Intervention made by: INTERNATIONAL COLLECTIVE IN SUPPORT OF FISHWORKERS (ICSF) Made at: The 12th Meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (UNICPOLOS). 22 June 2011 Artisanal and small-scale fisheries make significant contribution to sustainable development, particularly in labour- surplus economies by sustaining coastal communities and indigenous peoples whose livelihoods, quality of life and ...
Joint statement made by: WFFP, WFF, CSF, PC on Agenda Item 10: Good Practices in the Governance of Small-Scale Fisheries: Sharing of Experiences and Lessons Learned in Responsible Fisheries for Social and Economic Development. Made at: The 29th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI), 3 February 2011. I read this statement on behalf of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP), the World Forum of ...
Statement made by: the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) and the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers. Made at: The Tenth Conference of Parties to the CBD on marine and coastal biodiversity (Item 5.2. Marine and coastal biodiversity), Nagoya, Japan. 19 October, 2010. (1) Marine and coastal protected areas: Small-scale fishing communities, threatened by biodiversity loss and degradation of coastal ecosystems, ...
Recommendations from: Conference on artisanal fisheries, protected areas and climate change, 31 August – 3 September 2010, Recife, Brazil The Conference acknowledges The importance of the marine extractive reserves along the Brazilian Coast as means of marine resources conservation and the survival of a diversity of cultures and ways of living of artisanal fishers The role of these reserves on ...
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 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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...