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.
Over the years, research on women in the fisheries moved from a framework of political economy to a framework of political ecology. This meant that analyses shifted away from labour,...
The PROCFish regional socio-economic database includes gender-specific fishery data across 63 coastal communities in 17 Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs). The 17 PICTs can further be separated by major...
Marine artisanal fisheries plays an important role in the socio-economic life of many countries along the West African coast, from Mauritania to Angola. The Programme for Integrated Development of Artisanal...
Women’s contribution to small-scale aquaculture is often unrecognized and the real benefits from their involvement in activity are not objectively assessed. The present study focused on the women’s participation in...
The women of the fishing communities of Senegal are central to the processing and trade of product landed by the country’s artisanal fleet, roles that have been critical to the...
The fisheries sector has long been considered a male domain, signifying a sense of adventure and risk valued by men but from which women are often excluded. However, women’s engagement...
The presentation focuses on the reason for Gender Mainstreaming Policy and Strategy in Fisheries Sector (GMPSF) in Cambodia, the Policy’s Statement and objectives of GMPSF, procedures for implantation, achievements and...
The presentation focused on the importance of research and communication for sustainable development and referred to networks as a promising form for knowledge creation and dissemination. The aim is to...
This training program is designed for the purpose of providing awareness of basic gender concepts and gender mainstreaming in fisheries sector to key officers of FiA at national, provincial and...
Kampong Phluk is a small fishing community on the eastern side of the Lake Tonle Sap. Fishing has been the important source of livelihoods for many generations and it is...