Notice

What is Destructive Fishing? ……………….. 4

An ongoing project attempts to define ‘destructive fishing’


Economy

Blue Gold …………………………………………. 7

100 companies generated 60 per cent of the revenues from the oceans in 2018


Turkey

Be Resilient, Not Vulnerable……………….. 10

COVID-19 highlights structural inequalities and power asymmetries in Istanbul


SSF

Too Big to Ignore……………………………… 14

On the Regional Small-Scale Fisheries Governance Training Course for Africa


Cambodia

Complex History, Hopeful Future………… 18

Community Fisheries in Cambodia thrive in inland and coastal settings


South Africa

The Relic of Apartheid……………………….. 22

How Indian-origin subsistence fishers in South Africa deal with COVID-19


Latin America

Baffling Shades of Blue …………………….. 28

The Blue Economy can easily become a new label to justify old injustices


Brazil

Woes Compounded…………………………… 32

A year after an oil spill, COVID-19 has worsened Brazil’s Discovery Coast


Tanzania

Buying into a Noble Idea …………………… 36

Tanzania is among the trailblazers in plans to implement the SSF Guidelines


Films

The Silences in Seaspiracy…………………. 39

A film on fisheries and the marine environment has grabbed global attention


France

To Memory, Poetry…and the Future…….. 42

This year’s Pêcheurs du Monde film festival was a rich and intense experience


Sri Lanka

A Beacon of Trust……………………………… 45

Co-ops helped as COVID-19 left households in Sri Lanka indebted and distressed


Indonesia

Backs to the Wall …………………………….. 48

The largest archipelago nation paid little heed to its vulnerable fishers during COVID-19


Mozambique

Under Their Own Steam…………………….. 51

Natural disasters and the lack of research threaten small-time fishers in Mozambique


Cambodia

A Ripple Effect ………………………………… 55

The lockdowns led to nutritional insecurity for vulnerable small-scale fishers in Cambodia


Antigua and Barbuda

Springing Back into Shape…………………. 59

Fisheries reforms will lend resilience to the Caribbean islands of Antigua and Barbuda


Bangladesh

Increasingly Vulnerable…………………….. 62

Studying the small-scale fisher communities of Bangladesh


Costa Rica

Recovering Connections……………………. 65

Costa Rica attempts to better the lot of vulnerable groups


India

Hand in Hand…………………………………… 68

Social advances in Kerala and Tamil Nadu do not reach small-scale fishers


India

Looking at the Long Term………………….. 70

West Bengal’s relief measures for disasters must consider long-standing vulnerabilities


The Philippines

A Roadmap for Recovery …………………… 73

Reforms for small-scale fisheries in the Philippines pivot around municipal administration


Thailand

Filling the Gap Between Theory and Practice 79

Much work is left in Thailand to merge social development with sustainable fisheries


Comment……………………………………… 3

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