Statement made by: Intervention made by International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Made at: FAO Sub-Committee on Fisheries, Thirteenth Session. Hyderabad, India, 20-24 February 2012. Agenda Item: 5 Thank you, Mr. Chair, for giving us the opportunity to speak. Like other distinguished delegations, ICSF would also like to congratulate you on your election as the Chair of this Session. We hope your knowledge ...
Inputs made by: Contribution of International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) to outcomes of the Rio+20 Conference Made at: United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20. 1 November 2011. Inputs for Compilation Document 1. Introduction 1. ICSF welcomes the objective of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development: Rio+20 to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development.We welcome its focus on ...
Statement made at: The National Workshop on Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries: Towards FAO Guidelines on Marine & Inland Small-scale Fisheries. Kolkata, India.19 – 21 September 2011. Organized by: National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF). In Collaboration with the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF). We, 62 participants representing the inland and marine fishing communities, fishworker organizations, and non-governmental organizations, having gathered at the National Workshop on Sustainable Small-Scale ...
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 ...
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. ...
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: 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 ...
The Lombok Statement, made at: ICSF Workshop on ‘Customary institutions in Indonesia: Do they have a role in fisheries and coastal area management’, 2-5 August, Lombok. Indonesia is an archipelago with deep historical roots in its maritime affairs and fisheries. The sea is seen by traditional fishing communities not just as a means of livelihood but as a way of ...