Brazil2014, Brazil, Tapauá River, Purus river basin, Amazon - Scale of the Arapaima (pirarucu) fish photographed during the species managed fishing, performed by the indigenous group Paumari of the Tapauá r...

Brazil2014, Brazil, Tapauá River, Purus river basin, Amazon - Arapaima (pirarucu) captured during managed fishing, carried out by Paumari indigenous group of the Tapauá River.

Brazil2014, Brazil, Tapauá River, Purus river basin, Amazon - Young Paumari indigenous transporting just captured arapaima (pirarucu) during managed fishing of the species.

Brazil2022, Brazil, Purus river basin, Amazon - Drone view from fish pre-processing floating vessel and fishing structure built on the Tapauá river for the managed fishing of arapaima (pirarucu) by the Paum...

Brazil2022, Brazil, Amazonas, Paumari Indigenous doing the pre-processing of fishing managed arapaima (pirarucu), in floating vessel on the Tapauá River, in the Purus river basin.

Brazil2022, Brazil, amazon - Arapaima (pirarucu) managed fishing from the Paumari indigenous group from River Tapauá, in the river basin Purus.

Brazil2016, Brazil, Deni Indigenous Land, Amazon - The Feast of Ve'e (arapaima (pirarucu) in the language of Deni indigenous people), after first fishingmanagement.

Brazil2016, Brazil, Deni Indigenous Land, Amazon - Deni indigenous with support from the Palmari indigenous in the first managed fishing of arapaima (pirarucu) in the XeruA? river.

BrazilDeni and Paumari indigenous during arapaima (pirarucu) count in lake on the XeruA? River, in Deni Indigenous Land. Amazon, Brazil, 2016.

Brazil2016., Brazil, Middle Juruá river, Amazon - Managed arapaima (pirarucu) fishing in lake "Marari Grande", from the "Xibauazinho" community, in the Uacari Development Sustainable Reserve (RDS).

TongaJuly 2022, Talafo?ou, Tongatapu, Tonga - Peni Tu?itupou (left) and Tevita Vaka (right) work together to maintain Peni's fish fence or A?ahi Pa, a system of keeping fish in one area until they are an a...

TongaJuly 2022, Talafo?ou, Tongatapu, Tonga - Peni Tu?itupou successfully reels in a loulau or cutlass fish offshore in his village of Talafo?ou. The loulou is considered a special treat for locals and Pen...

TongaJuly 2022, Talafo?ou, Tongatapu, Tonga - Growing up in the Ha?apai Islands, where life operates heavily around fishing, Peni Tu?itupou made sure fishing was part of his family's livelihood when he mar...

TongaJuly 2022, Talafo?ou, Tongatapu, Tonga - Tevita Vaka prepares loulou or cutlass fish as bait for the fish fence he uses to catch different fish species. Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Haite...

TongaJuly 2022, Talafo?ou, Tongatapu, Tonga - Due to past acts of overfishing, fish are much harder to find. Tevita Vaka encourages the people of his village, Talafo?ou, to not take the undersized fish to...

TongaJuly 2022, Talafo?ou, Tongatapu, Tonga - Even as a young boy, Tevita Vaka shared his fathers love of fishing and the ocean. When his father fell ill, Tevita stepped up and took on his father's role of...

TongaJuly 2022, Talafo?ou, Tongatapu, Tonga - Tongan fisher, Tevita Vaka, partners with Peni Tu?itupou to maintain his ?A?ahi Pa or fish fence to catch various types of fish species. Checking the fish fenc...

TongaJuly 2022, Nukuleka, Tongatapu, Tonga - For 50 years, Pauline Kaufusi has performed the fishing method fa limu or 'picking sea grapes' to earn income for her family. Depending on the tides, Pauline pe...

TongaJuly 2022, Nukuleka, Tongatapu, Tonga - For 50 years, Pauline Kaufusi has performed the fishing method fa limu or 'picking sea grapes' to earn income for her family. Depending on the tides, Pauline pe...

