecosystem approach to fisheries: An illustrated handbook, (Tamil), (Bengali) (Bahasa), (Thai)

Small-scale fisheries: Their contribution to food security, poverty alleviation and sustainability (A brochure): Bangla, Bahasa, Tamil, Bengali, Thai, Burmese

Small-scale fisheries guidelines (A leaflet: English), Bahasa, Bangla, Tamil, Thai, Burmese, Telugu, Bengali

ICSF ILO Guidebook (work in fishing convention): Thai, Burmese, Khmer

Women fish vendors in Maharashtra, India: Study report and workshop proceedings

Community-based coastal and marine resource management

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

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