Notice : ICSF Documentation Centre
Just out
ICSF’s Documentation Centre has recently brought out some productions on fisheries in the Indian Ocean and Sub-Saharan Africa
This notice comes from Ramya Rajagopalan (icsf@vsnl.com) of ICSF’s Documentation Centre
An interactive CD, Indian Ocean 2001, providing information on different aspects of the fisheries and resources of 16 countries in the Indian Ocean region was produced for the conference Forging Unity: Coastal Communities and the Indian Ocean’s Future, organized by ICSF and the International Ocean Institute at Chennai, India, from 9 to 13 October 2001.
The CD has an overview, in the form of an 8-minute video, of the major fisheries issues relating to the region. It also provides demographic data, socioeconomic indicators, fisheries statistics, information on fish resources, agreements and organizations in the Indian Ocean region, in the form of PDF (Portable Document Format) files, photographs and dynamic graphs and maps. Also included is a section on the conference, which carries the papers presented, a list of participants, news clippings and photographs of the conference. The CD was distributed to all 50 participants of the conference on the last day.
Smoke in the Water is a 14-minute video exposition (in English and French) on problems and prospects for developing artisanal fish trade in West Africa. It provides an overview of the issues involved, and highlights many of the concerns of the actors in the sector, with a brief report on the workshop and fair on artisanal fish trade in West Africa, held at Dakar, Senegal, from 30 May to 3 June 2001.
Fisheries in Sub-Saharan Africa, an interactive CD, delves into fishery resources and fishing communities in 25 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. Exhaustive informationin the form of over 400 PDF documents, over 250 photographs and approximately 10 minutes of video clips, as well as maps, graphs and tablesgives users insights into the regions fishworkers, fish processing and trade.
It also carries ICSF’s reports on Workshops organized in the region as well as a report of a study on artisanal fish trade in West Africa.
ICSFs website is now available in a French flavour as well. Check out icsf.net or www.icsf.org.
