Quist, Cornelie (ed), Katia Frangoudes and Brian O’Riordan. Strengthening the voice of women of fishing communities in Europe. A Report in “Recasting the net: defining a gender agenda for sustaining life and livelihoods in fisheries and aquaculture”. ICSF-AKTEA Questionnaire and Workshop 2010.

The ICSF Belgium Office and Aktea, the European Network of Women’s Organizations in
Fisheries and Aquaculture, hosted a one-day workshop to prepare for ICSF’s international Women in Fisheries workshop, which took place on February 13, 2010. In this report, the reports of information provided by the participants of the ICSF-AKTEA project 2010 through the questionnaires and workshop are presented by country to respect the diversity of contexts within Europe. This is preceded by an attempt to present a synthesis of shared priority issues and strategies of women’s organizations in fisheries in Europe, taking stock of achievements and obstacles.