Traditional Fisherman - a livelihood and culture
locals Uniting Traditional Fishers Taking a stand against women's violence
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Recognising woman in the Fishing Industry
Marching for the Right to live
Ther need for Poverty Eradication
Building Women's Leadership
Information and Knowledge Builds
Traditional Fishing Livelihood

MASIFUNDISE
Masifundise Development Trust is an independent, non-governmental organisation working with small scale and traditional fishing and coastal communities in the west and south coasts of the Western Cape, South Africa. Although in the last six months, our fieldwork has taken the organisation into the east coast in areas such as the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal. The organisation is the only non-governmental organisation in South Africa working with fisher and coastal organisations in the region and has been engaged with policy development processes in this regard for the past eight years.

NEWS!!!!!!

7 October 2008

HIGH COURT RULES AGAINST LOBSTER INDUSTRY

OFFICIAL RULING!
01 September 2008
RAADSLID RANDALL ABDOL GEE SY ONDERSTEUNING AAN DIE VISSERS
Hier is sy Brief!!!
ICSF NEWSLETTER MAY 2008 AVAILABLE HERE
SAMUDRA News Alert Special: Marine Protected Areas
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“Smallscale fishers struggle for recognition in South Africa – An audio visual story”
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East and Southern Africa Small-scale Fisheries Workshop (ESA-2008)
24 to 27 June 2008

Zanzibar Statement on Rights-based Approach to Small-scale, Artisanal and Indigenous Fisheries
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Masifundise Development Trust `Coast to Coast: South African Women in Fisheries’ Oatlands, Simonstown 8-10 April 2008

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Women in Fisheries Small-scale Fishing Policy Statement

 We, the undersigned women leaders representing women from 16 small-scale fishing communities in the Northern and Western Cape provinces, gathered at the Masifundise Women in Fisheries Workshop in Simonstown, from the 8th 10th April 2008:

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ALERT!!!! 27/04/2008

WOMEN'S NET NEWSLETTER
Women in South African fishing communities stand up for their human rights

After 10 years of struggle, traditional fishing communities in South Africa are finally on the brink of securing their historical fishing rights. The signing of an agreement during 2007 by the Minister of Environmental Affairs in which the government committed to developing a new policy for traditional small scale fishers, including subsistence fishers, that recognised their rights, was the culmination of years of mobilization and action.
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South African Small-scale Fisheries Policy Discussion Papers:

Communities: Who Carries the Costs?

A Study of Marine Protected Areas and Their Impact on Traditional Small-scale Fishing Communities in South Africa”

Previous Discussion Papers

“Policy inputs for the development of the new Small-scale Fisheries Policy for the near-shore in South Africa, February 2008”

Defining the traditional small-scale fisheries sector in South Africa

Towards fishers' participation in the development of a new policy for the South African Small-Scale Fishery’

Archives
2007 Media Statements
2008 January - March Media Statements
2008 April - Coast to Coast South African Women in Fisheries
 

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