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.
Survivors of Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines have very little option but to return and rebuild in their original locations.
Photo credit: Felicity Mccullum / Tambuyog Development Centre
The general assembly of the World Forum of Fishharvesters and Fishworkers (WFF) was held in October 2000 at Loctudy, in the heart of the marine fisheries sector of Guilvinec, France
Photo credit: Alain Le Sann
Robert Bougueon, Louis Le Roux and André Le Berre, three of the four last presidents of the Comite Local in Le Guivinec, which has a 65-year history of working with fishers.
Photo credit: Rene-Pierre Chever
Fishworkers and their supporters in Kilifi , Kenya, taking out a march to celebrate World Fisheries Day.
Phto credit; Andre Standing
The fishing vessel Vikingfjord sailing to its home port at Herdla in Norway before being inspected by a private inspector. The inspection focuses mainly on safety equipment.
Photo credit: Bjarte Amble / Nma
Local fisherwomen gleaning octopus in Velondriake, southwest Madagascar. Wooden spears are the most commonly used gear in this region.
Photo credit: Garth Cripps
Small-scale fishers in Madagascar returning to shore in their traditional fishing crafts, called pirogues.
Photo credit: Garth Cripps
A scene from Galicia, Spain. A combination of self-reliance and the individual strengths of the family enterprise determine the future of small-scale fishing communities.
Photo credit: Fundacion Lonxanet
Costa Rica is part of the Central American isthmus, the largest in the world, with the most complex biophysical characteristics.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of the General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
Tending lobster pots off the Yorkshire coast in a modern, plastic hulled, under-10-m boat. Small-scale enterprises deploy individual skills and local knowledge.
Photo credit: Nigel Symes
Pair trawlers in the Faroe Islands. The fleet mainly fish for bottom-dwelling species like cod, haddock and saithe
Photo credit: Torleif Johannessen
Tribal women engaged in rearing ornamental fish in floating cages in the Dimbhe reservoir in Maharashtra, India.
Photo credit: Tiffany Franke