UNITED STATES
Anger and angst…………………………………. 4
Catch shares and quota-based management
programmes have failed in US fisheries

RUSSIA
Me and my salmon friends…………………… 9
On an attempt to revive traditional
indigenous knowledge in salmon fishing

THE CARIBBEAN
Networking for partnerships……………….. 13
A grouping of fishers in the Caribbean
is trying to improve livelihoods

SOUTH AFRICA
Mere window dressing………………………… 17
South Africa’s draft small-scale fishing
policy ignores realities in fishing communities

JAPAN
A double whammy………………………………. 23
The recent massive earthquake and tsunamis
in eastern Japan have ravaged fisheries

REPORT
Proudly fishers…………………………………… 25
The World Forum of Fisher Peoples celebrated
its fifth General Assembly in Karachi, Pakistan

EUROPE
Catch shares razzmatazz…………………….. 29
Catch shares in Europe fail to heed the potential
dangers of privatization of marine resources

NOTICE
Sleeping with one eye open………………… 34
A biography of a Basque fishing captain
traces his roots as a ‘cabin boy’

ANALYSIS
The purrfect answer?…………………………. 38
United Kingdom conservationists harness cat
power for sustainable seafood sourcing drive

COSTA RICA
The sea gives us everything……………….. 41
On the linkages between artisanal fishing
communities and MPAs in Costa Rica

CHILE
Defending the sea……………………………… 46
Indigenous people of Mehuin are fighting
corruption and corporate interests

COMMENT…………………………………………… 3

ROUNDUP…………………………………………… 50