IYAFA Regional workshop: Getting the story straight and envisioning a fair future for small-scale fisheries in Europe, 13-16 November 2023, Galicia, Spain

IYAFA Regional workshop: Getting the story straight and envisioning a fair future for small-scale fisheries in Europe 

13-16 November 2023, Vilanova de Arousa, Galicia, Spain

Organized by     

International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF),  Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) and Mulleres Salgadas

Vilanova de Arousa in Galicia, Spain, will host the ‘IYAFA Regional workshop: Getting the story straight and envisioning a fair future for small-scale fisheries in Europe’ on November 13-16. Its key themes include:

1. Creating a positive narrative of small-scale fisheries (SSF) in Europe.
2. Strengthening governance transition and related processes.
3. Strengthening capacities of SSF and support organizations and building alliances.
4. Women’s role in fisheries in the region.

The workshop will highlight that the attention to SSF, along with their crucial role as food producers globally, should continue beyond IYAFA 2022. The workshop will include 45 participants from national and regional SSF organizations, networks of women working in fisheries, NGOs and academic institutions from eighteen countries across Europe.

Workshop Materials

• Concept Note
• Programme
• Participants list
• Women in Fisheries Action Plan
• Workshop Statement
• Report of the IYAFA Regional Workshop: Getting the Story Straight and Envisioning a Fair Future for Small-scale Fisheries in Europe, 13-16 November 2023, Galicia, Spain Report prepared by Ahana Lakshmi and Sivaja K Nair (English and Spanish)

Photos from the workshop

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Presentations

• Co-creating positive narratives of small-scale fisheries in Europe, Session #1
• Marco general de evolución en la Gobernanza Marina mundial para el cambio social: los casos de las comunidades de práctica by Javier Seijo
• Strengthening Governance Transition: Governing Access to Fishery Resources
• Towards a Participatory Guarantee System for SSF in Europe?
• Pescados Con Arte Pesca Responsable En Tu Cocina
• Protecting the livelihoods of small scale inshore fishermen
• Presentation of the Action Rethink Blue CA22122: Rethinking the blue Economy: Ecological impacts and opportunities, Quick-off, October 30, 2023

Links to other workshops

• Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop: IYAFA 2022-Celebrating Sustainable and Equitable Small-scale Fisheries, Brazil, 2-5 November 2022
• Africa Workshop: IYAFA 2022-Celebrating Sustainable and Equitable Small-scale Fisheries, 15-18 February 2023
• Asia Workshop: IYAFA 2022-Celebrating Sustainable and Equitable Small-scale Fisheries, 5 to 8 May 2022, Bangkok, Thailand

Resources

• SSF Guidelines translations in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese
• SSF Guidelines summary translations in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese
• The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022: Towards blue transformation by FAO (in English, French and Spanish)
• 2022 – International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture

FAO Fishery and Aquaculture Country Profiles

Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom

CBD National Reports

Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom

Universal Periodic Review

Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom

Voluntary National Reviews (SDG)

Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom

GLOBEFISH Market Profiles – 2020: A snapshot of production, trade and other data for fish and fish products by country or territory

Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom

UNDP Human Development Index

Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom

Resources

Europe

• Towards more sustainable fishing in the EU: state of play and orientations for 2023
• The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has published its annual UK Sea Fisheries Statistics 2022
• The EU fishing fleet 2020: Trends and economic results
• Report on the small-scale fisheries situation in the EU and future perspectives by João Pimenta Lopes
• The 2019 annual economic report on the EU fishing fleet (STECF 19-06)
• Social data in the EU fisheries sector (STECF-19-03)
• The 2021 annual economic report on the EU fishing fleet (STECF 21-08)
• Towards a new era of support for small-scale fisheries and aquaculture in Europe: Report from an in-person workshop, June 23-24, 2023
• Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF): Social dimension of the CFP (STECF-20-14)
• Small-Scale Fisheries in Europe: Status, Resilience and Governance by Maarten Bavinck et al.
• Ministerial conference on the sustainability of Mediterranean fisheries Malta, 30 March 2017 Malta MedFish4Ever:  Ministerial Declaration
• European Commission – Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Unit D.3 (2021): FAME SU, EMFF implementation report 2020, Brussels
• Relative Effects of Fisheries Support Policies by Roger Martini
• Small-scale fisheries access to fishing opportunities in the European Union: Is the Common Fisheries Policy the right step to SDG14b? by Alicia Said et al.
• Defining Small-Scale Fisheries and Examining the Role of Science in Shaping Perceptions of Who and What Counts: A Systematic Review by Hillary Smith et al.
• Research for PECH Committee – Small-scale Fisheries and “Blue Growth” in the EU by Blomeyer & Sanz et al.
• Workshop on electronic technologies for fisheries: Part III: Systems adapted for small-scale vessels by Jørgen Dalskov et al.
• Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on EU fisheries and aquaculture by Alessandro Pititto et al.
• EU Fishing fleet by age, length and gross tonnage: Data
• EU Facts and figures on the common fisheries policy: Basic statistical data: 2022 edition
• Small-scale fisheries situation in the EU and future perspectives
• Offshore wind power and fisheries: Partners or adversaries
• Who gets to fish in the EU? By Chris Williams
• Small-scale fisheries play a crucial role in the EU
• A School of Local Fish on the School Lunch Menu by Jose J. Pascual-Fernández et al.
• Exploring alternatives to Europe’s bottom trawl fishing gears
• Integrating gender: The European network of women in fisheries and aquaculture in Europe (AKTEA) urges the office of the commissioner for the environment, oceans and fisheries to integrate gender into all aspects of European fishing policy

