Pre-congress workshop: Preferential Access for Small-Scale Fishers
 

Lead organizer: Sonia Sharan, Oceana, USA

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Date: Sunday, April 26th

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The workshop aims to bring together experts on Preferential Access for Small-Scale Fishers. This will be a collaborative event that features fisher voices on “Just Harmony” and embodies the principle of science by and for fishers and features community-led initiatives on preferential access in research and policy. This will be a space to lay the foundation and go deep on Preferential Access knowledge - also known as inshore exclusion zones or artisanal stewardship areas: modalities, legal and regulatory mechanisms, political incentives, existing science, and best practices. The geographic focus will be on Southeast Asia and West Africa.

 

The workshop is open to the registered attendees of the 5th World SSF Congress. It is limited to approximately 30-40 attendees and preference will be for participants with expertise, working interest, or lived experience with preferential access for small-scale fishers.

 

For further information and to register contact Sonia Sharan (ssharan@oceana.org).​

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