SAMUDRA News Alerts is a free service designed to deliver news on fisheries, fishing and coastal communities, aquaculture and related issues, on a daily or weekly digest basis, in plain-text or HTML format, and also as an RSS newsfeed.

The service often features exclusive, original stories on small-scale and artisanal fisheries, particularly in the regions of the developing South, and also on issues that deal with gender and women in fisheries; labour and working conditions; safety at sea;  illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing; child labour; and trade in fisheries goods, among others.

Apart from news, stories and analysis on fisheries, the service also focuses on environmental and oceans issues. After the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami tragedy and the Hurricane Katrina devastation in the United States, the news service has carried updates on the tragedies,and the rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in the affected countries.

The ICSF website has archives of all past news items carried by the SAMUDRA News Alerts service as well as all issues of ICSF's triannual journal,  SAMUDRA Report, and several other documents and resources that might interest you. We would be very happy to get feedback and suggestions on the news service and the website. You can email us at icsf@icsf.net or use the Feedback form.