A repository of statements at all ICSF conferences and workshops, beginning 1984. ICSF actively participates in various multilateral conferences—ILO, CBD, FAO, UN-DOALOS among others—issuing statements on important topics. You will also find statements made by civil society organizations and fishworker organizations in several forums.
Women engage in a wide range of activities in fisheries, including paid and unpaid work and liaison with institutions. In several countries, women dominate inland fishing and aquaculture. Their play multiple roles – in seafood processing plants, as caregivers in the family, as the builders of social networks and community.
Gender issues focus not on women only but on their relationship with men, on their roles, rights and responsibilities. They acknowledge that these vary within and between cultures as well as by class, race, ethnicity, age and marital status.
The 2014 SSF Guidelines are based on the principle of gender equality and equity. They integrate gender issues into all small-scale fisheries development strategies.
International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Committee on Fisheries (COFI), Thirty-sixth Session Agenda Item 13 Marine Plastic Pollution and Fisheries and Aquaculture Statement International Collective in Support of Fishworkers...
International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Committee on Fisheries (COFI) Thirty-sixth Session Agenda Item 12: The implications for fisheries and aquaculture of global biodiversity frameworks and agreements Statement Small-scale...
International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Committee on Fisheries (COFI) Thirty-sixth Session Agenda Item 11: Impact of Climate Change on Fisheries and Aquaculture, and Aquatic Foods as a Climate...
Committee on Fisheries: Thirty-sixth Session Agenda Item 10: The Role of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Food Security and Nutrition Statement International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) The International Collective...
Colectivo Internacional de Apoyo a los Trabajadores de la Pesca (ICSF) Subcomité de Ordenación Pesquera de la FAO: Primera sesión Punto 4 del orden del día Incorporación de la biodiversidad...
Colectivo Internacional de Apoyo a los Trabajadores de la Pesca (ICSF) Subcomité de Ordenación Pesquera de la FAO: Primera sesión Punto 5 del orden del día: Pesca resiliente al clima...
El Colectivo Internacional de Apoyo al Pescador Artesanal (CIAPA) acoge con satisfacción el documento de trabajo COFI:FM/I/2024/2, y reconoce la excepcional calidad de los documentos de información INF.5, INF.6, INF.7...
IYAFA Regional workshop: Getting the story straight and envisioning a fair future for small-scale fisheries in Europe Vilanova de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, 13-16 November 2023 WORKSHOP STATEMENT As part...
Collectif international d’appui à la pêche artisanale (ICSF) FAO – Sous-Comité de la gestion des pêches : Première session Point 5 de l’ordre du jour : Des pêches résilientes face...
Collectif international d’appui à la pêche artisanale (ICSF) FAO – Sous-Comité de la gestion des pêches : Première session Point 4 de l’ordre du jour : Intégration de la biodiversité...
IPC statement in response to Agenda Item 9 – The implications for fisheries and aquaculture of global biodiversity frameworks and agreements Esteemed members of the Governmental Delegations, Dear COFI observers,...
Statement delivered by Laitia Tamata on behalf of the signatories on agenda item #4 – “State of world fisheries and aquaculture and progress in the implementation of the Code of...
IPC statement in response to Agenda Item 6 – Integrated water resources management in fisheries and aquaculture Esteemed members of the Governmental Delegations, Dear COFI observers, We, the World Forum...
IPC statement in response to Agenda Item 7 – The role of fisheries and aquaculture in food security and nutrition Esteemed members of the Governmental Delegations, Dear COFI observers, We,...
36th COFI General Statement IPC Fisheries Group We, the World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers (WFF), the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP), the International Indian Treaty Council...
Make Fishing Fair Public money is funding the pollution and depletion of our coasts. Current process rewards high volume catches without considering overfishing, seabed damage or emissions. For decades, low-impact,...
Ministerial Conference Thirteenth Session Abu Dhabi, 26-29 February 2024 Draft Abu Dhabi Ministerial Declaration We, the Ministers, have met in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from 26 February to 1...
The National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF), registered under the Trade Union Act of India, is the only national federation of state level small and traditional fish workers’ unions of India. NFF...
PRESS RELEASE World Trade Organisation (WTO) Fisheries Subsidy Negotiations on Over Capacity and Over Fishing [MC13, Abu Dhabi 26-29 February, 2024] NPSSFW Raises Small Scale Fisheries Concerns The National Platform...
Addressing illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the context of effective fisheries management, FAO COFI Sub Committee on Fisheries Management, January 2024 We agree with the FAO that combating IUU...