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To Big To Ignore are organising a range of talks about small scale fisheries throughout this years World Oceans Week. Talks can be viewed live via a Zoom link on their website or through YouTube. http://toobigtoignore.net/opportunity/ssf-open-house/

I am particularly looking forward to a couple of talks on Friday: "New tools for SSF" with speakers from the CAFISHAMN project (how the spatial activities of SSF interact with marine habitats), as well as "Towards a new social contract for SSF" - a discussion about key changes SSF have faced around the world, and what a new 'social contract' would look like.

Is anyone else attending any interesting talks or webinars during World Oceans Week?

A great example of mobile monitoring in Niue in the South Pacific:

https://www.spc.int/updates/blog/2021/05/small-scale-fishers-from-niue-…

Does community-led fisheries management work?
Join us for a discussion at https://tokotelo.blueventures.org/ this Wednesday 26th at 09:30 LONDON

This event will consist of two parts: a sixty minute facilitated conversation with live questions to the panel in English, followed by a forty-five minute break out discussion in English, Bahasa Indonesia and French (indicate preferred language when registering for the event).

Session objectives

Based on the case studies presented by the panel and the experiences of participants, the event aims to:

Explore the successes and challenges of community-led marine management
Gain an understanding of the management measures that communities are implementing

Hi ICT4Fisheries Network! I recently co-authored a landscape analysis of emerging technologies that support sustainable fisheries. While the focus wasn’t only on SSF, I still thought it might be of interest to this group. If you have any questions, feel free to follow up with me. Cheers, Chris.

Link: https://ssfhub.org/resource/new-and-emerging-technologies-sustainable-f…

This article highlights the increasing importance of using ICT's at larger geographical scales to protect our oceans, and how these technologies can also be beneficial for SSFs...

https://news.mongabay.com/2021/03/how-technology-can-help-us-achieve-at…

"This new tech is also useful for tracking and protecting rangers or small-scale fishers. It can build up a picture of how we use our seas so that management plans can be put in place to increase the sustainability of commercial activities."

What are your views on adapting large-scale technologies for SSFs - how do we ensure they remain accessible and relevant at the more local level?