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.
Put simply, you cannot have large numbers of top predators without sufficient primary production and prey species.... In the expansion phase of fisheries it could appear as if the index was moving up the food web. But these effects are short-lived. Photo Credit: Rachel Atanacio
Pauly in Anilao, the Philippines, in 1986. “All I see down there is conflict, fish spending their time chasing each other and fighting—I’m swimming through the tragedies of the deep,” he said. Photo Credit: Roger Pullin
A beach seine in operation in Ilocos Norte, the Philippines. The implementation of the SSF Guidelines may not be as straightforward as one might have hoped; it is likely to meet obstacles on the way to realization at domestic and local levels. Photo Credit: Bernard Sprag
A fisherman rows to his boat at the mouth of the São Mateus River in Espírito Santo. Brazil used to be at the forefront of community-based alternatives that encouraged local communities to be stewards of the environment and their territories. Photo Credit: Tedd Santana
Pirogues docked in Ndar (Saint-Louis), Senegal. “With the energy of our youth, with the experience of our elders, we have only one message to decisionmakers: ‘Get ready, we’re coming!’”. Photo Credit: Yoann Gauthier
Participants at CAOPA’s World Fisheries Day event in November 2021 in Senegal. All around the world, fishing communities see young people deserting the sector. In this context, it was remarkable to see the participation of young men and women fishworkers in this gathering. Photo Credit: CAOPA
The new raft-like contraption commonly used by fishers in Kerala. It has a flat base of thermocol/polystyrene, about nine ft by four ft, stitched around in black rexine, looking more like a Brazilian jungada than a kattumaram.
Oil Sardines iced and ready to load on to trucks going from Tamil Nadu to Kerala. Fishers and governments should together resolve conflicts and ensure a fair distribution of benefits. Photo Credit: Bharat Singh A.
Small-scale fishers pick oil sardines from their gillnets in Pudukuppam, Puducherry. Although the oil sardine was always available on the East coast, large quantities have been landed since 2000. Photo Credit: Bharat Singh A.
Fishing boats stranded at Sothikuppam in Tamil Nadu. Both its adherents and its opponents—artisanal fishers using selective gear such as gillnets—have compelling arguments for and against the ring seine gear. Photo Credit: Bharat Singh A.
A fish market in the Solomon Islands. Many of the examples in the SSF Stewardship initiative highlight the role of traditional knowledge in the practices of SSF communities, and the importance of abundant and rich biodiversity and ecosystems for the survival of small-scale fisheries. Photo Credit: Richard Nyberg