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.
Members of the fishermen-led Chatham Harvesters Cooperative transition to direct-marketing and off-the-boat sales amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, many had already been selling directly to consumers using the Community Supported Fishery (CSF) model. Photo Credit: Shareen Davis
The crew at the Sitka Salmon Shares plant in Sitka, Alaska fillets halibut during the spring season. Many fishers and seafood workers have questioned the federal administration’s priorities when it comes to solving the country’s economic and food security crisis. Photo Credit: Kelly Harrell
Fishing harbour in Indramayu, West Java. In the midst of large-scale social restrictions imposed by local governments, in general, fishers have continued operations. Photo Credit: M. Roosman
Besides being a fishing village, Pari Island, Jakarta, is also a community-based tourism spot, with small-scale fishers earning additional income as tour guides. Photo Credit: Ahmad Marthin Hadiwinata
Preparing pindang (boiled) fish in bamboo baskets in Anom Market, Sumenep City, Indonesia. Photo Credit: Kyana Dipananda
A special mention from the festival jury was awarded to Iorram (Boat Song) by Alastair Cole. It shows how fishing is part of the culture of a country, in this case, the Hebrides in Scotland. Photo Credit: Pecheurs du Monde
A family of artisanal fisher fishing for ilish (hilsa), Bangladesh’s most prized fish in the Meghna river estuary, the coasta plain estuary on the coast of Bangladesh. Photo Credit: Mohammad Arju
Many of the licensed farms in Pichavaram and T.S. Pettai are situated in ecologically sensitive areas in violation of the rules of the Coastal Aquaculture Authority. Farms do not maintain adequate spaces between ponds, contaminating water bodies and groundwater aquifers. Photo Credit: Arunkumar A. S.
Orimedu fishing village in Lagos state. The challenges small-scale fisheries face—their vulnerability—are the risks, shocks, threats and stresses affecting their artisanal livelihoods. Photo Credit: World Bank
The P&L fishing method uses plenty of live fish as bait to attract the tuna. The ‘baitfish’ are small pelagic and reef fishes caught from lagoons and reefs surrounding the islands. Photo Credit: Shwetha Nair
Tuna landing in Agatti. The increased demand for—and declining availability of—baitfish has made fishing arduous. Fishers now spend more time, fuel and labour searching for bait, increasing costs. Photo Credit: Shwetha Nair
Youth and Innovation Forum at the UNOC 2022. The conference brought together two main protagonists: those clamouring for reforms in ocean governance to ‘Save Our Ocean’, and those clamouring for reforms to open up the ‘Blue Economy’. Photo Credit: United Nations Regional Information Centre
Indian and other South Asian participants all echoed issues related to women fishworkers, the dilution of coastal regulations, and mechanization of the sector, which marginalizes small-scale fishers. Photo Credit: Traiphob Sangkum
Workshop participants discuss issues around access to resources for small-scale fisheries. They emphasized the need to formally recognize the rights of fishing communities to land and fishery resources. Photo Credit: Traiphob Sangkum
Participants at the IYAFA Asia Workshop in May, 2022. The meeting brought together 50 fishworker and and civil society representatives from Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. Photo Credit: Traiphob Sangkum