• Perils and prospects: Twenty years of organising by women in Europe’s fisheries have led to important gains, challenges and opportunities

• An Uphill task: AKTEA’s presentations at a recent symposium highlight the challenges that women in Europe’s small-scale fisheries face

• CSO declaration: Small farmers, agriworkers, fishworkers, pastoralists, indigenous peoples, consumers, NGOs, women and youth from Europe and Central Asia speak out

• New, but long overdue: Small-scale fishers in Europe have established a low-impact fishing platform to further fishing in a sustainable and socially and economically viable manner

• Fairness or efficiency?: As Europe moves towards privatization of fisheries, it is faced with the dilemma of balancing social and economic objectives in the new common fisheries policy

• Catch shares razzmatazz: Recent attempts to promote catch shares in Europe seem to fail to heed the potential dangers of privatization of marine resources

• Giving voice to European fisherwomen: A Recently-held public hearing in Europe demonstrated that women in fisheries are fast gaining public visibility and may soon play an important institutional role in crafting their own future

• Smalls have their say: A Recent workshop on small-scale fisheries in Europe in the context of the proposed reform of the common fisheries policy stressed the need for fair treatment and access to resources
• Blue Europe turns green: The Reform process for Europe’s common fisheries policy proposes stringent cuts but offers differentiated approaches to small-scale fishing
• Small-scale coastal fisheries in Europe
• Selfish Europe
• Creating a network: Fisherwomen’s organizations in Europe met recently to consolidate their network
• Agenda for research on women in fisheries and aquaculture in Europe
• Weaving networks: Women of fishing communities in Europe are trying to strengthen their networks
• How blue will my Europe be?: The Grand dream of a ‘Blue Europe’ may mean that fisher people will be forced to relocate to shore-based activities
• Oceans and the law of the sea – Denmark, Iceland, India, Jamaica, Japan, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Trinidad and Tobago draft resolution: Sixty-eighth session agenda item 76 (a) oceans and the law of the sea
• European inshore fishery – A Report from the project ECOast fish and the final seminar in Denmark the 7th-11th of December 2000
• Report of the twenty-seventh session of the European inland fisheries and aquaculture advisory commission, Hämeenlinna, Finland, 24-26 October 2012

Belgium

• Belgium: “Battle for fish” International Seminar

Cyprus

• Water law in selected European countries -(Cyprus, Finland, the Netherlands, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Yugoslavia)

Denmark

• Fishers contribute to Denmark’s green transition: Sustainable practices build stock resilience

France

• Femmes de marins pêcheurs en Bretagne
• A Richness of exchanges: At the celebration of World Fisheries’ Day on 28 November, in Lorient, France, fishermen and students got together to recognize the wealth of fishers’ knowledge and experience
• Organization Profile: Local Sea Fisheries Committees in France
• Ensuring representative economic data: Survey data-collection methods in France for implementing the common fisheries policy
• Milestones: France
• Reversing from a dead end: The Iroise marine park in Brittany, France, could serve as a model for fishermen who wish to move towards sustainable fisheries while retaining their sources of livelihood
• Information is strength: Women from fishing communities and women supporters from Spain, France, Holland and Norway met in Brussels from 19 to 22 November 2001 to exchange experiences and to discuss the review process of the common fisheries policy (CFP)
• A Community approach…: Issues identified by women fishworkers from different parts of the world were compiled into a working document, for discussions during the World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fishworkers (WFF) meeting in Loctudy, France
• The Stories people tell: Gendered stories of social class in the Bigouden Region, France

Ireland

• Making space for plural ontologies in fisheries governance: Ireland’s disobedient offshore islands
• Independent and happy: This article describes the life and work of a woman fish smoker in Ireland’s artisanal fishery
• AKTEA meets again: The Northern Ireland Women In Fisheries (NIWIF) network hosted the AKTEA network members in Annalong during 27-29 April 2007

Greece

• Unravelling the Role of Gender in Fisheries’ Socio‐Economic Performance: The Case of Greek Small‐Scale Fisheries

The Netherlands

• ICZM Strategy for the Wadden Sea Region
• A Management fantasy?: Rights-based management of inland fisheries in the Netherlands through parcelling out areas of water may remain a bit of a fantasy
• Vinvis: The Women in fisheries network: This article charts the origins and significance of VinVis, the women in fisheries network of the Netherlands, consolidates its achievements and outlines the challenges it faces
• Fisherwomen for fisherwomen: Women of fishing communities in The Netherlands have been raising funds in solidarity with women of tsunami-affected fishing communities
• Towards participatory management: A Forthcoming training programme in the Netherlands offers an opportunity to learn about successful participatory fisheries management
• Vocal, independent, but still invisible: Women (‘wives’) of fishing families in The Netherlands want to participate in fishermen’s organizations, but meet many barriers
• Remembrance of things past: In Zoutkamp, a fishing village in the north of the Netherlands, an old fisherwoman speaks about her youth and the changes she has seen

