Mr. Michael Fakhri, UN special rapporteur on the right to food presented his latest report on fisheries and the right to food in the context of climate change at the 55th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, putting a special focus on small-scale fisheries.
“Small scale fishers play a central role for biodiversity conservation – this calls for recognition and support”, FAO is told
Destructive and polluting Deep Sea mining should not get the green light, say fishers
“Nothing about us without us”: fishers draft rules of conduct for how to work with them to save the oceans
"Conservation is not for conservation's sake. Conservation is for us: we need a fair place for communities."
Driven by a local NGO, which is committed to community development as well as turtle protection, Côte d'Ivoire's first marine protected area (MPA) is an example of how conservation can be achieved while respecting the rights and access of artisanal fishing communities to their traditional fishing grounds.
COFI 35: “Never has there been such enthusiasm for small-scale fisheries”
Small-scale fishers' "little babel" speaks with one voice at UN oceans conference
Ghana artisanal fishers facing the perfect storm of climate change and IUU fishing
Local fishing communities’ involvement will be key for making OACPS-EU fisheries relations a success
Looming clouds in the Gambian coastal skies
In this story by Béatrice Gorez and Dawda Foday Saine and first published in the Yemaya magazine in November, the authors look at the obscuring future of women in fisheries in Gambia as the dense fumes of fishmeal factories are being regurgitated into the environment. Fishmeal factories compete with women for access to small pelagics, and encourage overfishing and illegal fishing.