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.
A scene from Karanja village of Uran, Raigad District, Maharashtra, India. It is necessary to develop a system to allow for the movement of boats belonging to traditional fishermen.
Photo credit: Shuddhawati Peke / ICSF
Boats at the Karanja fish landing area, Maharashtra, India. The urban topography of Mumbai has been altered by reclamation.
Photo credit: Shuddhawati Peke / ICSF
The common orient clam is caught in the tideland by fishermen using a rake or a tool called geore.
Photo credit: Sun-Ae Ii
Fishermen setting out on a fishing trip in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Photo credit: Rita Banerji
Fishermen at a Lake Victoria fish landing centre. Both HIV and the Nile perch have a long history in Lake Victoria, lengthier than many realize.
Photo credit: Editrudith Lukanga
Fishermen community on the beach in M’bour, Senegal. It is essential to ensure that fish factories do not siphon off the entire artisanal fish production.
Photo credit: Aprapam
Fishermen from Caleta Lo Rojas marching with a banner that says “No to the Longueira Law!”. Artisanal fishermen in Chile organized at the caleta level.
Photo credit: Patricio Igor Melillanca
President Bachelet receiving a copy of the book Movimento Social De Pescadores Artesanales De Chile by Photo credit: Irene Escribano Veloso.
Personal Archive of Humberto Chamorro Y Jorge Lobos
Gunnar Album worked extensively on fisheries issues in Norway, Africa, Latin America, Sri Lanka and India.
Photo credit: WWW.NNV.NL
The extent of damage caused by Cyclone Hudhud to the fishing boats of the area was not really great. The fisheries economy seems to have survived relatively unscathed.
Photo credit: Raghu Prakash