Norway

• Then and now—women in Norway’s fisheries: Twenty-five years after the introduction of the quota system, significant challenges confront women in Norway’s fisheries
• Private eye: The Use of approved private companies for the inspection of small fishing vessels in Norway has proved successful
• Women and children first: The Gendered and generational social-ecology of smaller-scale fisheries in Newfoundland and Labrador and Northern Norway
• Formalizing indigenous fishing rights: Recent developments in Norway seem to indicate that the rights of the traditional small-scale Coast Sami people will finally be formally recognized
• Drafting proposal on issues relating to article V (“fisheries management”) of the fisheries subsidies annex to the SCM agreement as proposed by the chair in TN/RL/W/213: Communication from Norway – 24 April 2008
• Drafting proposal on issues relating to article V (“fisheries management”) of the fisheries subsidies annex to the SCM agreement as proposed by the chair in TN/RL/W/213: Communication from Norway – 24 April 2008
• Women, men and fishing quotas: The Professionalization of the coastal fishing fleet and the introduction of fish quotas have further marginalized women in the fishing industry of Norway
• Important yet marginalized: Why there are so few registered women fishers in Norway and what the consequences might be

Portugal

• In Pictures: Bucking Azorean traditions, these women take to sea
• Coastal and fisherwomen in action!: In Portugal, the Estrela Do Mar network turns into a formal association following a two-day training workshop
• A Comparison of monofilament gillnet and small hook longline selectivity in a multispecies artisanal fishery in the Algarve, Southern Portugal 

Spain

• Shellfishing on foot and the road to defeminization in Galicia (Spain)
• The Spanish fishing sector in transition
• Substantial female employment in fisheries
• Shellfishing on foot and the road to defeminization in Galicia (Spain)
• Becoming proactive agents: Galicia, in the northwest of Spain, has initiated a bottom-up implementation and shared governance scheme for marine protected areas for small-scale fisheries management
• A Sea of women: A Conference in Spain sought to place on centre stage women’s role and status in fisheries and aquaculture
• Shaking up traditions: A Women’s association from El Pamar, Valencia, Spain is challenging the age-old patrilineal system, in which only the male offspring of fishermen inherit rights to fish
• Silent slaves: Fishermen’s wives associations in Spain have initiated a campaign to improve the working and living conditions of sea-going fishermen
• Socioeconomic and biological causes of management failures in European artisanal fisheries: The Case of Galicia (NW Spain)
• A Long way to go: To raise consciousness on women’s problems is not an easy task, as a recent meeting in Spain found out

Sweden

• Prawns, parks and rights: The Case of prawn fishermen securing tenure in a small-scale fisheries in the west coast of Sweden reveals elements and guiding principles that are central to the SSF guidelines

UK

• Integration or separation? The future of the English small‐scale coastal Fishery

• A UK bay’s trawling ban revived nature and gave fishermen a voice
• Voices from the industry Policy brief by Madeleine Gustavsson
• Site selection and carrying capacities for inland and coastal aquaculture, FAO/Institute of aquaculture, University of Stirling, expert workshop 6 to 8 December 2010 – Stirling the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Devolved management of fish quotas in the United Kingdom: Producers’ organizations and individual quota systems
• Fisherwomen meeting in Birmingham, UK 9th December, 2003
• The Future of the market based approach towards quota management in the UK: The Case of the Shetland Isles
• Building partnership capacity for the collaborative management of marine protected areas in the UK: A Preliminary analysis
• Common policy, uncommon muddle?: The EC’s common fisheries policy is riddled with perilous implications, as protesting UK fishermen stress
• Choose or lose: A Recovery plan for fish stocks and the UK fishing industry

ICSF’s Publications

• Report of the ICSF-AKTEA WIF 2010: Strengthening the voice of women of fishing communities in Europe “Recasting the net: defining a gender agenda for sustaining life and livelihoods in fisheries and aquaculture Report prepared by Cornelie Quist (ed),  Katia Frangoudes and Brian O’Riordan

Films

Making the voice of small-scale fishers heard in Europe!

Short Video: Netherlands inland fisher Freerk Visserman 

Short Video: Netherlands inland fisher Theo Rekelhof 

Les algues avec Jean-François

Best practice exchange – Poland and Sweden

Low impact fishers of Europe 2023 – Support Us!

The Story of Empesca’t: direct marketing by small-scale fishers

A Fisher’s Wisdom

We are Fishers

Infographic video on SSF Guidelines

• Infographic video on SSF guidelines

• Infographics video on SSF guidelines: Social development, employment and decent work

• SSF Guidelines: Governance of tenure and resource management

• Empowering small-scale fisheries: the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication

• Technical Consultation on International Guidelines on Securing Sustainable Small Scale Fisheries (SSF Guidelines) was held at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [FAO] in Rome, Italy from 20-24 May 2013