IPNLF works with fishers all over the world but much more goes on than is portrayed in our regular updates and social media streams. From forming alliances with fishers on the water to updates on our teams travels, here we have some exclusive behind the scenes stories to share with you.

Stories from Our Team

Discover how our team are making a difference all over the world!

Journey through Sri Lanka: Unveiling the Pole-and-Line Fishing Activities that Support Local Livelihoods

Journey through Sri Lanka: Unveiling the Pole-and-Line Fishing Activities that Support Local Livelihoods   To...

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Maldives Tuna: An Icon in Food Production

Maldives Tuna: An Icon in Food Production Have you ever tried tracking down the farm...

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Bridging the Gap: An IPNLF Baitfish Knowledge Exchange

Bridging the Gap: A Baitfish Knowledge Exchange with IPNLF Maldives and Yayasan IPNLF Indonesia (YII)...

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Mabul Island: Exploring new opportunities and expanding IPNLF work territories

IPNLF and Common Oceans Tuna project aim to make sure that all major tuna stocks...

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Exploring Bali’s Mangroves: A Lifeline for Marine Conservation

Having just wrapped up the 7th International Coastal Tuna Business Forum (ICTBF), you wouldn’t have...

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Tackling plastic pollution on Lhohi Island in the Maldives

IPNLF Maldives and partners tackle plastic pollution in large-scale beach cleanup Did you know that...

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Empowering Indonesian Fishing Communities through Solar Ice Maker Technology

For the latest innovative and modern climate-friendly project, Yayasan IPNLF Indonesia (YII), The Deutsche Gesellschaft...

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Bringing in the Outermost Regions of Europe

Bringing in the Outermost Regions of Europe One-by-one tuna fisheries are spread all across the...

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A new standard for handline tuna in Oman

Despite a vast 3,100km coastline and a longstanding tradition of artisanal fishing, Oman has a...

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Turning The Tide on Ocean Plastic Pollution in the Maldives

New plastic neutrality project presents Maldivian fishers as a remarkable solution to ocean pollution; retrieving...

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The First of Three Annual Ghost Gear Removal Competitions Launches in the Azores

This year, small-scale tuna fishers in the Azores are taking part in the world’s first...

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St Helena leads by example with new Fisheries Bill

This new legislation will ban the use of destructive tuna fishing gears throughout St Helena’s...

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UNDP/GEF-SGP Supports Conservation and Management of Livebait Fishery in the Maldives

Malé, Maldives – August 2021 IPNLF-Maldives has been successful in securing funding from the Global...

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IPNLF support St Helena to protect their oceans and fishing industry

By Cherie Dillon, IPNLF Project Manager St Helena   In March 2021, St Helena Island...

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Cherie Dillon, IPNLF’s St Helena Project Manager, donates safety gear to the Marine Observer Program

In June 2021, safety equipment was donated by IPNLF to the St Helena Government Marine...

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Craig Turley, IPNLF’s Fisheries Improvement Manager, vlogs his way through South Africa

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IPNLF strengthens relationships in the Azores

With the easing of Covid restrictions, the IPNLF team has been able to begin international...

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Human Interest Stories

Stories direct from the ground, developed with National Geographic photographer, Pepe Brix.

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Experience a day in the life of a one-by-one fisher

The Daily Life of a Sustainable Maldivian Tuna Fisher // Have You Ever Seen a Tuna Fly?

From your friends in the Maldives… Follow these Maldivian pole-and-line fishers through their day when...

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A day in the life of a pole-and-line tuna fisher, Indonesia

Pole-and-line fishing is a common practice in Indonesia. The poles are prepared with hooks and...

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A Day in the Life of an AAFA Fisherman: Ryan Vantress

Ryan Vantress has worked alongside his father for many years, together they fish for albacore...

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Meet some of the one-by-one fishers who catch your tuna with care

William Tahulending, Fisher, Indonesia

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Birgitta S.H. Nugrohoningtyas, Quality control supervisor, Indonesia

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Elio Neves, Fisher, Azores

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Ryan Nienaber, Fisher, South Africa

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Arthur Lorton, Captain, US

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Yeray, Fisher, Tenerife

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Hawwa Zahira, Fisher/processor, Maldives

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Yoosuf, Skipper and boat owner, Maldives

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