Fishing for Insights

Abstract

"At the opening session, ICSF Members from Brazil, Maria Cristina Maneschy of the University of Belem and Rene Scharer of Instituto Terramar, welcomed all participants. The ICSF Secretariat then provided a brief overview of ICSF's work over the last 20 years. This was followed by a session where seven founding Members of ICSF present at the workshop, reflected on the 20 years of ICSF, from different perspectives. Setting the tone for the workshop to follow, Nalini Nayak, ICSF Member from India, drew attention to the changed context today. 'I am rather confused who the small-scale sector includes and what it represents. This is one of the challenges for us to redefine, with our fishworker friends, who we are going to support and for what in the coming years' she wondered."