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.
Traditional Kuna fishing uses nature’s means, and sustains family consumption. Canoes are small in size and made from the wood of selected trees.
Photo credit: Jorge Andreve
A French fisherman’s wife filleting fi sh. Large communities make a living from coastal fishing.
Photo credit: Joseph Marando
Small-scale fishing vessels at Sanary. Technological competition has led to a segmentation of France's fishing fleet.
Photo credit: Joseph Marando
Prud’homies (tribunals of wise or reputable men) provide a way of organizing fishing by locality. They make up a localized administration that is simple and democratic.
Photo credit: Elizabeth Tempier
A view of the harbour at Palamos. Cofradias in Spain are provided with areas of coastline over which they have jurisdiction to organize fishery activities.
Photo credit: Juan L. Alegret
Women hauling in a beach seine at Van Binh An van chai. Resource use in the van chais is governed by use rights protected by customary law and practice.
Photo credit: Kenneth Ruddle
A Senegalese fishermen building a pirogue. There are about 1,300 pirogues in Kayar and their numbers are growing.
Photo credit: Philippe Favreliere
Drying fish at Kkafountine village, Senegal. As the population of fishermen has doubled in the past few years, catches have dwindled.
Photo credit: Philippe Favreliere
Carol Thompson and Royden Messer, mother and son, with their catch of lobsters, Canada.
Photo credit: Sherry Pictou
Kjell Saeter, the mayor of Karasjok, Norway. Laws have ensured that fishing is not hindered by private land claims.
Photo credit: Kjell Saeter
A salmon caught more than 200 km from the river mouth. Salmon fishing is a fundamental part of Sámi culture on both sides of the Finland-Norway border.
Photo credit: Kjell Saeter
A youth from the fishing village of Cua Lo, Vietnam, waterproofing a bamboo boat with coal tar.
Photo credit: Brigitte Enguehard
Fish workers howling net in Vietnam.
Photo credit: Olivier Barbaroux
Child with fresh catch
Photo credit: Steinar Pedersen