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.
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
Fishermen with their catch at Dimbhe reservoir in the Indian State of Maharashtra. They have resolved not to use poisons or explosives for fishing.
Photo credit: Budhaji Damse
Fabrizio De Pascale, National Secretary of UILApesca, speaking at a conference on IUU fishing and decent work in Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, Italy.
Photo credit: Uilapesca
A small Chinese longline boat unloading its catch in Ponpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.
Photo credit: Ziro Suzuki
Fish workers at work.
Photo credit: Vishnu Narendran / ICSF
Fish workers sorting fish.
Photo credit: Jackie Sunde
Artisanal purse-seiners landing anchovies in Pisco, south of Peru. Small-scale fisheries contribute two-thirds of global fish catches for direct human consumption.
Photo credit: Santiago De La Puente
The MARE Oeuvre Award was given to Rolf Willmann in recognition of his contribution towards small-scale fisheries around the world.
Photo credit: Daniel Chorup
Fishermen at work.
Photo credit: Rahul Muralidharan
A fisherwoman from the Eastern Cape coast of South Africa
Photo credit: Jackie Sunde
Small-scale fishers put fish in traps as bait to catch crab in Batu Kawan, Penang, Malaysia. The GPO must adhere to a human-rights-based approach to fisheries.
Photo credit: Department of Fisheries / Government of Malaysia
Timber from mangroves being transported in the Mekong Delta of Ca Mau in Vietnam. Mangrove forests are habitats for diversified fauna and flora.
Photo credit: SNV / Netherlands Development Organization