July 2022, Rarotonga, The Cook Islands - Pupuke Robati readies his bait to be wrapped in a leaf and lowered into the ocean. Common species used for bait include mackerel scad, big eye scad or flying f...

July 2022, Rarotonga, The Cook Islands - For this traditional fishing method, poito, fisherman Pupuke Robati wraps bait in a leaf before attaching to a weight, usually a rock. The package is lowered o...

Guyana22 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A black caiman is seen along the banks of the north Rupununi river. Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, were on a Rupununi River exp...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Leon Baird, 32, is seen bow-fishing in a creek on the Rupununi river. He uses torchlight at night to attract the fish. Leon has ancestry from both the Macush...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Leon Baird, 32, left, a villager who made his first river trip at the age of 10, and Herman Phillips, 63, use their bow near the Rupununi river. Baird works...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A macaw parrot flying next to cotton tree on a creek in the Rupununi river. Weaver birds also share the tree while the macaws occupy the central trunk. Membe...

Guyana19 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, (SWM) Programme, on a Rupununi River expedition with partners, the South Rupununi Conservation Societ...

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, meet local people during a Rupununi River expedition with partners, the South Rupununi Conservatio...

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Herman Phillips, 63, holding his bow as he hunts. Phillips, 63, has lived his whole life in the Rupununi region bases on a subsistence existence. He believes t...

Guyana17 February 2020, Sand Creek, Rupununi, Guyana - Sand Creek Secondary School Students from the newly formed Wildlife Club attend a lecture and a short excursion outside where they learn more about the...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A view upstream on a creek in the Rupununi river. Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, were on a Rupununi River expedition with partn...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Leon Baird, 32, is seen bow-fishing in a creek on the Rupununi river. He uses torchlight at night to attract the fish. Leon has ancestry from both the Macush...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - An iguana is seen on the riverbank on the Rupununi river. Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, were on a Rupununi River expedition wi...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A stork flies on the Rupununi river. Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, were on a Rupununi River expedition with partners, the Sout...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Cormorants on the Rupununi river. Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, were on a Rupununi River expedition with partners, the South R...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A giant silk cotton tree in the forest along the Rupununi river. Last year at this time it was a nesting site for Harpy Eagles. Members of the Sustainable Wi...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Leon Baird, 32, is seen bow-fishing in a creek on the Rupununi river. He uses torchlight at night to attract the fish. Leon has ancestry from both the Macush...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Leon Baird, 32, is seen bow-fishing in a creek on the Rupununi river. He uses torchlight at night to attract the fish. Leon has ancestry from both the Macush...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Herman Phillips, 63, foreground, and Leon Baird, 32, a villager who made his first river trip at the age of 10, bow-fish on the Rupununi river. Baird works a...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Herman Phillips, 63, foreground, and Leon Baird, 32, a villager who made his first river trip at the age of 10, bow-fish on the Rupununi river. Baird works a...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Herman Phillips, 63, right, near Leon Baird, 32, a villager who made his first river trip at the age of 10, bow-fish on the Rupununi river. Baird works as a...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Herman Phillips, 63, foreground, near Leon Baird, 32, a villager who made his first river trip at the age of 10, bow-fish on the Rupununi river. Baird works...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Herman Phillips, 63, jumps on a dead tree, next to Leon Baird, 32, a villager who made his first river trip at the age of 10, on the Rupununi river. Baird wo...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Leon Baird, 32, a villager who made his first river trip at the age of 10, uses his bow near the Rupununi river. Baird works as a guide and boat pilot but al...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Leon Baird, 32, a villager who made his first river trip at the age of 10, uses his bow near the Rupununi river. Baird works as a guide and boat pilot but al...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Leon Baird, 32, a villager who made his first river trip at the age of 10, uses his bow near the Rupununi river. Baird works as a guide and boat pilot but al...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Herman Phillips, 63, right, holding his bow near the Rupununi river. Phillips has lived his whole life in the Rupununi region bases on a subsistence existenc...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A macaw parrot nesting on tree next to the Rupununi river. Weaver birds also share the tree while the macaws occupy the central trunk. Members of the Sustain...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A macaw parrot perched on tree next to the Rupununi river. Weaver birds also share the tree while the macaws occupy the central trunk. Members of the Sustain...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A pair of Macaws nesting in a silk cotton tree on a creek in the Rupununi river. Weaver birds also share the tree while the macaws occupy the central trunk....

