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.
Participants at the Mumbai meeting in December, 2021. At the end of the meeting, the women drew up a series of demands to be addressed by their organizations at the national and sub-national levels. Photo Credit: Omkar Khandagale
A fish processor at Mumbai’s Sassoon Docks. An estimated 77,000 women work along the fisheries value chain in the state of Maharashtra, 70 per cent of those in fish marketing. Photo Credit: Cédric Z
Men return from fishing in Madagascar. Significant proportions of small-scale fishing communities living close to the shore have been experiencing more frequent inundation and exposure to storms that destroy homes and livelihoods. Photo Credit: Mihari Network
Plenary session at COP 26 in Glasgow. Rising sea levels, increases in sea-surface temperatures, ocean acidification and changes in the distribution of fish stocks are all having an extremely adverse impact on fishers, especially small-scale fishers. Photo Credit: Sibi Arasu
Protesting the junta’s policies, people have stopped paying electricity bills and municipal taxes, and boycotted products from companies related to the military. Photo Credit: K Pauk
Kyarr Phong fishery workers in Pathein district. These raft fisheries in Ayeyarwaddy and Mon states are notorious for labour exploitation, lack of safety measures and the confinement of workers at sea. Photo Credit: Radio Free Asia
Father and son fishing in Mon state. Between 2014 and 2018, several coastal regions enacted fisheries laws that recognized community-based management by small-scale fishers and their organizations. Photo Credit: K. Pauk
The ship’s cargo included over 20,000 metric tonnes of plastics and polymers, chemicals and metals. The debris, dead fish and wildlife washed up along hundreds of kilometres of the west coast of Sri Lanka. Photo Credit: Hemantha Withanage
A “fox dancing” performance by school children in Hime-shima. The promotion of tourism and branding strategies may help revitalize fishing communities and their livelihoods in Japan. Photo Credit: Nobuyuki Yagi
A 120-year-old document titled ‘Gyogyo-Kisetsu’ (Seasonal Fishery Regulation Table) records fishers’ agreements on how the fishing season is managed by species and by gear. The document can be found at the Hime-shima co-operative, which manages the fishery even today. Photo Credit: Evonne Yiu
Fishers land their catch at Lamberts Bay on the West Coast, South Africa. Ordinary citizens are becoming aware of how small-scale fishers are the soul of vibrant, healthy coastal communities, providing food and defending the oceans. Photo Credit: Jackie Sunde
A protest against the seismic survey outside the court in Cape Town, South Africa. For the first time, the country’s courts recognized the intangible cultural beliefs of small-scale fishing communities that the ocean is the sacred home of their ancestors. Photo Credit: Jackie Sunde
Fabio Hazin at the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICAT ). Fabio was an excellent communicator, perhaps because he had studied theater at the university and wrote plays and books. Photo Credit: IPNLF