National Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop (Inland Fisheries) on the SSF Guidelines, Seva Kendra, Kolkata, West Bengal, 22-24 December 2022

National Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop
(Inland Fisheries) on the SSF Guidelines,
Seva Kendra, Kolkata, West Bengal, 22-24 December 2022

The Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (the SSF Guidelines) were endorsed by the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) at its Thirty-first Session in June 2014. The implementation of the SSF Guidelines is identified as a significant step for enhancing the contribution of small-scale fisheries to nutrition and food security. As part of the implementation process, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Trust is organizing a National Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop (Inland Fisheries) in Kolkata from 22 to 24 December 2022. Key fishworker representatives from Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha and West Bengal, are expected to attend the workshop.

Workshop Materials

• Programme
• Concept Note in English, Hindi, Bengali and Odiya
• Registration Form in English and Hindi
• Participants list
• Session Titles and Discussion Questions in English, Hindi, Bengali and Odiya
• Feedback Form in English and Hindi
• Information Kit in English and Hindi
• Feedback received from the participants
• Report on National Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop on the SSF Guidelines (Inland Fisheries), December 22-24, 2022, Seva Kendra, Kolkata, West Bengal by Vaibhav Raghunandan and Ahana Lakshmi
• Brief report on National Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop (Inland Fisheries) on the SSF Guidelines, Seva Kendra, Kolkata, West Bengal, 22-24 December 2022

Workshop Photos

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3

Links to other workshops

• Workshop on Sea Safety and Fisheries Management: Training and Capacity Development of Local Self-Governments, 01-02 March 2023, Kerala, India
• National Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop (Marine Fisheries) on the SSF Guidelines at Chennai, 13-15 October 2022
• National Workshop: SSF Guidelines and Women in Fisheries, India, Asha Nivas, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 8 to 10 April 2022

PROGRAMME

Background Resources

• Small-Scale Inland Fisheries: An Answer to Livelihood and Nutritional Security in India by Basanta Kumar Das and Aparna Roy
• Presentations: National Workshop: Towards Developing an Implementation Plan for India’s 2019 (Draft) National Policy On Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture (NIFAP) and the SSF Guidelines,  Seva Kendra Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 6 -7 September 2019
• Tenure, Fishing rights, Institutions and Governance-in the context of Inland Small-scale Fisheries in India by V. V. Sugunan
• Tenure systems, institutions, and governance by Nachiket Kelkar, ATREE
• Fisheries Legislation and its Impact on Inland Fisheries in India by Ganesh Chandra & B. K. Das , ICAR-CIFRI
• Status of Policies & Legislative Environment in Inland Fisheries of Indian States by Ananthan, P.S., ICAR-CIFE
• Environmental Constraints For Inland Fisheries Development: Issues And Management Options by Manas Kr Das
• Shifting of Women fish vendors from the fish selling sites of Patna, Bihar by Bibha Kumari
• Socio-economic and gender issues in inland open waters by Aparna Roy, Scientist, ICAR-CIFRI

ICSF’s Publications

• Improving Inland Fisheries Governance in India: In the Context of the Draft National Policy on Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture, India, and the FAO SSF Guidelines, 6th – 7th September 2019, Kolkata, India
• A review of governance and tenure in inland capture fisheries and aquaculture systems of India
• Governance of water and freshwater fish production systems in India: Is there need for a national policy to protect fishers and fishworkers? – Inland fisheries note by ICSF, 2017
• Report of the Workshop and symposium on Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries: Towards FAO Guidelines on Marine and Inland Small-Scale Fisheries, 19-21 September 2011, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
• Workshop on “Small Indigenous Freshwater Fish Species: Their Role in Poverty Alleviation, Food Security and Conservation of Biodiversity”: SIFFS Workshop Report, 23-25 February 2010, Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
• Inland Fisheries, Food Security and Poverty Eradication: A case study of Bihar and West Bengal
• Inland Fisheries of India: A Policy Note by ICSF
• Inland Fisheries Policy/Act/Rules of India complied by ICSF

Samudra Report Articles

• India: Chewing the Policy Cud, Samudra Report No.82, February 2020
• India: The Future is Inland, Samudra Report No.83, September 2020
• India – Social Development: Looking at the Long Term, Samudra Report No.85, May 2021
• India: Some Grains of Salt, Samudra Report No. 81, June 2019
• India: Development Refugees, Samudra Report No.75, January 2017
• India: Boon or Doom?, Samudra Report No.75, January 2017
• India: Mussel muscle, Samudra Report No.33, November 2002

News articles compilation from South Asia News Alerts (January 2016 to November 2022)

• Arunachal Pradesh
• Assam
• Bihar
• Chandigarh
• Chhattisgarh
• Jammu and Kashmir
• Jharkhand
• Madhya Pradesh
• Manipur
• Mizoram
• Punjab
• Tripura
• Uttar Pradesh

Inland Fisheries Legislations

• National Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy, February 2019 (Draft)
• National Fisheries Policy, 2020 ( Chapters relevant to inland fisheries)
• Coastal Aquaculture Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2022

Other Resources

• Small scale inland open water fisheries of India by Aarti Kelkar Khambete, 2022
• Inland Fish, Fisheries, Fisher-folks: 2020 Overview by SANDRP, 2021
• Status of Small-Scale Inland Fisheries in Bihar, India by Ravi Shankar et al., 2019
• Issues & Challenges for sustainable small scale fisheries in Inland Fisheries sector of India by Ganesh Chandra, 2015
• Impact of Inland Fisheries on the Socio – Economic Development: A Focus on Perspectives on Development, Nadia District, West Bengal, India by Pintu Paul et. al., 2016
• Socioeconomic Status and Livelihood of Fisher Women of Hooghly Estuary by Utpal Bhaumik, 2015
• Gender role in inland fisheries of India: A cross country study by Ganesh Chandra et al., 2014
• State of Inland Fisheries and Inland Fisher Community of India by Anil Prakash Sharma et al., 2013
• Inland fisheries and aquaculture by Vasu V. Sugunan et al., 2007
• Inland Fishermen and Inland Fishing: A Study at Neelamperoor Village (Alappuzha District) by R.V. Jose, 1999