Maldives29 May 2022, Male, Maldives - Workers packing yellowfin tunas at Ensis factory. Ensis Fisheries is the largest Tuna and seafood exporter from the Maldives. Founded in 2002, Ensis comes from the artisa...

Congo27 May 2021, Bomassa, Nouabale Ndoki, Republic of Congo - Huge logs from original growth forests are transported by ferry to Ouesso to make their way to Brazzaville for export. There is a difficult bl...

Oman4 October 2021, Barka, Oman - A factory worker from Sea Delight, thoroughly cleaning fish that is to be packaged and sold.

Oman4 October 2021, Barka, Oman - A factory worker from Sea Delight, thoroughly cleaning fish that is to be packaged and sold.

Oman4 October 2021, Barka, Oman - A factory worker from Sea Delight, thoroughly cleaning fish that is to be packaged and sold.

Oman4 October 2021, Barka, Oman - A factory worker from Sea Delight, thoroughly cleaning fish that is to be packaged and sold.

Oman4 October 2021, Barka, Oman - A factory worker from Sea Delight, thoroughly cleaning fish that is to be packaged and sold.

Malta19 October 2021, Valletta, Malta - At the commercial fish market, in the capital Valletta, fish and fish products are sold from the early hours of the day

Malta19 October 2021, Valletta, Malta - At the commercial fish market, in the capital Valletta, fish and fish products are sold from the early hours of the day

Malta19 October 2021, Valletta, Malta - At the commercial fish market, in the capital Valletta, fish and fish products are sold from the early hours of the day

Malta19 October 2021, Valletta, Malta - At the commercial fish market, in the capital Valletta, fish and fish products are sold from the early hours of the day

Malta19 October 2021, Valletta, Malta - At the commercial fish market, in the capital Valletta, fish and fish products are sold from the early hours of the day

Malta19 October 2021, Valletta, Malta - At the commercial fish market, in the capital Valletta, fish and fish products are sold from the early hours of the day

Malta19 October 2021, Valletta, Malta - At the commercial fish market, in the capital Valletta, fish and fish products are sold from the early hours of the day

Malta19 October 2021, Valletta, Malta - At the commercial fish market, in the capital Valletta, fish and fish products are sold from the early hours of the day

Malta19 October 2021, Valletta, Malta - At the commercial fish market, in the capital Valletta, fish and fish products are sold from the early hours of the day

Malta19 October 2021, Valletta, Malta - At the commercial fish market, in the capital Valletta, fish and fish products are sold from the early hours of the day

Malta11 October 2021, Valletta, Malta - At the commercial fish market, in the capital Valletta, fish and fish products are sold from the early hours of the day

Malta11 October 2021, Valletta, Malta - At the commercial fish market, in the capital Valletta, fish and fish products are sold from the early hours of the day

United Arab Emirates03 February 2021, Al Wathba, United Arab Emirates - FAO has partnered with the UAE in a joint project to develop and expand the country's fledgling fish farming industry. The aim is to make aquacultur...

Cabo Verde07 February 2020, Mindelo, Cape Verde - fishermen repair nets in the port of of the company Frescomar - fishing processing industry.

Cabo Verde07 February 2020, Mindelo, Cape Verde - fishermen repair nets in the port of of the company Frescomar - fishing processing industry.

Cabo Verde07 February 2020, Mindelo, Cape Verde - fishermen repair nets in the port of of the company Frescomar - fishing processing industry.

Cabo Verde07 February 2020, Mindelo, Cape Verde - fishermen repair nets in the port of of the company Frescomar - fishing processing industry.

Cabo Verde07 February 2020, Mindelo, Cape Verde - fishermen repair nets in the port of of the company Frescomar - fishing processing industry.

Cabo Verde07 February 2020, Mindelo, Cape Verde - fishermen repair nets in the port of of the company Frescomar - fishing processing industry.

Cabo Verde07 February 2020, Mindelo, Cape Verde - fishermen unload fish for processing at the port of the company Frescomar - fishing processing industry.

Cabo Verde07 February 2020, Mindelo, Cape Verde - frozen fish in a cold room at the premises of the company Frescomar - fishing processing industry.

