World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) calls for increased support for communities struck by Ebola The World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) has called for an accelerated action to support West African communities devastated by the scourge of Ebola. Abdul Koroma, Secretary General of the The Sierra Leone Artisanal Fishers Union (SLAFU), a member organisation of the WFFP, has informed ...
Statement made by: Naseegh Jaffer For the Global Civil Society Group (incorporating WFFP) President, on behalf of the Civil Society Mechanism, we warmly welcome the initiative of the FAO Committee on Food Security to organize a policy round table on “Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture for food security and nutrition”, and we commend the report of the High Level Panel of Experts on ...
From PP John, President, Kerala Swathanthra Malsyathozhilaly Federation (KSMTF) A ‘Boat March’ from Mangalore to Thiruvananthapuram – with a slogan “Protect Sea, Coast, Inland water bodies and Fish Resources” Dear friends, While the crisis of fisheries sector is increasing day by day, the sea and the coast are being removed from the traditional fishing community slowly. The coastal areas are being invaded by the ...
“UPHOLD our human and fishing rights as fisherfolk of the world, protect our livelihoods, pursue social justice for fishing communities, preserve and promote the culture of fishing communities worldwide, affirm water as the source of all life and commit ourselves to sustain fisheries and all aquatic resources for present and future generations of the world”. With these words, fisherfolk from ...
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, ...
On behalf of the World Forum of Fisher People, the World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers, the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers and the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty we would like to commend Governments and the FAO for bringing the world’s attention to importance of small scale fisheries. Since the adoption of the Code of ...
Statement made by: Zoila Bustamente Cardenas on behalf of the World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers (WFF), World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP), International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) and the International Planning Committee on Food Sovereignty (IPC). Made at: Technical Consultation on International Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small Scale Fisheries. Rome, Italy, 20 to 24 May 2013. My name ...
Statement made by: Pradip Chatterjee, Secretary of the National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF). Made at: the National Tripartite Workshop on Work in Fishing Convention No.188. Organised by Government of India and ILO Goa, 08‐09 February, 2013 First of all I wish to convey my thanks to the Government of India and International Labour Organisation for inviting NFF in this Government of India ...
Conference: Eleventh Conference of Parties to the CBD. On Agenda Item 13.3: Inland Waters Biodiversity. 8-19 October 2012 Made by: World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) and International Collective in Support of Fishworker (ICSF) With millions of people dependent on inland water fisheries for a livelihood, fishing communities perhaps have one of the largest stakes stake in ensuring the health of inland waters ...
Statement made by: International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Made at: HLS on marine and coastal biodiversity, COP11, CBD, India. 18 October 2012. About 400 million people worldwide are estimated to depend on inland and marine fisheries and fish farming for a livelihood. Most of them are in the artisanal and small-scale sector in the tropical multi-species fisheries of the developing ...