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, on a Rupununi River expedition with partners, the South Rupununi Conservation Society. This trip...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, on a Rupununi River expedition with partners, the South Rupununi Conservation Society. This trip...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, on a Rupununi River expedition with partners, the South Rupununi Conservation Society. This trip...

Guyana19 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Water flowing along a creek of the Rupununi river. In this trip, members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, on a Rupununi River expedition...

Guyana19 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A group of men who had been prospecting for gold, navigate a rapid on a creek on the Rupununi river. This area was once a popular gold mining area with local...

Guyana19 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A gray heron perched on a tree of a creek in the Rupununi river. Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, were on a Rupununi River expedi...

Guyana19 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A gray heron perched on a tree on a creek in the Rupununi river. Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, were on a Rupununi River expedi...

Guyana19 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, (SWM) Programme, on a Rupununi River expedition with partners, the South Rupununi Conservation Societ...

Guyana19 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, (SWM) Programme, on a Rupununi River expedition with partners, the South Rupununi Conservation Societ...

Guyana19 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, (SWM) Programme, on a Rupununi River expedition with partners, the South Rupununi Conservation Societ...

Guyana19 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A juvenile caiman seen on the banks of the Rupununi river. Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, were on a Rupununi River expedition w...

Guyana19 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A juvenile caiman seen on the banks of the Rupununi river. Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, were on a Rupununi River expedition w...

Guyana19 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A gray heron flaying on the banks of the Rupununi river. Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, were on a Rupununi River expedition...

Guyana19 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - The belly of a caiman left behind by hunters on the banks of the Rupununi river. Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, were on a Rupun...

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, on a Rupununi River expedition with partners, the South Rupununi Conservation Society. This trip f...

Guyana1 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Local men and women on a fishing trip on the Rupununi river are seen with nets, fish and turtles they have caught. This is a legal practise and is part of thei...

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Local men working on a fish net. Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, were on a Rupununi River expedition with partners, the South Rupu...

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, meet local people during a Rupununi River expedition with partners, the South Rupununi Conservatio...

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Herman Phillips, 63, hunts in the forest. Phillips has lived his whole life in the Rupununi region bases on a subsistence existence. He believes that is his na...

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Local men are seen on the Rupununi river with fish and a turtle they have caught. The men also have a homemade gun for hunting that fires a single cartridge sh...

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Herman Phillips, 63, has lived his whole life in the Rupununi region bases on a subsistence existence. He believes that is his natural right as an indigenous p...

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Herman Phillips, 63, has lived his whole life in the Rupununi region bases on a subsistence existence. He believes that is his natural right as an indigenous p...

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A local woman is seen fishing with her family using a net in the shallows of the Rupununi River. This is not only the major staple food in the region along wit...

Guyana17 February 2020, Sand Creek, Rupununi, Guyana - Sand Creek Secondary School Students from the newly formed Wildlife Club attend a lecture and a short excursion outside where they learn more about the...

Guyana17 February 2020, Sand Creek, Rupununi, Guyana - Sand Creek Secondary School Students from the newly formed Wildlife Club attend a lecture and a short excursion outside where they learn more about the...

Guyana17 February 2020, Sand Creek, Rupununi, Guyana - Sand Creek Secondary School Students from the newly formed Wildlife Club attend a lecture and a short excursion outside where they learn more about the...

Guyana17 February 2020, Sand Creek, Rupununi, Guyana - Sand Creek Secondary School Students from the newly formed Wildlife Club attend a lecture and a short excursion outside where they learn more about the...

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Local men working on a fish net. Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, were on a Rupununi River expedition with partners, the South Rupu...

