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SSF
Deep-rooted problems, great expectations ……… 4
Turning the tide of fortune for small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
CAMBODIA
From individual rights to community commons ……… 10
On Cambodia’s extensive and well-developed system of community fisheries
SRI LANKA
Aiming for holistic management ……… 14
How Sri Lanka’s SSF communities can be strengthened in the context of the SSF Guidelines
VIETNAM
Learning from warnings ……… 17
A recent consultation workshop discussed illegal fishing and co-management in the central coastal region of Vietnam
INDONESIA
Hooray for manta rays ……… 23
Lamakera village in Indonesia has initiated a programme for the conservation of manta rays
PAKISTAN
The long march ……… 26
A Peoples Long March was organized in Pakistan against dams on the Indus River
MYANMAR
Confusion, uncertainty ……… 28
Effective fisheries governance has led to democratization and decentralization
FISHING COMMUNITIES
The course of the fishing life ……… 31
Social contexts inevitably influence how fishing lives and occupations are shaped
POVERTY
Come together ……… 35
Only collective action in SSF can overcome the problems of poverty and marginalization
REPORT
Eight shells ……… 38
The voices of the women of the sea were heard loud and clear at a recent learning exchange
REPORT
Being ready ……… 43
On a Fisheries and Aquaculture Response to Emergency (FARE) training, in Grenada
INTERVIEW
Fishing for the future ……… 46
A project in the East African and Indian Ocean regions attempts to allow fishers to maximize revenue
COMMENT ……… 3
ROUNDUP ……… 50
