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.
The book brings together examples from indigenous small-scale industrial and recreational fisheries in marine and freshwater environments across the globe. The book grew out of a 2001 conference called ‘Putting...
This is a review of all the conflict situations and possible solutions towards the problem of marine and coastal resource degradation. The cases were presented in the First Asian Fisherfolk...
This is the output of three practitioners of a community centered approach towards coastal resource management. The action research included review of secondary literature to get an overview of community...
This is the fourth Cordio Status report in which the current status of coral reefs and the problems that continue to degrade reefs as well as recent patterns of recovery...
One billion people around the world rely upon fish as their primary—and in many cases, their only—source of protein. At the same time, increasing demand from wealthier populations in the...
This book talks about lessons learned from Telapak’s field experiences from 1999-2004 in compiling data and developing collaborative learning process with the fishermen who are actors in destructive fishing in...
For two decades the idea of governments and fishers working together to manage fisheries has been advocated, questioned, disparaged and, most importantly, attempted in fisheries from North and South America...
In Sri Lanka, traditional fisheries management has been implemented for many years in certain areas. The concept of participatory approaches in fisheries management where target beneficiaries are involved in the...
The theme of the workshop was sustaining the fisheries resource and alleviating poverty among fisherfolk, which can be achieved through ‘smart partnerships’ among the different types of stakeholders – such...
This case study examines whether the development of community protected areas really contributes to upgrading the livelihood of local communities. The Boeung Per wildlife sanctuary has a total area of...