Raising the pitch against the appropriation of ocean and coastal resources by State and non State actors, the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) held in New Delhi from November 15 to 21 has called for strong regulations and legal frameworks that value fishers’ lives and secure their livelihoods. A declaration adopted by the seventh general assembly of the WFFP said fishers were finding themselves in conflict with industries, big infrastructure projects and capital-intensive fisheries, aquaculture and agriculture, all of which were worsening climate change and polluting the environment. Highlighting the displacement of fishing communities due to climate change factors like sea level rise, floods, storms, increasing water temperature and loss of aquaic biodiversity, it called for effective strategies to cope with these worsening threats. Pointing out that mitigation solutions like marine protected areas and blue carbon initiatives were accommodating rather than challenging the drivers of climate change and environmental destruction, the declaration said top-down conservation was limiting access to natural resources for fisher people. It outlined the commonalities between the issues faced by fishers, peasants and indigenous communities as food producers dependent on natural resources for their lives and livelihoods and called for a stronger alliance between the communities at the local, national and international level. Delegates representing various organisations across the world participated in the WFFP, a press note issued by the National Fishworkers Forum said.