Shared Gender Agenda.

Agenda made by: International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Made at: Workshop on “Recasting the net: Defining a Gender Agenda for Sustaining Life and Livelihoods in Fishing Communities”. In Deco Hotels, Mahabalipuram, India, 7 – 10 July 2010. A SHARED AGENDA THE PROCESS Thirty-nine participants from 18 countries, including women fishworkers, representatives of fishworker organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), activists and ...

Statement at the UNFSA review conference

Statement made by: International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF). Made at: Review Conference on the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. New York, 24-28 May 2010. 1.   Thank you Mr. ...

Declaration of the Masifundise Marine Protected Area Workshop

Declaration made by: participants of the Masifundise Marine Protected Area Workshop, Langebaan, April 14-th 16th April, 2010   We, representatives from small-scale fishing communities, Masifundise and other organisations working with and in support of fishers in South Africa, having participated in the workshop  “Protecting Community Rights in Marine Protected Areas” in Langebaan, 14th -16th April, 2010. We are committed to contributing ...

Conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks

Statement made by: International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF). Made at: The Ninth Round of Informal Consultations of States Parties to the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. 16-17 March ...

Workshop on Small Indigenous Freshwater Fish Species

Declaration: We, scientists, researchers, policymakers, fish farmers and members of civil society, having participated in the Workshop: Small Indigenous Freshwater Fish Species: Their Role in Poverty Alleviation, Food Security and Conservation of Biodiversity organized jointly by the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) and the Inland Fisheries Society of India (IFSI), from 23 to 25 February, 2010 at the Central ...

South Africa Women in Fisheries Statement

Statement made by: Women in Fisheries. Masifundise Development Trust. Made at: Lambertsbaai, South Africa, 18th February 2010.   “Our fishing communities are currently facing a social, economic and environmental crisis. The human rights of our communities, particularly those of young girls and women, are being violated on a daily basis and we can no longer protect our children or our marine resources ...

Port State Control Measures for Implementation of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007

Statement made by: The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Made at: The Tripartite Meeting of Experts to Adopt Port State Control Measures for Implementation of the Work in Fishing  Convention, 2007 (No. 188) (Geneva, 15-19 February 2010)   Thank you for the invitation to be represented as an observer at this Tripartite Meeting of Experts to adopt Port State ...

Brussels Workshop on Common Fisheries Policy Reform in the European Union

Statement from the Brussels Workshop on Common Fisheries Policy Reform in the European Union and Small-Scale Fisheries: Paving the way to sustainable livelihoods and thriving fishing communities. We, participants from 7 countries*, representing diverse small-scale fishing interests, NGOs, scientists and others, meeting in Brussels on Monday September 28, 2009 at the workshop on Common Fisheries Policy Reform in the European Union ...

The Lombok Statement

The Lombok Statement, made at: ICSF Workshop on ‘Customary institutions in Indonesia: Do they have a role in fisheries and coastal area management’, 2-5 August, Lombok.   Indonesia is an archipelago with deep historical roots in its maritime affairs and fisheries. The sea is seen by traditional fishing communities not just as a means of livelihood but as a way of ...

Securing sustainable fisheries: Towards responsible fisheries and social development

Statement made on: Agenda Item 9: Securing sustainable fisheries: Towards responsible fisheries and social development, by the WFFP, ICSF and IPC. Made at the: Twenty-Eighth Session Of The Committee On Fisheries, 2009   Intervention on behalf of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP), International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)) and the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC). Thank ...