Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum Explained

The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) is a non-governmental organisation based in Karachi, Pakistan which works to advance social, economic, cultural and political rights of fishermen and fishing communities in Pakistan.^[1] The body came into establishment as a social welfare organisation on 5 May 1998. Since its inception, it has gathered 25,000 volunteers; the stated objectives of the group target a wide array of issues which are directly or indirectly associated with about 4 million fishers in Pakistan. Some of these are:

• Socioeconomic and political rights of fishermen
• Bringing sustainable fishery policies
• Advocating a ban on sea trawlers
• Stopping depletion of natural resources in the sea and the use of destructive nets
• Preserving the Indus Delta from degradation
• Abolishing contract systems and bringing license systems in inland water bodies^[2]
• Supporting the release and rehabilitation of detained Pakistani fishers in Indian jails and Indian fishers in Pakistani jails^{[3] [4] [5]}
• Bringing general sustainability in the usage of water resources

See also

• Fisheries Research and Training Institute, Lahore Pakistan

Further reading

• India-Pakistan prisoners – fishermen, POWs, and more article by Beena Sarwar on the India-Pakistan prisoners issue (first published in Aman ki Asha on Jan 11, 2012)
• Mohammad Ali Shah founder of Pakistani Fisherfolk Forum
• PAKISTAN: Fisherfolk Blues… briefing by Qurat Mirza for The Asian Human Rights Commission, March 23, 2012
• Taking the Fish- Fishing communities lose out to big trawlers in Pakistan Action Aid, Trade Justice Campaign briefing paper

External links

• Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum - Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: What We Do - PFF. https://web.archive.org/web/20100905010449/http://www.pff.org.pk/node/4. dead. September 5, 2010.
2. Web site: Announcements to abolition the Contract system on Inland fisheries in Sindh. https://web.archive.org/web/20111003003511/http://www.pff.org.pk/node/52. dead. October 3, 2011.
3. Web site: Four Pakistani prisoners released from Gujarat jails. June 30, 2010. DeshGujarat.
4. Web site: India, Pakistan exchange lists of prisoners. The Indian Express. The Indian Express Limited. 9 May 2012. News article. 2 April 2008.
5. Web site: India to stop fishermen from straying into Pakistan. Reuters. Thomson Reuters. 9 May 2012. 7 April 2008.