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Dr. Haseeb Md. Irfanullah is an independent consultant on environment, climate change, and research systems and a visiting research fellow at the Center for Sustainable Development (CSD) in the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). His talk briefly introduced two emerging approaches - Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and Locally-Led Adaptation (LLA). In the context of climate crisis and he discussed the currently available standards/principles related to them. Using a couple of cases from small-scale fisheries (SSF), he explored the challenges and opportunities to capitalize on these novel concepts to influence our efforts in the context of SSF's vulnerability and viability, especially in the knowledge/evidence creation and system/policy influencing spaces.

Las mujeres comerciantes de pescado han sido durante mucho tiempo fundamentales para comercializar las capturas en la pesca en pequeña escala y, por lo tanto, no solo hacen prosperar a sus propias familias, sino que también contribuyen considerablemente a la seguridad alimentaria de los hogares a nivel nacional e incluso regional. Aunque ignoradas durante mucho tiempo por la burocracia y los proyectos de desarrollo, estas mujeres han estado enfrentando con notable creatividad y tenacidad los muchos cambios que su contexto social y económico ha estado experimentando desde hace bastante tiempo. El trabajo de la Academia de Pesca Artesanal de Senegal ha prestado especial atención a sus necesidades de fortalecimiento de sus capacidades para seguir siendo protagonistas y no víctimas en las cadenas de valor.

From colonial objectives to constitutional imperatives

In February of 2022, the South Africa National Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment gazetted the national inland fisheries policy. This marks the first time in South Africa’s history, that inland small-scale and traditional fishers are recognised within the legislative framework. Until now, South Africa’s inland fisheries has been dominated by recreational fisheries, a product of colonial priorities. In this presentation, we explore how colonial policies shaped inland fisheries and the transition to a democratic sector that is now aligned to the constitution of the country.

After postponing the event originally scheduled for 2020 event due to the pandemic, the 20th Biennial IIFET Conference was held 18th-22nd July 2022 in Vigo, Spain. Vigo has a long-time connection with the ocean. Vigo’s Bay was mentioned by Jules Verne in his book ‘20,000 Leagues under the Sea’. It is now one of the world’s largest fishing ports and one of the busiest in terms of volume. Spain holds the third rank among European countries for the dimension of its small-scale fishery. This has a really high impact in the local culture, tradition and social life which is reflected by the large number of associations, communities and programmes present on the territory. The strong connection of Vigo with its roots in the fisheries community is clearly displayed in the impressive murals dedicated to fishers and seafood around the city like the one showing a 'mariscadora' - a woman working in seafood collection with a 'percebes', a typical Galician goose barnacle (courtesy S.T. Boschetti).

On the road to Lisbon, many organisations had organised preparatory events to contribute to the mobilisation in support of the most neglected and underfunded of all Sustainable Development Goals. The Ocean Conference was co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal. The European Parliament convened a preparatory event organised by a group of MEPs with Ambassador Peter Thomson, Special Envoy for the Ocean of the UN Secretary General, on 21 June 2022. 

This month's webinar of the research platform 'From vulnerability to viability' (V2V) was delivered by Dr. Jessica Blythe on 24 June. She argued that transformations towards ocean equity and blue justice are needed to address the inequitable distribution of access to ocean benefits and resources, as well as disproportionate exposure to harms. Yet, actions that fundamentally restructure relationships between people and the ocean are highly political and can produce substantial risks for coastal communities and the marine environment. This seminar explores recent scholarship and practice on navigating this critical and complex space.

Las actividades de Mundus maris asbl y sus socios para celebrar el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente (5 de junio) y el Día Mundial del Océano 2022 (8 de junio) comenzaron ya en mayo con dos clases de sensibilización en el Colegio Bilingüe Báltico en la provincia de Veracruz, México. El lema de la ONU para este año 'Revitalización: acción colectiva para el océano' es particularmente estimulante y oportuno a la luz de varios informes importantes publicados en los últimos meses y pintan un panorama sombrío de mayor impacto negativo de la acción humana en el océano de lo esperado. Habiendo dicho esto, la investigación también muestra que se pueden prevenir cosas mucho peores mediante una acción colectiva determinada, para desligarnos más rápidamente de los combustibles fósiles y lograr el acuerdo en la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) para finalmente eliminar gradualmente los dañinos subsidios a la pesca.

The May 2022 V2V webinar by Dr. Milena Arias Schreiber of the School of Global Studies at Gothenburg University introduced new concepts for the viability of small-scale fisheries. Milena used a justice lense to illustrate that new concepts are needed to describe the experiences of small-scale fisheries people in living under multiple pressures, including blue growth and blue economy. She examines how some of the new concepts can contribute to strengthening the viability of small-scale fisheries. Departing from the origin of the term Blue Justice, Milena shows how concepts can be co-produced through transdisciplinary processes and what contributions they can bring to the future ocean discourses. Her talk is based on a recent co-authored article in Marine Policy titled "Blue Justice and the co-production of hermeneutical resources for small-scale fisheries".

El Intergrupo del Parlamento Europeo sobre 'Cambio Climático, Biodiversidad y Desarrollo Sostenible' convocó un seminario web titulado "Cooperación marina europea en el Mediterráneo y más allá: ¡redes de administradores de áreas marinas protegidas (AMP), aliados clave!" que tuvo lugar el 12 de mayo de 2022. Los eurodiputados Catherine Chabaud y Stéphane Bijoux patrocinaron el seminario web. Este fue el primero de los tres eventos planificados con el objetivo de brindar la oportunidad de confrontar las ideas de la UE con la idea de One Blue Belt (Corredor Azul Unico). Su finalidad era, entre otras cosas, impulsar la cooperación internacional entre las redes de administradores de AMP de todo el mundo para lograr los objetivos de conservación marina posteriores a 2020.

Del 9 al 11 de mayo de 2022 se llevó a cabo en Nigeria el Taller Nacional de Creación de Capacidades para las Partes Interesadas y la Promoción para la implementación de las Directrices sobre la pesca artesanal (SSF, por sus siglas en inglés). El taller fue organizado por la Universidad Estatal de Lagos (LASU) con el apoyo de la Organización para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), WorldFish Center y el Centro Internacional en apoyo de los pescadores (International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) con sede en la India. El taller fue declarado inaugurado por el Vicerrector de LASU, Profesor Ibiyemi Tunji-Bello. El coordinador principal del taller, el profesor Shehu Akintola, dijo que el evento tenía como objetivo llamar la atención y apoyar la implementación de las directrices PPE.

There are several aspects of transitioning from vulnerability to viability. The primary approach consists of identifying vulnerabilities and trying to reduce them to attenuate the effects. But what happens if small-scale fisheries are confronted with unexpected threats and shocks? These can take many different forms. They can consist of changes in the market or fisheries regulations. Climate change is affecting the distribution of resources away from tropical waters. The Blue Economy mantra usually has no place for small-scale fisheries.

Yet, men and women in small-scale fisheries face these mostly unpredictable shocks all the time. This is why we need to consider resilience, which is about options, flexibility, and the capacity to deal with unpredictable shocks.The V2V monthly webinar end April 2022 with Dr. Fisket Berkes covers resilience basics and illustrates the resilience of small-scale fishers through several examples.