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.
Participants at the training course. The FARE training promotes a disaster response that adheres to humanitarian and fisheries and aquaculture principles such as engagement with the affected population, inclusion of vulnerable groups and gender main streaming.
Photo credit: IMA International
Learning visit to the Cahuita Co-managed National Park in Costa Rica. Women from marine fishing communities of Barbados, St Kitts, Grenada, and Belize visited Tárcoles and Chomes in Puntarenas and the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica as part of a women’s learning exchange.
Photo credit: CoopeSoliDar R.L
Fishers getting ready for a fishing trip in Kerala, India. Policies, and the governing mechanisms that the governments generate, must be as nuanced, diverse, adapted, and dynamic as SSF.
Photo credit: Shibani Chaudhury
Cast net fishing in the flood plain of Kayin State, Myanmar. The 2018 freshwater fishery law of Ayeyarwaddy recognizes the rights of SSF and the co-management mechanism.
Photo credit: Yin Nyein
Sindh Peoples Long March 2018 against all dams on River Indus in Pakistan. The natural flow of water and fertile sediments from the Indus River into the delta has been impeded due to the construction of dams and barrages along the river.
Photo credit: Mustafa Ali Shah
Indonesian Lamakera manta ray hunters in action. Stories like Lamakera demonstrate that with passion, dedication and strong partnerships, our marine environment has a bright future ahead.
Photo credit: Shawn Heinrichs
Participants at the workshop in Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh province. The workshop was attended by 50 representatives and the discussions covered co-management of fisheries resources, mitigation of illegal fishery harvest, and action for planning policy in Vietnam.
Photo credit: MCD
Participants at the High-level Conference on Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, Malta, 25-26 September, 2018. The Ministerial commitment to supporting SSF through the RPOA is both timely and necessary.
Photo credit: Brian Riordan
Lending a hand: African Confederation of Artisanal Fishing Organizations' (CAOPA) delegates with Maltese fishers at Marsaxlokk fish landing centre, Malta. Small-scale fisheries are the first to feel the pain of collapsing resources and therefore, it is important to build the future with them.
Photo credit: Brian O'Riordan
Young fish processing and selling apprentices associated with the festival, which gave visibility to the forgotten individuals and communities who strive to protect the oceans.
Photo credit: Alain Le San
Thomas Grand receiving an award for his film Poisson d’or, Poisson Africain, which subtly analyzes the internal tensions within a fishing community in Casamance, Senegal.
Photo credit: Alain Le San
Andre Menras receives his price from students for his film, Les chevaliers des sables jaunes, about Vietnamese fishermen who employ an amazing fishing technique, using electric poles that stun reef fish, which is very selective but also exhausting and dangerous for the diving fishermen.
Photo credit: Alain Le San
Sorting fish at Anchuthengu, Kerala, India. In our risk communication workshops, Anchuthengu fishers preferred to address the harbour-related risks first.
Photo credit: Kevin Julius