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.
Thomas Kocherry managed to forge some semblance of unity among the somewhat unruly and disorganized fishermen in small-scale fishing communities around the world.
Photo credit: ICSF
"Each film is a song...some are sad, haunting, insistent, instructive, revolting, some are a real treat!" Every year, the festival screens about 40 films—narratives and documentaries—on fishing communities.
Photo credit: Peche Et Developpement
Italian filmmaker, Rossella Schillaci receives an award for her film Il Limite at this year's Lorient film festival, titled ‘Fishermen of the World’.
Photo credit: Robert Le Gall
Transferring vessel data to GIS by SIPeche Project staff, whose background of ‘fishermen-engineers’ is not common, but is proving very effective.
Photo credit: Rene-Pierre Chever
A fisherman in San Juanillo Bay getting ready to set out on a fishing trip. The San Juanillo community is fighting against the construction of a marina in the area.
Photo credit: Asociacion De Pescadores De San Juanillo/ISV/Biocenosis Marina
A fisherman in Kampong Phluk village, on the Tonle Sap lake in Cambodia where a community fisheries management system is in place.
Photo credit: Sumana Narayanan / ICSF
A training session in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The Essential EAFM course is designed to help meet the need for capacity development in the ecosystem approach.
Photo credit: BOBLME
Artisanal fishers in Brazil. The contribution of small-scale fisheries to food security and nutrition, especially in developing countries, ought to be recognized.
Beatriz Mesquita Jardim Pedrosa
The crowed Lofoten winter cod fishery in the 1950s. The Raw Fish Act was introduced at a time when fishers were more numerous and small-scale than they are today.
Photo credit: Kanstad. Tromso Museum – Universitetsmuseet
Small-scale fishers in Malta. FAO advocates for adequate consideration and inclusion of the small-scale fisheries perspective in international development initiatives.
Photo credit: Claudia Amico / HTTP://SSFSYMPOSIUM-GALLERY.AZUREWEBSITES.NET/
Unloading catch from plank-built canoe in Alappuzha, Kerala, India. Any development plan should take into account the essential contribution and role of women in fisheries.
Photo credit: SIFFS
Artisanal purse-seiners landing anchovies in Pisco in the south of Peru. The physical requirements of many SSF call for the improvement and adaptation of vessels and gear to meet changing conditions.
Photo credit: Santiago De La Puente
In an Indonesian village (kampong), a mass opening (misa lefa) of the fi shing season takes place every year on 12 May. Fish landed by SSF is the main source of animal protein for many local populations.
Photo credit: Bona Beding / Indonesia
The main thrust of the ICSF Pondy Workshop was on how to take forward the implementation of the SSF Guidelines adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Photo credit: ICSF
The Pondy Workshop paid tribute to the memory of Chandrika Sharma, former Executive Secretary of ICSF, who went missing on the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
Photo credit: ICSF