Gaoussou Gueye’s call for unity at Artisanal Fisheries Summit 2024
The 2nd Artisanal Fisheries Summit is underway at the FAO headquarters in Rome, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines....
Rome 2024: Key Points of the 2nd Small-Scale Fisheries Summit
The small-scale fisheries sector plays a crucial role in food security, poverty reduction, and the sustainable management of marine resources. In 2014, the FAO adopted the Voluntary Guidelines for Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF), marking a decisive turning point for this sector. Ten years later, the 2nd...
10-Year Anniversary Webinar on Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines: Challenges and prospects
Webinar on the 10th anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (VGSSF) was a significant event for the African Confederation of Professional Artisanal Fisheries Organizations (CAOPA) and all stakeholders involved in the implementation of these guidelines....
The fight against IUU fishing: African small-scale fishers speak with one voice
Three pan-African networks, CAOPA, AFRIFISH-NET and AWFISHNET, have joined forces to stress to FAO the need to adapt the fight against IUU fishing to the specific characteristics of small-scale fishing. The joint statement presented to FAO Sub-Committee on Fisheries Management on 16 January 2024 by ...
Integrating biodiversity into fisheries management: 15 organizations join forces
The fifteen signatory organizations of the joint declaration on the integration of biodiversity into fisheries management are launching a vibrant appeal for the recognition of the rights of small scale fishing communities and indigenous peoples. The declaration was issued on the occasion of the firs...
Small-scale fisheries plead for participatory fisheries management at FAO
The first meeting of the FAO Sub-Committee on Fisheries Management, taking place from 15 to 18 January in Rome, Italy, has opened crucial discussions on current management practices, with a particular focus on small-scale fisheries. The growing recognition of the importance of this sector by the int...
African fishers tell FAO: ‘Sardinella must be reserved for artisanal fishers, for human consumption, not for fishmeal’
From 5 to 7 December 2023, the FAO, together with the Global Roundtable on Marine Ingredients and Iceland Ocean Cluster organized a workshop in Accra (Ghana) on the theme: ‘Optimising food and nutritional security and the benefits of small pelagic species production in sub-Saharan Africa’....
Declaration – World Fisheries Day Sô-Ava, Benin – 21 November 2023
We, the representatives of the men and women working in small-scale fisheries from thirty African countries, meeting in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, on 19 and 20 November 2023 to discuss emerging fisheries issues and our concrete initiatives to safeguard our interests and improve our living and worki...