COMMENT ………. 3

JAPAN
A tsunami is coming! …. 4
Local fishers kept rural coastal economies alive after Japan’s worst tsunami

CHILE
Chilled out ….. 8
Chile’s neoliberal fisheries development model could trigger crises

ANALYSIS
Not one fit ….. 12
The forthcoming Ocean Conference will help improve ocean health and human well-being

OBITUARY
Articulate, wise, patient ….. 15
Remembering the life of Christian Brun, Director General of MFU, Canada

SWEDEN
Prawns, parks and rights ….. 16
Prawn fishermen have secured tenure in a small-scale fisheries in Sweden

INDIA
Growth blues ….. 20
On coastal degradation, socioeconomic inequality and purse-seine fishing in India

SSF
Fishing is life ….. 24
Without fishing, Alaska’s coastal residents cannot sustain their families and communities

SSF
A potential bright spot ….. 26
The WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies can ensure the well-being of fishers worldwide

COSTA RICA
Our oceans, our seas, our future ….. 28
The SDGs must now respond to the needs of people who live off the sea

SSF
Towards apt instruments ….. 32
Small-scale fisheries must be factored into legal fisheries legislation and instruments

BRAZIL
A strong, cohesive voice ….. 39
The implementation of the SSF Guidelines must be nested in local, territorial realities

CANADA
The big picture ….. 45
Meeting the SDGs can gain from the innovative, holistic thinking of the SSF Guidelines

ANALYSIS
The world we want to live in ….. 49
Empowering coastal indigenous peoples can strengthen artisanal fishers

ROUNDUP ………. 54