Get an annotated online bibliography on small-scale fisheries and fishing communities. Resources are classified under eight themes: Right to Resources, Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture, Disasters and Climate Change, Decent Work, Fisheries Trade, Aquaculture, Biodiversity and SSF Guidelines
Women engage in a wide range of activities in fisheries, including paid and unpaid work and liaison with institutions. In several countries, women dominate inland fishing and aquaculture. Their play multiple roles – in seafood processing plants, as caregivers in the family, as the builders of social networks and community.
Gender issues focus not on women only but on their relationship with men, on their roles, rights and responsibilities. They acknowledge that these vary within and between cultures as well as by class, race, ethnicity, age and marital status.
The 2014 SSF Guidelines are based on the principle of gender equality and equity. They integrate gender issues into all small-scale fisheries development strategies.
In Chile, due to the social and economic importance of artisanal benthic shellfisheries, there has been a strong political desire to achieve sustainable exploitation in these fisheries. The 1991 Chilean...
This FAO Fisheries Technical Paper documents 32 case studies and four syntheses (Canada, Japan, New Zealand and the United States of America) on the role of industry in the governance...
There are increasing pressures on the coastal zone on a global basis. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are employed in order to soften pressures on coastal environmental integrity. As a result,...
In many parts of the world, there is increasing interest among scientists, managers, and communities in merging long-enduring customary practices such as taboos that limit resource use with contemporary resource...
The Cook Islands in the South Pacific stretch from Samoa to the West and French Polynesia to the east. The major income earners for the Cook Islands are tourism, black...
Production from capture fisheries saw rapid, sustained growth from the 1950s through the 1970s, but by 1990s global capture fisheries has become stagnant, warranting a sustainable approach to its exploitation....
The “Regional consultation on interactive mechanisms for small-scale fisheries management” was initiated by FAO and co-organized by the Coastal Development Centre, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand. The Consultation The consultation discussed...
This Circular is a guide to the literature on traditional fisheries management systems in the Asia-Pacific tropics. The introductory section discusses the geographical distributions of such systems, their principal characteristics...
This book is about Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) identified by various names such as marine reserves, fish sanctuaries, marine sanctuaries, etc located in various parts of the country and managed...
This volume contains the basic information on the collaborative project between SEAFDEC/Training department (TD) and the Department of Fisheries (DOF) in Thailand. The content of this volume is divided into...