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🌊 Against the tide of industrial aquaculture!
Governments and corporations increasingly promote aquaculture as a solution to the food, economic and climate crises. But what happens to the people, territories and ecosystems affected by its expansion?
This edition of the #Nyéléni Newsletter looks at the impacts of industrial aquaculture on food sovereignty, fishing communities, workers, women and the commons — from Lake Victoria to India, Brazil, Ecuador, Chile and Indonesia.
🐟 Who controls the fish, the feed and the waters?
🌱 What happens when mangroves, oceans and lakes are turned into sites of corporate profit?
✊ And how are communities resisting and defending their territories, livelihoods and food sovereignty?
The edition also looks at community-centred forms of aquaculture and at the growing struggle against corporate control of aquatic environments.
This newsletter is part of the global campaign launched by the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum to resist corporate control, further destruction and the privatisation of ocean and coastal areas.
👉 Read and share Nyéléni Newsletter No. 65: nyeleni.org/en/category/newsletters-nyeleni-in-english/newsletter-no-65-against-the-tide-of-indus...
🌊 Contra la corriente de la acuicultura industrial
📢 ¡Ya está disponible el boletín Nyéléni nº 65!
Gobiernos y empresas presentan cada vez más la acuicultura como una solución a las crisis alimentaria, económica y climática. Pero ¿qué sucede con las personas, los territorios y los ecosistemas afectados por su expansión?
Esta edición del boletín Nyéléni analiza los impactos de la acuicultura industrial sobre la soberanía alimentaria, las comunidades pesqueras, las trabajadoras y los trabajadores y los bienes comunes, desde el lago Victoria hasta India, Brasil, Ecuador, Chile e Indonesia.
🐟 ¿Quién controla el pescado, los piensos y las aguas?
🌱 ¿Qué sucede cuando los manglares, los océanos y los lagos se convierten en espacios para el beneficio empresarial?
✊ ¿Y cómo están resistiendo las comunidades y defendiendo sus territorios, sus medios de vida y su soberanía alimentaria?
La edición también aborda formas de acuicultura centradas en las comunidades y las luchas contra el control empresarial de los espacios acuáticos.
Este boletín forma parte de la campaña mundial lanzada por el 3er Foro Global de Nyéléni para resistir al control empresarial, la destrucción y la privatización de los océanos y las zonas costeras.
👉 Lee y comparte el boletín Nyéléni nº 65: nyeleni.org/es/category/los-boletines-nyeleni-en-espanol/boletin-num-65-a-contracorriente-de-la-a...
🌊 À contre-courant de l’aquaculture industrielle
📢 Le bulletin Nyéléni n° 65 est sorti!
Gouvernements et entreprises présentent de plus en plus l'aquaculture comme une solution aux crises alimentaire, économique et climatique. Mais qu’en est-il des personnes, des territoires et des écosystèmes affectés par son expansion ?
Cette édition du bulletin Nyéléni examine les impacts de l’aquaculture industrielle sur la souveraineté alimentaire, les communautés de pêche, les travailleuses et travailleurs et les biens communs, du lac Victoria à l’Inde, au Brésil, à l’Équateur, au Chili et à l’Indonésie.
🐟 Qui contrôle les poissons, les aliments pour poissons et nos eaux ?
🌱 Que se passe-t-il lorsque les mangroves, les océans et les lacs deviennent des espaces de profit pour les entreprises ?
✊ Et comment les communautés résistent-elles et défendent-elles leurs territoires, leurs moyens de subsistance et leur souveraineté alimentaire ?
Cette édition présente également des formes d’aquaculture centrées sur les communautés ainsi que les luttes contre le contrôle des espaces aquatiques par les entreprises.
Ce bulletin s’inscrit dans la campagne mondiale lancée par le 3e Forum mondial de Nyéléni pour résister au contrôle des entreprises, à la poursuite de la destruction et à la privatisation des océans et des zones côtières.
👉 Lisez et partagez le bulletin Nyéléni n° 65 : nyeleni.org/fr/category/les-bulletins-nyeleni-en-francais/bulletin-n-65-a-contre-courant-de-laqua...
🌊ضدّ تيار
الاستزراع المائي الصناعي
📢صدور العدد 65 من نشرة
نييِليني!
تروّج الحكومات والشركات بشكل متزايد للاستزراع المائي باعتباره حلاً لأزمات الغذاء والاقتصاد والمناخ. لكن ماذا يحدث للشعوب والأقاليم والنظم البيئية التي تتأثر بتوسّعه؟
يتناول هذا العدد من نشرة نييِليني آثار الاستزراع المائي الصناعي على السيادة الغذائية ومجتمعات الصيد والعمال والنساء والمشاعات، من بحيرة فيكتوريا إلى الهند والبرازيل والإكوادور وتشيلي وإندونيسيا.
