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.
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
Photo Credit: Adam Straney
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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
Beach seine in Pântano do Sul in Santa Catarina, Brazil. The true meaning of the Blue Economy is not to be found in glossy pamphlets about the ocean as a new frontier for economic growth, but in how the Blue Economy works in practice for small-scale fisheries communities. Photo Credit: Casiano Psomas
Fish processing in Territorio Marino de Vida Barra del Colorado, Costa Rica. The unique, integrated way of life of small-scale fishing communities must be protected. Photo Credit: Copesolidar
A meeting on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IU) fishing in Ghana. The recent decision of the European Commission (EC) to notify Ghana with a ‘yellow card’ is an indication that not enough has been done in combating IU fishing. Photo Credit: CAFGOAG
Women fishworkers in Thailand are especially vulnerable as small-scale coastal aquaculture, traditionally practised by fishing communities as an additional source of food and income, comes under threat from industrial aquaculture. Photo Credit: SDF
Demonstration in Rome, Italy, against the UN Food Systems Summit. The mobilization highlighted both, the threats from and solutions to corporate-controlled food systems. Photo Credit: CSM
Civil society in Germany protest against the UN Food Systems Summit. Policy discussions and decisions should be made in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), which has established mechanisms for inclusivity and accountability. Photo Credit: CSM
Floods in Jamalpur, along the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh. An analysis in 2009 identified Bangladesh as one of top four Asian countries vulnerable to climate change (besides Cambodia, Pakistan and Yemen). Photo Credit: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan
A fisher with his nets in Moheshkhali, Cox’s Bazar. Hilsa, which accounts for 13-14 per cent of the total fish production of Bangladesh, has declined by about 20 per cent from inland waters, whereas the marine catch has increased threefold. Photo Credit: Manusher Jono Foundation
The only means of transportation between Irukkam and the mainland is by boat. Anyone who wishes to leave the village and relocate to the mainland has to pay the Jamaat, a traditional, self-organized village committee, a sum of INR40,000 (USD532). Photo Credit: Saurabh Chatterjee
Fishers harvest broodstock for culture. Nutrition sensitive fish-food systems can markedly improve Kenyan household diets, which are dominated by carbohydrate-rich staples. Photo Credit: K. Obiero