As part of the lead-up to the 8th General Assembly of the World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP) in Brazil this November, the second webinar in the global series took place, focusing on the Asia-Pacific region. Organized by WFFP in collaboration with the Coastal Action Network (CAN), the webinar brought together fisher representatives, researchers, and activists to discuss the urgent ...
It has already been over one year since March 2023, after the New Coordinating Committee elected for WFFP. This year we were busy withsetting up or reviving mechanisms of smooth running of the organization since November 2017, the 7th General Assembly held in New Delhi, India.We were in India after 20 years of WFFPs origin, as a very active, dynamic ...
The Fisher People Tribunal took place from 12-14 August 2024 in Cape Town. Hosted by Masifundise and Coastal Links, this event marked the first People’s Tribunal in South Africa focused on fisherfolks and their communities. ...
The second session of the global webinar series, Customary Governance, Tenure, and Traditional Rights of Fisher Peoples, was successfully held on 10 th September. This session, facilitated by Susan Gui from KIARA, built upon the key discussions from the first part of the series, bringing to light critical issues facing fisher communities in relation to governance and rights. The session ...
The challenges faced by Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF) infeeding the world’s population are escalating: The BlueEconomy and Blue Transformation are particularly threatening to SSF communities worldwide, due to activities like industrial aquaculture, seabed mining, for oil and gas, tourism, expansion of offshore wind farms, infrastructure development, and Special Economic Zones around the coastal area ...
05.08.24 CSFUND PRESENTATION ...
Fisheries subsidies in India are a long standing topic on it’s role in the development of fisheries, type of fisheries and which fishworkersbenefit from government resources, especially the share that small scale and artisanal fishworkers receive from them. Subsidies andschemes are financial benefits made by the government or publicbodies that provide a private or sector-specific benefit. (Aswathy N eal. 2012). ...
The importance of the coasts and the oceans to human life is undisputable. Humans have inhabited the coasts for millennia, with several coastal communities around the world having a deep sense of history and intimate cultural relationship with the coasts and oceans. These resources are vital for our livelihood, nutrition and overall health of our planet mother earth. Of late, ...
It is no secret that the Small Scale fishers are the people who are engaged in one of the most dangerous and risky employment in the world and their family members, women, children are the least recognize citizens in any country. Socially this fisheries job has been rather looked down in the society and fisher themselves experience this discrimination and ...
Small-scale fisheries and sustainable development: A Summary extracted from UN FAO – Key findings from the Illuminating Hidden Harvests report Small-scale fisheries account for at least 40 percent of global fisheries catch. 90 percent of the people employed along capture fisheries value chains operate in small-scale fisheries. 45 million women participate in small-scale fisheries, including for subsistence. ...