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.
Men and women workers and supporters from the artisanal fisheries sector of Latin America met at Tarcoles, Costa Rica, to reflect on issues in small-scale fisheries.
Photo credit: Vivienne Solis Rivera
Civil society representatives at Tarcoles workshop highlighted the need to use spaces to prepare and strengthen legitimate strategies.
Photo credit: Vivienne Solis Rivera
The ICSF side event on incorporating social aspects into MPA planning and implementation drew attention to the resource management initiatives of fishing communities.
Photo credit: Naseegh Jaffer
Approximately 18,650 people participated at the Tenth Conference of Parties (COP10) of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), which adopted the 'historic' Nagoya Protocol.
Photo credit: Naseegh Jaffer
The Sri Lankan delegation of fishermen leaders called for the cessation of trawling within three months. An agreement was finally approved with the Indian fishermen agreeing to a one-year deadline at the Chennai dialogue.
Photo credit: Ephrem/SIFFS
Sri Lanka - India maritime boundary and zones. Fishermen have braved arrests to fish in these waters.
Credits: Survey Department, Sri Lanka
The newsy website of the Comite Local des Peches Le Guilvinec, France, launched in 2008, strengthens relations between fishermen.
Photo credit: Comite Local Des Peches
A Sudanese fishermen with a sea cucumber. Participatory fisheries stock assessment (ParFish) helps estimate stocks of sea cucumber and other fish species.
Photo credit: Gareth Johnstone
Representatives from Liberia and Sierra Leone discussing the contents of the Banjul Declaration, made on 21 September 2010 in Banjul, Gambia.
Photo credit: Yann Yvergniaux and Mike Walker
Fresh-caught mackerels. An unholy row over mackerel stocks has developed in North Atlantic waters.
Photo credit: Quentin Bates
A Norwegian purse seiner, part of the fleet run by independent operators, often on a family basis with crew drawn from the local community.
Photo credit: Quentin Bates
Hook-and-line fishing, selective of both species and size, is the oldest and most widely practised fishing technique in the Seychelles.
Photo credit: Marc Sambi
Langebaan fishers met at the workshop to evaluate the social impacts of MPAs on their lives and livelihoods.
Photo credit: Jackie Sunde