🐟من يسيطر على الأسماك والأعلاف والمياه؟
🌱ماذا يحدث عندما تتحول أشجار المانغروف والمحيطات والبحيرات إلى مواقع لتحقيق أرباح الشركات؟
✊ وكيف تقاوم المجتمعات وتدافع عن أراضيها وسبل عيشها وسيادتها الغذائية؟
يتناول العدد أيضاً أشكال الاستزراع المائي المرتكزة على المجتمعات، والنضال المتنامي ضد سيطرة الشركات على البيئات المائية.
هذه النشرة جزء من الحملة العالمية التي أطلقها المنتدى العالمي الثالث لنييِليني لمقاومة سيطرة الشركات، والمزيد من الدمار، وخصخصة مناطق المحيطات والسواحل.
👉 اقرأ وشارك العدد 65 من نشرة نييِليني:
nyeleni.org/fr/toutes-les-editions-en-arabe/
#Nyéléni #SouverainetéAlimentaire
#lesPêcheursdabord #fish4foodsovereignty
#NonÀLéconomieBleue
#NoAquacultureIndustrielle
#LaquacultureindustrielleTue
#FishersFirst #rejectbluetransformation #noindustrialaquaculture
#industrialaquaculturekills
#SoberaníaAlimentaria #lospescadoresprimero
#RechazaLaEconomiaAzul #NoAcuiculturaIndustrial #LaAcuiculturaIndustrialMata
Fishing communities everywhere are being displaced and even killed in their struggle against industrial aquaculture. This industry destroys ways of life, water, and territory.
Join this press forum on September 11th at 5 PM CET! This is a virtual event for journalists and storytellers that are trying to better understand the global opposition to the aquaculture industry. This forum will take place immediately after FAO’s COFI conference concludes in Rome, Italy.
Register at: tinyurl.com/PressFishForum to access exclusive interviews and groundbreaking report on fisher peoples experiences with the aquaculture industry.
Speakers:
● Simen Sætre: Norwegian journalist and author of “The New Fish”, a book that captures the story of farmed salmon.
● Siddharth Chakravarty: Scholar on global fisher peoples movements and former seafarer.
● Arlene Oliveira da Costa: Indigenous fisherwoman, leader, and popular educator from Sergipe, Brazil.
● Nadine Nembhard: Co-Chair of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples and officer within the Caribbean Network of Fisheries Organizations.
Moderated by: Este Narváez, Communications Officer, World Forum of Fisher Peoples
Each panelist will share their story in a 45 min moderated conversation, followed by a Q&A. Total runtime will be 90 minutes.
To connect with fisher peoples on the front lines worldwide contact:
fish4foodsovereignty@proton.me.
#IndustrialAquacultureKills #FishersFirst #RejectBlueTransformation #Fish4FoodSovereignty #NoIndustrialAquaculture
After six years without an active fishing cooperative in #calliaqua, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, fisherfolk are celebrating a new beginning with the formation of a new executive board.
Special thanks are extended to the Cooperatives Department, the Department of Fisheries, the Ministry of Fisheries, and the National Fisherfolk Organisation for their support and commitment. Their many weeks of planning and meetings helped bring fisherfolk together.
Congratulations and all the best to the new executive board! 🎣👏🏽
#fisherfolk #fishingcooperative #calliaqua #stvincentandthegrenadines #smallscalefisheries
Congratulations to fisher Darwin Francis on his impressive catch of yellowfin tuna! 🎣🐟
This outstanding catch is another demonstration of how the Government’s Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) Programme is helping our local fishers access and catch more oceanic pelagic species, including yellowfin tuna.
Special recognition must also be given to Hon. Samal Duggins, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Resources, for his continued leadership and support of the FAD Programme and the development of our fisheries sector. His commitment to investing in our fishers and expanding opportunities at sea is helping to strengthen local fish production, fisher livelihoods and our nation’s food security.
Congratulations again, Darwin—an impressive catch and another win for our fishing industry! 🇰🇳🐟🎣
Lowmans Bay, St. Vincent and the Grenadines – 20 August 2026
This evening, a meeting was held with fishers, boat owners and fish cleaners in Lowmans Bay to discuss the way forward for new development in the area.
The WFFP Our Ocean School’s (TOT) Programme CERTIFICATE Awarding Ceremony held 18th August 2026 in Sri Lanka.