Cabo Verde07 February 2020, Mindelo, Cape Verde - Fishermen leaving a trawler moored at the port of the company Frescomar - fishing processing industry.

Cabo Verde07 February 2020, Mindelo, Cape Verde - Fisherman leaves a trawler moored at the port of the company Frescomar - fishing processing industry.

Cabo Verde07 February 2020, Mindelo, Cape Verde - frozen fish in a cold room at the premises of the company Frescomar - fishing processing industry.

CONGODEVELOPING A FISHING INDUSTRY IN THE CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE). May, 1971. Although relatively short, the 200-kilometre coastline of the Congo Republic (Brazzaville) is located in a region of considerab...

CHILECOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN ARICA, Chile, May 1971. The middle length of Chile's ribbonlike land is climatically agreeable and is the centre of the country's agriculture, livestock ranching and indus...

Sri LankaCeylon, 1953 (*Sri Lanka.1 from 1972) - The sea covers more than half the earth's surface yet provides only about 1% of man's food - to a great extent because the majority of the world's fishermen car...

AFRICAFISHERIES DEVELOPMENT IN ZAMBIALake Kariba, Zambia, March 1965. To add to the level of local food supplies, and to foster the growth of a national fishing industry the government of Zambia, with the h...

Thailand, 1953 - Tilapia fingerlings in net, caught for distribution to Thai farmers. Tilapia, looking like giant goldfish, weigh a half-pound 4 months after being a fingerling. Speed of growth for Ti...

Sri LankaCeylon, 1953 - The sea covers more than half the earth's surface yet provides only about 1% of man's food - to a great extent because the majority of the world's fishermen carry on their work with onl...

SENEGAL28 May 2015, Cayar, Senegal - Sailors and their families gathering on the shores of the vast fishermen's quay in Cayar, where a community dedicated to the fishing industry works daily with hundreds of...

SENEGAL28 May 2015, Cayar, Senegal - Workers resting on wooden pirogue at vast fishermen's quay in Cayar, where a community dedicated to the fishing industry works daily with hundreds of pirogue taking to th...

SENEGAL28 May 2015, Cayar, Senegal - A woman selling the catch of the day at a vast fishermen's quay in Cayar, where a community dedicated to the fishing industry works daily with hundreds of pirogue taking...

SENEGAL28 May 2015, Cayar, Senegal - Workers resting on wooden pirogue at vast fishermen's quay in Cayar, where a community dedicated to the fishing industry works daily with hundreds of pirogue taking to th...

SENEGAL28 May 2015, Cayar, Senegal - A general view of a vast fishermen's quay in Cayar, where a community dedicated to the fishing industry works daily with hundreds of pirogue taking to the sea in shifts...

SENEGAL28 May 2015, Cayar, Senegal - Sailors and their families gathering on the shores of the vast fishermen's quay in Cayar, where a community dedicated to the fishing industry works daily with hundreds of...

SENEGAL28 May 2015, Cayar, Senegal - Vendors and captains gathering on the shores of the vast fishermen's quay in Cayar, where a community dedicated to the fishing industry works daily with hundreds of pirog...

MALDIVES12 October 2005, Male, Maldives - Local FAO staff opening packs of ropes at a distribution center managed and funded in a collabortive effort by FAO, Japan and the Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture a...

MALDIVES12 October 2005, Thulusdhoo, Maldives - Boatbuilders making fibre glass boats under the supervision of FAO experts. Shortly after the tsunami boatyards suddenly appeared to rebuild fleets, many unqual...

MALDIVES12 October 2005, Male, Maldives - FAO Boat Building Consultant Derrick Menezes opening packs of ropes at a distribution center managed and funded in a collabortive effort by FAO, Japan and the Ministr...

MALDIVES12 October 2005, Thulusdhoo, Maldives - Boatbuilders making fibre glass boats under the supervision of FAO experts. Shortly after the tsunami boatyards suddenly appeared to rebuild fleets, many unqual...

MALDIVES12 October 2005, Thulusdhoo, Maldives - Boatbuilders making fibre glass boats under the supervision of FAO experts. Shortly after the tsunami boatyards suddenly appeared to rebuild fleets, many unqual...

