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.
Fishermen preparing the bait on a longline fishing vessel in Cedeira, Galicia, Spain. Small-scale fisheries management in Galicia is sometimes led by fishermen’s organizations.
Photo credit: Antonio Garcia Allut
Sashimi-grade tunas. A certification scheme may conserve tuna stocks.
Photo credit: OPRT
Inside the Tsukiji Market, Tokyo., Japan. Auctioneers selling deep-frozen tunas of sashimi grade.
Photo credit: Bryan Allison
A 1392 GT midwater factory trawler in Vestman Islands, Iceland. Fisheries account for at least 40 per cent of the nation’s currency income.
Photo credit: Porbjorn Víglundsson
Fishermen are actively engaged in their work.
Photo credit: Thorgeir Baldursson
Artisanal Fishermen set sail to fishing.
Photo credit: ICSF
Members of the Dutch Association of Artisanal Inland Fishers fishing for eel. Netherlands’ professional fishers are willing to take up the challenge of fisheries management.
Photo credit: Arjan Heinen
A scene from an experimental pond in the Bangladesh Agricultural University. Aquaculture of high-value species like the Indian carp shown above fetches rich dividends for fish farmers in Bangladesh.
Photo Credit: Neena Koshy
The mola fish species cultured in the ponds of Bangladesh is an affordable source of protein for the poor.
Photo credit: Neena Koshy
Workers at a pond in the Bangladesh Agriculture University, where research on polyculture using small indigenous species is being carried out.
Photo credit: Neena Koshy
Girl in fish market, Pusan, South Korea.
Photo credit: Olivier Barbaroux
Fishermen on the river Rhine pulling in a large fyke net used to catch salmon. The system of fishing lotgave fishermen in the Netherlands the incentive to optimize their fisheries.
Photo credit: Nico Van Doorn
A fisherman in Baja, California, United States, with his catch of spiny lobster. Ecolabelling schemes can help small-scale fishing communities prosper.
Photo credit: Marine Stewardship Council
A pair-fishing craft off the Barrai Peninsula, Mozambique. Local fishers ought to be compensated for the loss of their fishing rights within an MPA.
Photo credit: Cornelie Quist
Fishers in Mozambique. In practice, MPA implementation may have few local benefits for fishing communities.
Photo credit: Cornelie Quist