A repository of statements at all ICSF conferences and workshops, beginning 1984. ICSF actively participates in various multilateral conferences—ILO, CBD, FAO, UN-DOALOS among others—issuing statements on important topics. You will also find statements made by civil society organizations and fishworker organizations in several forums.
Women engage in a wide range of activities in fisheries, including paid and unpaid work and liaison with institutions. In several countries, women dominate inland fishing and aquaculture. Their play multiple roles – in seafood processing plants, as caregivers in the family, as the builders of social networks and community.
Gender issues focus not on women only but on their relationship with men, on their roles, rights and responsibilities. They acknowledge that these vary within and between cultures as well as by class, race, ethnicity, age and marital status.
The 2014 SSF Guidelines are based on the principle of gender equality and equity. They integrate gender issues into all small-scale fisheries development strategies.
Collectif international d’appui à la pêche artisanale (ICSF) FAO – Sous-Comité de la gestion des pêches : Première session Point 4 de l’ordre du jour : Intégration de la biodiversité...
International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) FAO Sub-Committee on Fisheries Management: First Session Agenda Item 5: Climate Resilient Fisheries Statement The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) welcomes...
International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) FAO Sub-Committee on Fisheries Management: First Session Agenda Item 4 Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Fisheries Management in the Context of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity...
Collectif international d’appui à la pêche artisanale (ICSF) FAO – Sous-Comité de la gestion des pêches : Première session Point 2 de l’ordre du jour : Pratiques actuelles en matière de...
International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) FAO Sub-Committee on Fisheries Management: First Session Agenda Item 2 Current fisheries management practices with special consideration for small-scale fisheries Statement The International...
Africa Workshop IYAFA: Celebrating Sustainable and Equitable Small-scale Fisheries 15–18 February 2023 – Accra, Ghana WORKSHOP STATEMENT We, the 51 representatives of small-scale fishworker associations, cooperatives, trade unions, community-based associations,...
International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) National Commission for the Strengthening of Extractive Reserves, Traditional Coastal and Marine Extractive Peoples and Communities (CONFREM) Linha Dágua Institute (LDA) Latin America...
Je m’appelle Felicito Núñez, et je vais m’exprimer au nom du Collectif international de soutien aux travailleurs de la pêche (ICSF) et des signataires de l’Appel à l’action de la...
My name is Felicito Núñez, and I am going to speak on behalf of the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) and the signatories of the Call to Action...
Observamos que la pesca en pequeña escala (PPE) ocupa un lugar destacado en el Área Prioritaria que la FAO dedica a su Programa de Transformación Azul. De acuerdo con los...
IPC statement in response to Agenda Item 7 – The role of fisheries and aquaculture in food security and nutrition Esteemed members of the Governmental Delegations, Dear COFI observers, We,...
36th COFI General Statement IPC Fisheries Group We, the World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers (WFF), the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP), the International Indian Treaty Council...
Make Fishing Fair Public money is funding the pollution and depletion of our coasts. Current process rewards high volume catches without considering overfishing, seabed damage or emissions. For decades, low-impact,...
Ministerial Conference Thirteenth Session Abu Dhabi, 26-29 February 2024 Draft Abu Dhabi Ministerial Declaration We, the Ministers, have met in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from 26 February to 1...
The National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF), registered under the Trade Union Act of India, is the only national federation of state level small and traditional fish workers’ unions of India. NFF...
PRESS RELEASE World Trade Organisation (WTO) Fisheries Subsidy Negotiations on Over Capacity and Over Fishing [MC13, Abu Dhabi 26-29 February, 2024] NPSSFW Raises Small Scale Fisheries Concerns The National Platform...
Addressing illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the context of effective fisheries management, FAO COFI Sub Committee on Fisheries Management, January 2024 We agree with the FAO that combating IUU...
We welcome the proposed focus by the FAO Sub Committee on Fisheries Management on identifying and understanding which management approaches and tools are most suitable for sustainable small-scale fisheries (SSF)....
Esteemed members of the Governmental Delegations, We, the World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers (WFF), the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP), the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC),...
We, on the occasion of the first Health Day at the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), express our grave concern about the negative impacts of climate change on health....