MALDIVES12 October 2005, Thulusdhoo, Maldives - Boatbuilders making fibre glass boats under the supervision of FAO experts. Shortly after the tsunami boatyards suddenly appeared to rebuild fleets, many unqual...

MALDIVES12 October 2005, Male, Maldives - A Yamaha engine expert (blue t-shirt) conducting a training seminar to boatbuilders at a Yamaha sales office. Shortly after the tsunami boatyards suddenly appeared to...

MALDIVES12 October 2005, Thulusdhoo, Maldives - Boatbuilders making fibre glass boats under the supervision of FAO experts. Shortly after the tsunami boatyards suddenly appeared to rebuild fleets, many unqual...

MALDIVES12 October 2005, Thulusdhoo, Maldives - Boatbuilders making fibre glass boats under the supervision of FAO experts. Shortly after the tsunami boatyards suddenly appeared to rebuild fleets, many unqual...

MALDIVES12 October 2005, Male, Maldives - FAO staff opening packs of ropes at a distribution center managed and funded in a collabortive effort by FAO, Japan and the Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture and Mar...

MALDIVES12 October 2005, Male, Maldives - Group photo of FAO Officer Winston Rudder (4th from Left) and Minister of Fisheries, Agriculture and Marine Resources of the Maldives Abdulla Kamaluddeen (4th from Ri...

MALDIVES12 October 2005, Thulusdhoo, Maldives - Boatbuilders making fibre glass boats under the supervision of FAO experts. Shortly after the tsunami boatyards suddenly appeared to rebuild fleets, many unqual...

MALDIVES12 October 2005, Thulusdhoo, Maldives - Boatbuilders making fibre glass boats under the supervision of FAO experts. Shortly after the tsunami boatyards suddenly appeared to rebuild fleets, many unqual...

MALDIVES12 October 2005, Thulusdhoo, Maldives - Boatbuilders making fibre glass boats under the supervision of FAO experts. Shortly after the tsunami boatyards suddenly appeared to rebuild fleets, many unqual...

MALDIVES12 October 2005, Male, Maldives - FAO Fisheries Officers traveling by ferry boat to visit a village receiving FAO assistance. Shortly after the tsunami boatyards suddenly appeared to rebuild fleets, m...

MALDIVES12 October 2005, Male, Maldives - A Yamaha engine expert (blue t-shirt) conducting a training seminar to boatbuilders at a Yamaha sales office. Shortly after the tsunami boatyards suddenly appeared to...

MALDIVES12 October 2005, Male, Maldives - Locals fishing off a pier. FAO Project OSRO/MDV/502/JPN: Assistance for affected coastal communities in Maldives ( - TSU - MDV-05/ER/I02). The overall long-term obje...

Italy02 March 2009, Rome - Grimur Valdimarsson, Director, Fish Products and Industry Division, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department at the opening of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) - 28th Session he...

Italy12 January 2009, Signing Ceremony of the treaty for the "Agreement for the Establishment of the International Organization for the Development of Fisheries in Eastern and Central Europe (EUROFISH)",...

NigerFish mongers at the main market in Niamey. - - General: General.

NigerFish mongers at the main market in Niamey. - - General: General.

NigerFish mongers at the main market in Niamey. - - General: General.

GhanaWoman in a fishing community selling smoked fish. - - Sustainable Fisheries LivelihSoods Programme: GCP/INT/735/UK.

NamibiaWorkers in the NovaNam Ltd. Fish processing plant on the harbour in Luderitz. The plant employs 1 950 staff and is capable of processing more than 100 tonnes of fish a day, serviced by 19 fishing vess...

NamibiaWorkers in the NovaNam Ltd. Fish processing plant on the harbour in Luderitz. The plant employs 1950 staff and is capable of processing more than 100 tonnes of fish a day, serviced by 19 fishing vesse...

PeruA woman at a processing plant cleaning anchovies. The women were taught the basics of hygiene and quality control with regard to handling the fish by experts from the project. - - Anchovy Promotion in...

MaliMembers of the fishing cooperative inaugurate the new fishing nets donated by TeleFood. - - Fish Smoking: TFD-97/MLI/005. This TeleFood project, launched in 1998, aims to assist fisher folk from the B...

