The National Consortium for the Small-Scale Fisheries Research and Development or Too Big To Ignore (TBTI) Philippines launches the official website and call for abstracts for the First Philippines Small-Scale Fisheries National Symposium (PSSFNS1) on 16-18 October 2024 in Iloilo City. 

The PSSFNS1 is the first symposium in the country that is highly focused on small-scale fisheries. By bringing together various stakeholders in the fisheries sector such as the fishers, fisheries managers, scientists, researchers, LGU representatives, policymakers, students, advocates, civic organizations, non-government organizations, advocacy groups, practitioners, media, and artists around the country, the symposium will provide a venue for the stakeholders to contribute to the creation of ways to make SSF sustainable and viable in the country.

The main theme of the symposium is ‘Small-Scale Fisheries in the Philippines are too Big to Ignore.’  Some of the themes that will be discussed during the symposium include inland and marine small-scale fisheries, small-scale fisheries management and governance, economics of small-scale fisheries, socio-cultural aspects of small-scale fisheries, climate change and resilience, and gender, technology and innovation in small-scale fisheries.