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.
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
Artisanal Fisherwomen and children gathering shrimp, Brazil.
Photo credit: Naina Pierri
Child displaying fish.
Photo credit: Asociacion De Pescadores De San Juanillo/ISV/Biocenosis Marina
Fisherwoman at Can Tho River, Mekong Delta, near Can Tho City, Vietnam.
Photo credit: Vishnu
Fisher men collecting crabs.
Photo credit: Danika Kleiber
Participants at the Sub-regional Dialogue on Labour, Migration and Fisheries Management that was organized at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, from 11 to 13 December 2013.
Photo credit: Sustainable Development Foundation / Thailand
Fisherwomen and fishermen at a dry fish market at Nakkapalli, Andhra Pradesh, India. The privatization of the world's fi sheries is increasingly affecting small-scale, private operators.
Photo credit: Venkatesh Salagrama / ICM
The World Bank headquarters at Washington, D.C, US. The World Bank has been showing an increasing interest in privatization of the world's fisheries.
Photo credit: Google
Chandrika Sharma, Executive Secretary, ICSF, at the Technical Consultation on International Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries, held in Rome, in February 2014.
Photo credit: Cornelie Quist
Filipino workers, members of the Su-Ao Migrant Fishermen’s Union, on board a Taiwanese distant-water fishing vessel.
Photo credit: Allison Lee
Women seaweed collectors of Bharathi Nagar fishing village in Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, India.
Photo credit: N Venugopalan / ICSF