Small-Scale Fisheries working group - Sustainable Food from the Oceans and Inland Waters for Food Security and Nutrition

This working group focuses on promoting the importance of artisanal fisheries and aquaculture following the work by IYAFA.

Working group events

Women and a Changing Tide: How to Break the Bias: Perspective from African small-scale fisheries, 8 March 2022
Solutions for Empowering Women’s Engagement in Aquatic Food Systems: a Journey Through the Supply Chain, 11 October 2022

Working group members 2024

Johanne Nordby Fremstad | Advisor at the Department for Climate and Environment, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) – Leader
Rhoda Bianca Mkumbwa | Secretary General, AWFishNet, Malawi
Nicole Franz | Fisheries Planning Officer at the Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Resources Division of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Leneve Papier | Secretary General at the South African Network for Women – Fisheries & Aquaculture
Shakuntala Thilsted | Director for Nutrition, Health & Food Security Impact Platform, Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Francisco Mari | Senior Policy Officer for World Food Security, Agritrade and Maritime Affairs, Brot fuer die welt, Germany
Daniel Adjei-Boateng | Lecturer in Fisheries and Aquaculture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Esperanza Silva | Oficial de Programas de Pesca e Aquicultura, Ministério de Agricultura e Pescas, Luanda, Angola
Molly Ahern | Food Security and Nutrition Specialist at the Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Resources Division of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Moazzam Khan | Technical Advisor in Marine Fisheries, World Wildlife Fund, Pakistan (WWF)
Edel Oddny Elvevoll | Professor in Food Science Technology, UiT the Arctic University of Norway
Vikas P A | Subject Matter Specialist in Fisheries, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, India
Mele Tauati | Small-Scale Fisheries Officer of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Hanista Jhumun-Foolheea | Technical Officer, Albion Fisheries Research Center, Mauritius
Jovice Mkuchu | Principle Fish Technologist, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Tanzania
Felicia Eboka | PhD Researcher in Small-Scale Fisheries Post-Harvest Technology and Quality Assurance, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Kafayat Fakoya | Smal-Scale Fisheries Expert, Academic and Interdisciplinary Research, Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture Section, Nigeria