From 12 to 15 August 2026, the World Forum Of Fisher Peoples ( WFFP ), in close collaboration with the National Fisheries Solidarity Movement ( NAFSO ) Sri lanka, successfully conducted the inaugural Training of Trainers (TOT) programme of “Our Ocean School” on Aqua Ecology in Negombo. This landmark international gathering brought together youth leaders and participants from WFFP member ...
Gorkhi-Terelj, Tuv Province, Mongolia | 15–16 August 2026 The World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) was proud to participate in the World Pastoralist Assembly, held from 15–16 August 2026 in Gorkhi-Terelj, Tuv Province, Mongolia. This gathering, organised in the context of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP 2026) and ahead of UNCCD COP17, brought together Indigenous and traditional ...
On a small island in the waters near Jakarta, a group of women are fighting a quiet but determined battle. They are fishers first people whose lives are tied to the sea, the tides, and the narrow stretch of coast that has sustained their families for generations. Yet today the women of Pari Island find themselves defending far more than ...
The Coordinating Committee (CC) of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) has officially begun its meeting on Pari Island, Indonesia. Gathering on this frontline island of traditional fisher peoples, the CC strengthens the collective struggle for food sovereignty, climate justice, and the rights of fisher peoples worldwide. Pari Island, part of the Kepulauan Seribu (Thousand Islands) near Jakarta, stands ...
The small-scale fisher community of “Balıkçılar Köyü” (Fishermen’s Village) in “Rize’s Pazar district”, on Turkey’s Black Sea coast is now facing a threat of losing it’s livelihood. The village is collectively resisting plans to install industrial fish cages in their traditional fishing grounds. According to recent reporting, companies are rapidly expanding cage aquaculture across the Black Sea, turning coastal ...
My name is Fatoumata Hélène Sonko and I am a member of the Mbagga Yaye association in Joal. In Joal, the mangrove is at the heart of our lives. It feeds our families, protects our coastline, and forms the basis of many income-generating activities, especially fishing and the processing of fishery products. When the effects of climate change ...
For decades, fish heads, frames, viscera, and skins piled up at markets and landing sites across Sri Lanka as an unwanted environmental burden. Today, that same stream of material is being transformed into valuable animal feed ingredients that earn foreign exchange, create jobs, and deliver cleaner coastlines. The story of Yesol Lanka, a Board of Investment (BOI)-approved enterprise in Madurankuliya, ...
23 June 2026 The World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) warmly welcomes the appointment of Carmen Mannarino as the new Director of Masifundise Development Trust, effective 1 June 2026 for a five-year term. This leadership transition marks an important moment for the small-scale fisheries movement in South Africa and strengthens the global struggle for fisher peoples’ rights, food sovereignty, ...
On 21 June 2026, a catastrophic ammonia gas leak struck a private seafood processing and export facility in the Kannigaipair/Manjangaranai area near Periyapalayam in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district. The incident at M/s Peter & Paul Seafood Exports Pvt Ltd (also referred to as St. Peter’s Paul Seafoods Exports) claimed the lives of at least seven workers — with reports ...
Negombo, Sri Lanka – 10 June 2026 On 8 June 2026, World Oceans Day, the “National Fisheries Solidarity Organization (NAFSO)” of Sri Lanka successfully inaugurated its pioneering “Our Ocean School” programme at its premises in Negombo. The hybrid event — held in person and streamed live via Zoom — drew a large gathering of renowned guests, community leaders, youth, ...