The Internationational Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) has just released the latest editions of two of its popular publications on fisheries SAMUDRA Report, the triannual journal on fisheries, communities and livelihoods, and Yemaya, the unique newsletter on gender issues in fisheries.
SAMUDRA Report No. 62, dated July 2012, features articles from Africa, South and Central America, Asia and the United States (US), apart from reports on international conferences relating to small-scale fisheries and biodiversity.
The article on South Africa discusses the case of customary rights of ?shermen in the Dwesa-Cwebe marine protected area (MPA), while sea piracy and armed sea robbery is the focus of the article from Nigeria.
How artisanal ?shworkers are mobilizing to defend their territories through a campaign for a new bill of rights is the topic of the article from Brazil.
Efforts are on in parts of the US to forge innovations to maintain working waterfronts and safeguard ?shing livelihoods and communities, according to another article, while in Indonesia fishers have fought to get annulled the inequitable provisions in a coastal area management act. In neighbouring Malaysia, according to another article in SAMUDRA Report No. 62, the aquaculture industry is plagued by a range of problems.
The current issue also carries reports on important international conferences relevant to fishworkers. One focuses on the 16th session of the Subsidiary Body on Scienti?c, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
Another is on one of the agenda items of a recent FAO Committe on Fisheries (COFI) meet that focused on the importance of small-scale ?sheries from a sociocultural, economic, sustainability and food-security perspective. Yet another report analyzes how the recent Rio+20 Conference was signi?cant for ?sheries and ?shworkers.
SAMUDRA Report No. 62 also discusses a draft synthesis document that offers a sound basis for consolidating civil-society views on FAO’s proposed Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries.
There are two interviews in the current issue. In one, Victor Rocha, President of the Golfo Dulce Fishermen Federation (FENOPEA), talks of the challenges facing Costa Rica’s ?shers. In the other, Honorino Angulo, a ?shermen leader from southern Chile, talks about his battle for the rights of coastal commmunities.
An obituary on Matanhy Saldanha recalls his contributions as a charismatic leader and crusader for the cause of India’s ?shworkers.
The Roundup section of SAMUDRA Report No. 62 features news and announcements as well as excerpts from FAO’s World Review of Fisheries and Aquaculture 2012.
SAMUDRA Report No. 62 can be accessed at http://icsf.net/en/samudra/article/EN/62.html?limitstart=0
The latest edition of Yemaya, the unique newsletter from ICSF that covers issues related to women and gender in fisheries, has a major focus on the recent Rio+20 Conference and how, despite calls for accountability and action by women’s groups, it fell far short of expectations.
Other articles in the current issue, Yemaya No. 40, dated July 2012, include one from Gambia on a project for women who process fish by smoking, and another on how commercialization of the fisheries of Tanzania Lake has destroyed local customs and traditions.
Yemaya No. 40 features an interview with Cleonice Silva Nascimento, a fisherwoman leader of Brazil’s National Articulation of Fisherwomen (NAF) and the Movement of Artisanal Fishermen and Fisherwomen (MAFF).
Also included is a profile of Masnu’ah, a fisherwoman and leader of the fisherwomen’s group in Morodemak in the Bonang district of Indonesia’s central Java.
Web notices, a review of a book on the conditions facing Senegalese women who trade and process fish, and the ever-popular Yemaya Mama cartoon strip complete the latest issue of Yemaya.
Yemaya No. 40 can be found at http://icsf.net/en/yemaya/article/EN/40.html?limitstart=0
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