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.
Fish farmers at a tilapia pond in Kenya. It is encouraging that fish farmers in western Kenya have positive attitudes towards fish consumption and are interested in incorporating value-added fish products into their daily diets. Photo Credit: J. Munguti
A focus group discussion with women fisherfolk in Talisay, Cebu province. While there are women fisherfolk organizations, these are few and far between, compared to male dominated organizations. Photo Credit: Commission on Human Rights of the Philipines
Women fishworkers in Calintaan, Matnog municipality in Sorsogon province. COVI D-19 poses several challenges to women fishworkers’ livelihoods, due to supply chain disruptions and the closure of processing operations and markets. Photo Credit: Commission on Human Rights of the Philipines
A fisher works on his boat in Accra, Ghana Photo Credit: Dominic Chavez. GNCFC contends that while there are no more than 1,500 saiko operatives, over 140,000 fishers and nearly 3 million traders depend on the small-scale fisheries sector. Photo Credit: Dominic Chavez
Mike Abaka-Edu, Secretary, Western Region, Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council (GNCFC) Ghana. The Fisheries Act 2002 prohibits all forms of IU fishing activities, including saiko, but enforcement of the law has always been the issue, said Abaka-Edu. Photo Credit: Peter Adjei
Thirty-three per cent of Chilean salmon workers are women, who constitute nearly half of direct employment in processing plants Chile. They work long hours, standing in cold and humid conditions. Photo Credit: Ecoceanos
A salmon farm in the Reloncaví estuary in Chile’s Los Lagos region, Chile. The working conditions in the industry are so precarious that more than 60 workers’ deaths were registered between 2013 and 2021. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons
A meeting of fishers in Ranong, Thailand, in January, 2020. Since its inception in 2018, the FRN has organized over 3,000 migrant fishers in three major Thai fishing ports. Photo Credit: ITF-FRN
A Fishers Assembly in Songkhla, Thailand, in May, 2018. Fishers have demanded that the ILO Work in Fishing Convention (C188) be enforced and that all fishers have a copy of their employment contract in their own language. Photo Credit: Usama Kaewpradap
Photo Credit: Adriano Gambarini
KwaZulu Natal subsistence fishers protest their exclusion in Durban, South Africa. The impacts of new regulations were devastating for a specific groups of subsistence fishers from Durban along the eastern seaboard. Photo Credit: SDCEA
Processing of small pelagic fish in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. The maximum sustainable yield (MSY) for both inland and inshore marine waters stands at about 2.14 mn tonnes per annum; the actual yearly production ranges between 370,000 tonnes and 470,000 tonnes. Photo Credit: EMEDO
Fisher’s house, Pathrghata, Barguna, Bangladesh. The data shows that the fisheries sector has, on average, more landless and homeless people than in other sectors, and fewer with access to electricity. Photo Credit: Druvo Dash
Village health volunteers trying to reduce mosquito menace in a fishing village in Thailand. There has been an effort to specify social inclusion in policy statements, but in reality, there are still vast gaps that make this discussion purely theoretical. Photo Credit: SDF
Fishing village, Sagnay, Camarines Sur in Bicol Region, The Philippines. Small-scale fishing is highly fragmented owing to the lack of organization, which limits the capacity of fishers to access social-safety nets, and formal financial services. Photo Credit: Jerick Dillera