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