To improve the quality of life for fisherfolk and develop a sustainable and profitable industry through networking, representation and capacity building
The meeting of the World Forum of Fisher People’s coordinating committee was held in Istanbul, Turkey 20-26 September 2023. WFFP member Mr. Erdogan Kartal of Birlik hosted the delegation. There were 29 participants including 11 Coordinating Committee Members.
Glaston White, from Jamaica, the General Secretary of the Caribbean Network of Fisherfolk Organisations using the #SSF Guidelines quick reference card created by CNFO: https://t.co/Nlns2qLtst
Pesca artesanal ancestral de pequeña escala: Permite valorar el conocimiento tradicional de nuestros pescadores y pescadoras. Hoy conocimos esta práctica de pesca en encierro de la comunidad de la Isla Cardoso en Sao Pablo.
Esta comunidad cuida su cultura, su comunidad y su mar.
Module 2 training is scheduled for 8:30 pm Eastern Caribbean time. CNFO is looking forward to meet members tonight!!!
Use the link to register: https://t.co/NCvu3nebbP
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We continue with #COFI35 agenda item 9 #ClimateChange#Surinam, on behalf of several #Caribbean members: “Climate change is the most serious danger that small Islands and developing states #SIDS are facing; it is impacting fishing & livelihoods of our communities” 🏝️
Emiliana Clery Nedd is the present president of the Castries Fishers Cooperative Society Ltd (C.F.C.S.L). She is an entrepreneur and is presently going into the real-estate market. Her goal for the cooperative is to put it second to none on the island of Saint Lucia.
Renita Jainarine from Georgetown, Guyana. 44 years of age. Owner of a fish processing plant on the meadow bank wharf and also the secretary of the Guyana National Fisherfolk Organisation.
My name is Dinari Serrant from Dominica (age 19) but I now live in Montserrat. My dream is to become a fiberglass boat builder and to transfer the knowledge to the generation after me. Right now am working at the Fisheries Department as a data collector on a one-year contract.
Caribbean Fisherfolk meeting with fishers of Punta Gorda Town, #Belize (June 2016). After presentations by Tide Belizean Ngo and visiting Port Honduras Marine Reserve, Caribbean fishers were spectators of a friendly fisherfolk football tournament. #tbt#iyafa