#awardingceremony2026
This morning, Adrian LaRoda of The #Bahamas met with Captain Berne Wright of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, Coral Harbour Base, to discuss the way forward in the short term.
The meeting focused on how the Bahamas Commercial Fishermen’s Association (#BCFA) can support collaboration, strengthen communication and improve coordination with the Defence Force.
Day 3 in Sri Lanka at the #WFFP Ocean School. Today, we joined 80 other participants from different parts of the world to learn more about AquaEcology and the deep connection between fishing, communities, culture and the environment.
As youth members of #CNFO, we are taking away a lot from this experience, especially the importance of decolonizing our minds and understanding how capitalism and consumerism can shape and threaten the livelihoods, cultures and traditional knowledge of fishing communities.
#aquaecology helps us value traditional ways of fishing and the knowledge that fishing communities have carried across generations.
With one more day to go, we are already thinking about how we can take these lessons back to the CNFO #LeadershipInstitute, including the six principles of AquaEcology, and share them with other fisherfolk leaders and youth across the Caribbean.
We went to Dodanduwa Lagoon in Sri Lanka, where we joined the community in planting mangroves along the lagoon.
The Rathgama fishing community in Sri Lanka stands as an example of resilience and solidarity.
After the devastating 2004 tsunami, NAFSO (National Fisheries Solidarity Movement), (Our Ocean School host) stepped in to support recovery, donating 30 boats to help fishers rebuild their livelihoods. Similar support reached other affected fishing communities across Sri Lanka as well.
Remarkably, many of those boats are still in use today, nearly two decades later.
🌊
#rathgama #srilanka #NAFSO #fishingcommunities #resilience #wffpoceanschool
Galle, one of Sri Lanka's oldest coastal cities, is home to a UNESCO listed fort and a deep, centuries old relationship with the sea.
Along its coastline, the iconic tradition of #Stilt fishing endures, fishermen perched on wooden poles above the water, a practice born purely from local knowledge of tides and fish behavior.
This, alongside the harbour's fishing communities, reflects generations of #aqua-Ecology in practice, knowledge passed down, not taught in classrooms.
As the #WFFP Ocean School continues here this week in Sri Lanka, Galle stands as a reminder that coastal cities and fishing traditions have always been deeply intertwined. 🌊
#galle #stiltfishing #srilanka #aquaecology #wffpoceanschool #fishingcommunities
Ayaana and Devon were part of the WFFP Youth Delegation in 2024, where young people at the World Forum of Fisher Peoples - WFFP 8th General Assembly made the important decision that youths should be trained and strengthened to take on greater roles within the fisherfolk movement.
Two years later, that vision has become a reality. With the opening of the WFFP Ocean School in 2026, Ayaana and Devon are among the first from the Caribbean Network of Fisherfolk Organisations (CNFO) to participate.
The training is from 12th to 15th August 2026 in Sri Lanka.
🌊 International Youth Day 2026
Some things are carefully planned, while others happen by beautiful coincidence.
This International Youth Day, we are celebrating a very special moment: from 12–15 August 2026, members of the WFFP Global Youth have been invited to Sri Lanka for the first-ever physical session of the WFFP Ocean School.
Our main focus is AquaEcology, exploring how we can strengthen the relationship between aquatic ecosystems, fisher peoples, food sovereignty, and the protection of our waters and livelihoods.
It is a powerful coincidence that this historic first physical Ocean School gathering is taking place during International Youth Day. 🌊✊🏽
#InternationalYouthDay2026 #WFFP #oceanschool #aquaecology #youthandfisheries
Our global movement, the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP), is holding its Coordination Committee Meeting on Pari Island, Indonesia, from 4–9 August 2026.
The meeting brings together Coordination Committee members to shape the movement's priorities for the coming year.
Key agenda items include:
Reviewing the implementation and status of the resolutions adopted at the 8th General Assembly (GA8) in Brazil in 2024, celebrating achievements, and identifying areas that require further action.
Beginning preparations for the 9th General Assembly (GA9) to be held in Turkey in November 2027.
Planning activities for International Fisherwomen's Day on 5 November.
Advancing two major global campaigns: AquaEcology and Resisting Industrial Aquaculture.
Discussing applications for new WFFP members and strengthening the movement through membership expansion.
Deepening engagement with the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) and other allied social movements.
Strengthening organizational development, communications, international advocacy, and global solidarity in defense of the rights of small-scale fisher peoples.
As a member of WFFP we continue to build a stronger, united global movement committed to human rights, food sovereignty, gender justice, and the protection of our waters and communities.