press release

№ 01 · Durban, ZA

General AssemblyPress Release

by FishNet · 30 Aug 2024

FishNet Alliance General Assembly and Conference Durban Declaration – 2024

FishNet Alliance – a network of fishers across the coast of Africa, held her General Assembly and Conference on Thursday 22nd August 2024 in Durban South, South Africa on the theme: “Ocean, Extractivism and Renewable Energy”. The gathering was attended by members of the Alliance from South Africa, Senegal, Togo, Nigeria, Mozambique, including new members from Uganda, […]

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№ 02 · World Fisheries Day

Press Release

by FishNet · 22 Nov 2023

An Open Letter to Leaders on World Fisheries Day

On World Fisheries Day, we urgently call on leaders engaged in International and UN negotiations to acknowledge, endorse and actively involve small-scale fishers and fish workers, Indigenous people and local communities within discussions and decisions aimed at restoring a healthy ocean and healthy inland waters. Crucially, this must include establishing transparent and accountable mechanisms that […]

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№ 03 · Nigeria

Press Release

by FishNet · 22 Nov 2023

Consult, Include, and Engage Artisanal Fishers for Fisheries Policies – FishNet Alliance Urge Policy Makers.

Nigeria has a coastline of about 853km with Lagos, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, and Cross River as littoral states. 28 out of the 36 states in Nigeria are navigable by the connecting inland waters that stretches about 10,000km – encircling whole communities in some cases and in other cases, linking one community to […]

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Food SecurityFossil FuelsPress Release

by FishNet · 6 Sept 2023

Impacts of Extractivism on Coastal Communities

FishNet Alliance General Assembly and Conference Declaration (10th August 2023, St Louis, Senegal) The scramble for Africa is once more very visible and evident, just by looking at the rate at which Europe and America are pushing for gas exploitation in the continent in countries such as Mozambique, Senegal, Tanzania, Mauritania, South Africa, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Morocco, […]

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Food SecurityFossil FuelsPress Release

by FishNet · 9 Jun 2022

Real Actions for Ocean and Our Wellbeing

As the world marks the year 2022 World Ocean Day with the theme – Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean, it is necessary for us to have sober reflections on the state of our oceans, seas, rivers, and creeks. It is particularly important that individuals and local communities who have lived in harmony with these […]

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