MaliTraditional ovens used for smoking fish before the donation of new equipment from the TeleFood project. - - Fish Smoking: TFD-97/MLI/005. This TeleFood project, launched in 1998, aims to assist fisher...

UruguayWorkers in fresh fish industry. - - General: General.

SpainFishing for bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus): the tuna are hauled aboard with the help of poles and hooks. - - General: General.

SpainFishers lacing bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in crates before lowering them to a cold store below deck. - - General: General.

SpainFishers lowering the catch of bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus), which has been cleaned of blood, to a cold store below deck. - - General: General.

SpainFishing for albacore (Thunnus alalunga) with poles and bait. - - General: General.

SpainUsing a purse seine to catch live bait on a tuna boat. - - General: General.

SpainFishing for bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus): the tuna are hauled aboard with the help of poles and hooks. - - General: General.

SpainFishing for bluefin tuna (Thunnus Thynnus): fishing boat above a school of tuna. The jets of water facilitate fishing as they prevent the tuna from noticing activity on deck. Live bait is thrown into...

MoroccoSmall fishing vessels at El Jadida harbour. - - General: General.

JapanFrozen tuna fish in Tokyo fish market. The fish is sold by auction. - - General: General.

JapanFrozen tuna fish in Tokyo fish market. The fish is sold by auction. - - General: General.

ChinaDried salted fish in Canton market. - - General: General.

PeruA 400t haul of chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) - - General: General.

PeruA 400t haul of chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) - - General: General.

CambodiaAn old woman who lost a leg during an attack on her village by the Khmers Rouges in 1987. She works filleting fish for the local market. - - General: General.

EritreaWoman making fishing nets under the auspices of the project. - - ERI/92/001 (UNDP) and UNTS/ERI/001/CDF (UNCD): ERI/92/001 (UNDP) and UNTS/ERI/001/CDF (UNCD). The immediate objectives of the project a...

GhanaTraditional method of cooking involving high fuel consumption and uncontrolled fire. - - Integrated Development of Artisanal Fisheries (IDAF): IDAF/GHA/93/008. The project aims at improving the workin...

IndiaWorkers harvest carp raised in the main stock pond. The Institute is raising Indian carp: Catla, Rohu and Mrigal; and Chinese carp: Silver, Grass and Common. - - Inland Aquaculture Research. The Food...

GrenadaUnloading the catch from a fishing boat onto a beach near St. George. - - Artisan Fisheries Development. The Government of Grenada's Ministry of Fisheries is improving the living standards of artisan...

MozambiqueOnly at the end of the 20th century was a Viking ship first seen along the Mozambique coast. This traditional model was constructed in the Matola Training Centre by student carpenters under the superv...

SeychellesUnloading a catch of yellow fin tuna from a small-scale fishing boat at the harbour of the capital, Victoria, on Mahà?Island. - - Southwest Indian Ocean Fishery Development and Management Project. The...

PhilippinesFreshening fish with seawater during long trip back to shore from fishing zones. - - General: General. Fish provides a substantial part of the Filipino diet, and fishing constitutes one of the country...

PhilippinesShrimp being cleaned for freezing at Food Terminals Inc. processing plant in Manila. - - General: General. Fish provides a substantial part of the Filipino diet, and fishing constitutes one of the cou...

PhilippinesWomen preparing shrimp for freezing at Food Terminals Inc. processing plant in Manila. - - General: General. Fish provides a substantial part of the Filipino diet, and fishing constitutes one of the c...

PhilippinesImproved method of selling fish at the wholesale market at Mercedes. The fish are displayed on an insulated ice table. - - General: General. Fish provides a substantial part of the Filipino diet, and...

PhilippinesSalting of fish (local name "abo") in brine vats at the small fishing village of Mercedes in the region of Camarines Norte. Improved handling methods and better hygiene are needed. - - General: Genera...

Greenland01 January 1981 - A woman sorting shrimp at the Godthaab Fish Industry (GFI) processing plant. Greenland resembles an ice-filled bowl rimmed by coastal ranges. In the centre,the thick ice overburden h...

GhanaA young fish vendor in the market at Akosombo. Since completion of the dam in 1965 catches have grown from a few thousand tons to sixty thousand tons. - - Volta Lake Research. The construction of the...