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.
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
A fishing boat on the banks of the Ichilo River, Bolivia. Indigenous communities are improving monitoring and reduction of bycatch in the catfish fishery of the Upper Amazon. Photo Credit: A. Macnaughton
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