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.
The Warruwi community has always depended upon marine resources and engaged in subsistence harvesting activities. Woman collecting oysters in Warruwi coastal area.
Photo credit: Lisa Petheram
The annual general meeting of AKTEA was held on the 15 October 2013 in Brussels. The AKTEA network is a valuable source of information about EU institutions and policies for its members.
Photo credit: Annie Castaldo
ANP Co-ordination meeting at Brazil in October 2013. Two co-ordination meetings have been held in 2013, both in the house of fishworkers in Olinda, Pernambuco.Photo credit: Naina Pierri
Sajitha Madathil during the performance of Matsyagandhi, (The One Who Smells of Fish), a one-act solo play on the travails of women from fishing communities.
Photo credit: Radhakrishnan
There were 150 women members from CONAPACH at the International Congress of Women in Artisanal Fisheries held in Valparaiso, Chile from 5-7 June 2013.
Photo credit: Natalia Tavares De Azevedo
Women in the Conguiana community, Inhambane province, Mozambique engage in post-harvest fisheries activities.
Photo credit: Mayra Pereira
Participants at the Senegal SSF Guidelines Workshop. Women’s rights and interests need to be protected in all aspects of small-scale fisheries.
Photo credit: Brian O’riordan
The participants outlined strategies to secure the livelihoods of women fish vendors in the changing urban landscape of Mumbai, India.
Photo credit: Shuddhawati Peke
Ama harvest iwanori (rock seaweed) and namako (sea cucumber) in winter. They are the direct descendants of the nomadic sea gypsies from the Korean island of Jeju.
Photo credit: Anne Mcdonald
Participants from the shrimp processing industry at the labour laws training programme organized by BEST-BFQ project, Bangladesh.
Photo credit: MD. Nuruzzaman
The women who work as processors tend to be better organized than the women who are traders, whether banabana (long-distance traders) or petty traders.
Photo credit: Brian O’riordan / ICSF
Marketing of farm-made aqua-feed produced by coastal women self-help groups is a potentially viable income-generating activity in Tamil Nadu, India.
Photo credit: B. Shanthi
Maite MPA management team. Though burdened by many hours of unpaid domestic responsibilities, the women participate in all aspects of MPA management, Chile.
Photo credit: Barbara Clabots
Women in the district of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka would like to see effective fisheries management with their active participation.
Photo credit: Cornelie Quist