Un nouveau rapport, l’Accaparement des mers, vient d’être publié par Transnational Institute, Masifundise et Afrika Kontakt en collaboration avec le WFFP (the Forum Mondial des Peuples de Pêcheurs). Il dévoile la face cachée de la pêche et des pêcheurs. Une histoire complexe mêlant durabilité, alimentation, modèles de développement, cultures et politique, où les droits des communautés côtières sont systématiquement bafoués ...
In an address to the United Nations General Assembly in 2012, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, spoke about the major threat “Ocean Grabbing” poses to small-scale fishers. For the first time, the UN used a term which progressive movements had used for years. But little has been done to unpack its meaning, ...
A new report, The Global Ocean Grab, was published by the Transnational Institute, Masifundise and Afrika Kontakt together with WFFP. The term ‘ocean grabbing’ aims to cast new light on important processes that are negatively affecting the people and communities whose way of life and cultural identity depend on small-scale fishing and related activities. Small-scale fishers and fishing communities in both the ...
A Call for Governments to Stop Supporting the Global Partnership for Oceans (GPO) and Rights-Based Fishing (RBF) Reforms Published: 20th March, 2013 We, the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) and the World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers (WFF), call on governments from all over the world, as well as inter-governmental institutions, to abandon the World Bank initiated Global Partnership for ...
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 ...
World Fisheries day 2004 Souvenir Published: 21 November 2004 On World Fisheries Day we once again reiterate our stand: that we, the traditional, artisanal and small fisher people are the custodians of the water bodies, fish resources and we have the right for the first sale and distribution of the fish we catch. Read the full report: World Fisheries Day 2004 ...