Guyana22 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A black caiman is seen along the banks of the north Rupununi river. Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, were on a Rupununi River exp...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Sunrise over the Rupununi savanah, a vast area that is flooded annually. Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, were on a Rupununi Rive...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Leon Baird, 32, left, a villager who made his first river trip at the age of 10, and Herman Phillips, 63, use their bow near the Rupununi river. Baird works...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Herman Phillips, 63, has lived his whole life in the Rupununi region bases on a subsistence existence. He believes that is his natural right as an indigenous...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A macaw parrot flying next to cotton tree on a creek in the Rupununi river. Weaver birds also share the tree while the macaws occupy the central trunk. Membe...

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A pair of Macaws nesting in a silk cotton tree on a creek in the Rupununi river. Weaver birds also share the tree while the macaws occupy the central trunk....

Guyana20 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A pair of Macaws nesting in a silk cotton tree on a creek in the Rupununi river. Weaver birds also share the tree while the macaws occupy the central trunk....

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Herman Phillips, 63, has lived his whole life in the Rupununi region bases on a subsistence existence. He believes that is his natural right as an indigenous p...

Guyana2 January 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - Local men are seen on the Rupununi river with fish and a turtle they have caught. The men also have a homemade gun for hunting that fires a single cartridge sh...

Guyana17 February 2020, Sand Creek, Rupununi, Guyana - Sand Creek Secondary School Students from the newly formed Wildlife Club attend a lecture and a short excursion outside where they learn more about the...

Guyana22 February 2020, Rupununi river, Guyana - A Jibaru flies along the banks of the north Rupununi river. Members of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program, SWM, were on a Rupununi River expedition...

ITALY23 September 2019, Rome, Italy - Einar Eythorsson, Traditional knowledge and Sámi fishing practices in the past, Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research, Norway. Expert Seminar on Tradition...

ITALY13 December 2018, Rome, Italy - Fish Forum 2018 - Side Event - Best practices in co-management between fishers and scientists in the EU Mediterranean Sea. FAO Headquarters (Iran Room). Photo cre...

ITALY13 December 2018, Rome, Italy - Fish Forum 2018 - Side Event - Best practices in co-management between fishers and scientists in the EU Mediterranean Sea. FAO Headquarters (Iran Room). Photo cre...

ITALY13 December 2018, Rome, Italy - Fish Forum 2018 - Side Event - Best practices in co-management between fishers and scientists in the EU Mediterranean Sea. FAO Headquarters (Iran Room). Photo cre...

ITALY13 December 2018, Rome, Italy - Fish Forum 2018 - Side Event - Best practices in co-management between fishers and scientists in the EU Mediterranean Sea. FAO Headquarters (Iran Room). Photo cre...

ITALY13 December 2018, Rome, Italy - Fish Forum 2018 - Side Event - Best practices in co-management between fishers and scientists in the EU Mediterranean Sea. FAO Headquarters (Iran Room). Photo cre...

ITALY13 December 2018, Rome, Italy - Fish Forum 2018 - Side Event - Best practices in co-management between fishers and scientists in the EU Mediterranean Sea. FAO Headquarters (Iran Room). Photo cre...

ITALY13 December 2018, Rome, Italy - Fish Forum 2018 - Side Event - Best practices in co-management between fishers and scientists in the EU Mediterranean Sea. FAO Headquarters (Iran Room). Photo cre...

ITALY13 December 2018, Rome, Italy - Fish Forum 2018 - Side Event - Best practices in co-management between fishers and scientists in the EU Mediterranean Sea. FAO Headquarters (Iran Room). Photo cre...

ITALY13 December 2018, Rome, Italy - Fish Forum 2018 - Side Event - Best practices in co-management between fishers and scientists in the EU Mediterranean Sea. FAO Headquarters (Iran Room). Photo cre...

ITALY13 December 2018, Rome, Italy - Fish Forum 2018 - Side Event - Best practices in co-management between fishers and scientists in the EU Mediterranean Sea. FAO Headquarters (Iran Room). Photo cre...

ITALY13 December 2018, Rome, Italy - Fish Forum 2018 - Side Event - Best practices in co-management between fishers and scientists in the EU Mediterranean Sea. FAO Headquarters (Iran Room). Photo cre...