GLOBAL NETWORK IN SUPPORT OF ARTISANAL FISHERIES THROUGH RESOURCE AND MARKET ACCESS AND TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION OF WORLD MARINE RESOURCES AND COASTAL PROTECTION ICSF WORKSHOP AND GB MEETING JULY 4 – 9, 2006 IPARANA, CEARÁ, BRASIL Emerging Concerns of Fishing Communities: Issues of Labour, Trade, Gender, Disaster Preparedness, Biodiversity and Responsible Fisheries, July 2006, SESC, Fortaleza, Brazil

OVERFISHING IS MAINLY A PROBLEM OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMERCIAL FISHING = OPORTUNITY FOR ARTISANAL FISHERIES

THIS IS NEITHER FISH NOR CONSUMER FRIENDLY

OUR NETWORKING HISTORY 1992 AMIGOS PRAINHA CANTO VERDE 1993 FOUNDATION TERRAMAR 1994 FOUNDATION AVINA 1995 FISHERMEN FORUM CEARÁ 1996 FIRST CONTACT WITH ICSF SURPRISE VISIT TO PRAINHA 1997 I INTL. SEMINAR ON RESPONSI- BLE FISHERIES 1998 LOBSTER CARAVAN CEARÁ 1998 MY FIRST ICSF GB MEETING IN TRIVANDRUM 1999 MSC PRESENTATION

CONTINUATION 2000 ASHOKA FELLOWSHIP 2000 MSC/WWF PRE ASSESSMENT 2000 COASTAL RESOURCE NETWORK AVINA BRASIL 2000 ICSF LATIN AMERICAN GENDER WORKSHOP IN PRAINHA 2001 BOSTON SEAFOOD SHOW 2002 FIRST FEDERAL LOBSTER MGMT COMMITTEE 2002 ICSF WORKSHOP AND GB MEETING IN MOÇAMBIQUE th WORLD FISHERIES CONGRES VANCOUVER, CANADA

MARINE EXTRACTIVE RESERVES ICSF WORKSHOP AND GB MEETING MOÇAMBIQUE 2002

Artisanal small scale fishery and community based fisheries management by “Jangadeiros” in NE Brazil Schärer, René - Amigos de Prainha do Canto Verde Schärer, Michelle T. - University of Puerto Rico Oral Presentation at the 4th World Fisheries Congress – Vancouver, B.C. – May 2004

CONTINUATION 2005 ICSF WORKSHOP SANTA CLARA 2005 LOBSTER WORKSHOP OF GULF CARIBBEAN INST. /ST. ANDRES 2006 II. INTL. SEMINAR ON RESPONSI- BLE FISHERIES 2006 FITS - TOURISM AND FAIR TRADE MEETING IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO 2006 ICSF WORKSHOP AND GB MEETING HERE TODAY 2006 FAO COPACO LOBSTER WORKSHOP MERIDA, MEXICO

THE GULF AND CARIBBEAN FISHERIES INSTITUTE REGIONAL LOBSTER WORKSHOP Arquipélago de San Andres, 17 and 18 November 2005 BRAZIL SPINY ROCK LOBSTER FISHERY IN TROUBLE José Augusto Aragão, Mark Kleinberg and René Schärer

Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries – ten years later Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries – ten years later International Seminar on Responsible Fishery in Brazil, January 2006 Fortaleza, Ceara Bisessar Chakalall Senior Fishery Officer/Secretary of WECAFC FAO SubRegional Office Barbados Bisessar:

AND SOME MORE NETWORKS AND INTL. CONTACTS RED MANGLAR - BRASIL COMMUNITY TOURISM NETWORK - FISHER FORUM OF SANTA CLARA - RECOPADES (AVINA IBERO- AMERICA) - LATINA AMERICAN SOLIDARITY TOURISM NETWORK - NOAA ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION - LOCAL EXPORTERS AND US SEAFOOD IMPORTERS AND CONSUMERS (DARDEN FOUNDATION/RED LOBSTER)

II FÓRUM INTERNACIONAL DE TURISMO COMUNITÁRIO E ECONOMIA SOLIDÁRIA TUXTLA, CHIAPAS, MÉXICO 25 DE MARÇO 2006 REDES, COMERCIALIZAÇÃO E MERCADEO

CHALLENGES FOR THREE YEAR PLAN INSTRUMENTS CONSOLIDATION, INTEGRATION AND STRENGTHENING OF EXISTING NETWORKS ASHOKA AND AVINA PARTNERSHIP WORLD WIDE ALLIANCE ROW-ON SEAFOOD CHOICES ALLIANCE 5th WORLD FISHERIES CONGRESS 2008

TO REACH OUT FOR OBJECTIVES RESOURCE ACCESS MPA FOR ARTISANAL FISHERS FISHERS ECONOMIC FUTURE PRESERVED FISHERIES ARTISANAL CERTIFIED PRODUCTS PREFERENTIAL MARKET ACCESS COASTAL PROTECTION AGAINST TSUNAMIS AND AQUACULTURE

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