ANALYSIS
Counting the uncountable…………………… 4
Conservation International’s Ocean Health
Index’ is a misleading and unfit exercise
FRANCE
Looking back, looking ahead………………. 7
The 65-year history of a local committee
representing professional fishermen in France
PHILIPPINES
Life after Yolanda…………………………….. 12
The Philippines government proposes a 40-m
no-dwelling zone, post-Typhoon Yolanda
ANALYSIS
Making fishing fair…………………………… 16
A truly sustainable vision for
fisheries needs to be more holistic
DOCUMENT
Women for fisheries………………………… 19
A statement by the African Confederation of
Artisanal Fisheries Professional Organizations
INDIA
Ocean’s bounty……………………………….. 23
The fishers of India’s Gulf of Mannar get
together to organize around common issues
INTERVIEW
United we fight……………………………….. 27
The first migrant fishworkers’ union
in Taiwan has come a long way
INDIA
The sea around us………………………….. 29
Researchers in India have roped in traditional
fishers for a biodiversity register of the sea
REPORT
Human rights first………………………….. 33
A recent Technical Consultation at Rome
discussed the FAO SSF Guidelines
ANALYSIS
Banking on wealth?………………………… 36
Current trends in Western fisheries economics
religiously promote free markets for fishing
REPORT
Migrant but human…………………………. 40
On the Sub-regional Dialogue on Labour,
Migration and Fisheries Management
Comment………………………………………. 3
Roundup……………………………………….. 50
Chandrika Sharma, Executive Secretary, ICSF and Publisher, SAMUDRA Report, was on board the Malaysian Airlines MH370 that disappeared on 8 March 2014 en route to Beijing, China from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Chandrika was on her way to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to attend the 32nd Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific, representing ICSF. The location of the aircraft is, to date, not known. Chandrika is very much missed by all of us. Along with anxious friends and members of her family, we still remain in hope for her safe return.
