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.
Fishing vessels at Wallu Bay, Fiji. Fishers and their families face dire consequences because of the lack of laws regulating wages and conditions on fishing vessels. Photo Credit: Patricia Kailola
Hauling a beach-seine net in the eastern province of Sri Lanka. Beach-seine fishers are losing their seine-laying coastal space for powerful tourism stakeholders in many parts of the country. Photo Credits: Oscar Amarasinghe
Joe Appiott, Co-ordinator, Sustainable Ocean Initiative at Ocean Voices. ICSF and Coopesolidatr, Costa Rica, jointly organized a segment on coastal fishing communities as a Side Event. Photo Credit: Vivienne Solis Rivera
Plenary of Convention on Biological Diversity of the United Nations, Egypt, 2018. In the agenda items on coastal and marine biodiversity, COP14 discussed protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures, and ecologically or biologically significant marine areas. Photo Credit: Francis Dejon
March for the Defense of Water and Territories, Santiago, Chile in April 2019. Citizens’ organizations, and coastal and indigenous communities have launched a campaign for an international boycott of the consumption of chemical salmon from industrial fattening in south Chile. Photo Credit: Patricio Melillanca/Ecoceanos
Cyclone Fani affected over 200,000 fisherfolk. About 11,000 fishing vessels anchored along the Odisha coast were damaged in the gusty winds under the influence of the cyclonic storm. Photo Credit: Ashis Senapati
High seas panel discussion during the conference on Towards an Inclusive Blue Economy, held from June 25 to 26 February 2019. Essam Yassin Mohammed, IIED; William Cheung, University of British Columbia; Ekaterina Popova, University of Southampton; Anca Leroy, Government of France. Photo Credit: IIED/Matt Wright
Cornelie Quist and Nalini Nayak presented the 25-year-long history of the WIF programme of ICSF at the 7th GAF held in Bangkok during 18-21 October 2018. The workshop was attended by 22 participants. Photo Credit: Lan Giang Thu Nguyen
Svein Jentoft (second from left) with the Friends of Small-Scale Fisheries and TBTI Hero award, with, from left to right, Andrew Song, Mahmud Islam and Alicia Said Photo Credit: Jose Pascual
Women play a central role in Belize’s fisheries, selling at the Punta Gorda fish market to communities that cherish the seafood Belize’s Barrier Reef provides. Small-scale fishing communities should have secure rights to fishery resources and fishing grounds. Photo Credit: John Rae
Three fishermen from Lampung in Indonesia setting their gillnets to catch blue swimming crab. Lampung’s BSC management plan is the first in Indonesia to empower local stakeholders, including women, fishers, processors and supply-chain workers in the decision-making process. Photo Credit: Jeff Young
Presentation of the results of the working group of Purus River and Juruá River who believe that these (SSF Guidelines) can strengthen their reserves, through dialogue with prefectures, other governmental organizations, and also with NGOs. Photo Credit: Dafne Spolti
Indigenous peoples of several Amazon regions came together in Manaus in Brazil during 27 to 28 March 2019 to learn about small-scale fisheries policies at a seminar on ‘Indigenous Fishers in Amazon State and the SSF Guidelines’. Photo Credit: Dafne Spolti
Fishermen take their boat out to use a multi-mesh drag-net in the Ganga river, India. Capture fisheries in natural water bodies may have a negligible revenue share, but are immensely important in sustaining the nutritional needs and livelihoods of millions of people across India. Photo Credit: Nachiket Kelkar
A small-scale fisherman in Teluk Bahang on the island of Penang in Malaysia. The dwindling catch – a result of indiscriminate fishing by the trawl boats – has been a major cause of concern for the small-scale fishers in Teluk Bahang. Photo Credit: T A Ameerudheen