The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) has just released the latest editions of two of its popular fisheries publications SAMUDRA Report, its triannual journal on fisheries, communities and livelihoods, and Yemaya, its newsletter on gender and fisheries.
SAMUDRA Report No. 67, dated April 2014, features articles from Asia, Africa, and Europe, as well as a detailed report on the Sub-regional Dialogue on Labour, Migration and Fisheries Management, organized at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, from 11 to 13 December 2013 as a collaborative event between the Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF), Chulalongkorn University (CU), ICSF and the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem project (BOBLME) of the FAO.
Another article reports on the Technical Consultation on International Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries, held in Rome over two sessions, during 20-24 May 2013 and 3-7 February 2014, attended by 88 eight Members of FAO, and representatives of nine inter-governmental organizations (IGOs) and around 80 civil society organizations (CSOs) and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
The current issue of SAMUDRA Report also carries an analysis of the Philippines government proposal for a 40-m no-dwelling zone in the wake of Typhoon Yolanda.
An article on the women seaweed collectors of the Gulf of Mannar in the south Indian State of Tamil Nadu outlines how fishers have been organizing themselves around issues of common concerns. Another details the working conditions of fishworkers on board distant-water fishing vessels in Taiwan.
SAMUDRA Report No. 67 can be accessed at
http://www.icsf.net/en/samudra/article/EN/67.html?limitstart=0
The latest edition of Yemaya, ICSF’s newsletter on gender and fisheries, No. 45, dated April 2014, carries articles from Canada, India and elsewhere. A principal focus is on the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) of FAO.
The latest issue of Yemaya features a profile of the president of the Southern Women Fisheries Association and Secretary for the alternative livelihood group of Libong Island, the largest island in Thailand’s Trang province. Also featured is an interview with Maria Odette Carvalho Martins (51), fisherwoman, leader of the community of Batoque in Ceará, Brazil and of the National Articulation of Fisherwomen of Brazil (ANP).
Apart from notices and announcements, the ever-popular cartoon series, Yemaya Mama, completes the issue, which can be accessed at http://www.icsf.net/en/yemaya/article/EN/44.html?limitstart=0
ICSF is an international NGO that works towards the establishment of equitable, gender-just,self-reliant and sustainable fisheries, particularly in the small-scale, artisanal sector.
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