FishNet Alliance
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A network of fishers · Since 2017

FishNet Alliance is a network of fishers engaged in and promoting sustainable fishing practices in line with ecosystem limits.

We stand in solidarity against extractive activities in water bodies, including rivers, lakes and oceans.

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News from fishing communities standing together: assemblies, declarations and open letters from the frontlines of Africa's waters.

№ 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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Who we are

Set up in 2017 to unite fishers across the coast of Africa, FishNet Alliance is a movement birthed by the efforts of South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) and Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF).
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