The gallery contains a collection of photographs published in issues of the SAMUDRA Report and the Yemaya Newsletter, as also other ICSF publications, workshops and meetings over the years. Also to be found are more general images of fishing and fishworkers in action across the world. There are about 10,000 photos from 64 countries. The photo database is searchable by caption, country and photographer. All images are free for download, though users are requested to credit the photos to ICSF and the respective photographer.
60 fisherwomen from 12 of the 26 States in Brazil as well as researchers, advisers and supporters, met at the second meeting of ANP.
Photo credit: Naina Pierri
Women shared their collective experiences of living and working in small-scale fisheries, Thailand .
Photo credit: Ravadee Prasertcharoensuk/SDF
55 participants, mostly women, at the ICSF workshop on “Enhancing Women’s Role in Fisheries in India”.
Photo credit: Neena Koshy
Lobster fishing harbour of Naufrage on the north shore of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Herring is used as bait for lobster fishing.
Photo credit: Rhonda Lewis
Women actively discussing various issues during the workshop. Women shared their “herstories” of years of working in fisheries.
Photo credit: Jackie Sunde
Long hours, little money. A girl collecting fry in the Sundarbans, West Bengal, India.
Photo credit: Environmental Justice Foundation
More than 80 women shellfishers, crabbers, fishers, and oyster and clam gatherers met from 29-31 May 2009 in Ecuador, to share their experiences of life in the mangroves.
Photo credit: Veronica Yepez
Round Table at the Brussels workshop on ‘Common Fisheries Policy Reform in the European Union and Small-scale Fisheries’.
Photo credit: Brian O’ Riordan and Yann Yvergniaux
Shoe dhoni fishers in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India. Much of women’s work is in the ‘private’ sphere.
Photo credit: Venkatesh Salagrama
Women traditionally observe the ceremony of tobu nama fat, a special ritual for the safety of the fishermen.
Photo credit: Karel Bataona and Willy Keraf
Bina, an algae collector and Lourdinha, a fish seller, from Batoque (east littoral) during the net weaving workshop.
Photo credit: Iana Soares
Fisherwomen from different localities present results from group work about the reality of the fishing communities.
Photo credit: Iana Soares
Pregnant women during a break in the factory canteen of the multinational, Mainstream/Cermaq, at Calbuco, Chile.
Photo credit: Mainstream Trade Union
Women fish traders transporting fish on carts from Cambodia to Thailand.
Photo credit: Ubolratana Suntornratana
Women fish vendors at a demonstration in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, India.
Photo credit: Juliet Theresita/CCS