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.
Climate change is one of the gravest crises facing humanity. It is already affecting millions of people, especially the poor in the developing Global South. Yet, the international community has...
This policy brief has been prepared as a part of the larger study on the legal and institutional response to the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. The study provides an...
This report reveals the already considerable impacts of global warming on small and marginal farmers and on agricultural labour in northern and eastern Gujarat. The report is based on conversations...
The contribution of tourism to climate change, and the likely consequences of climate change for key tourist destinations, has been well reported and discussed. Yet, there is a lack of...
The book is based on the research programme “Vulnerability, Adaptation and Mitigation” (VAM) which ran from 2004 to 2010. It presents a cluster of case studies of industries, communities and...
Global marine and inland fisheries provide food security to millions of people, supplying a vital source of high-quality dietary protein and supporting livelihoods and incomes. It is widely acknowledged, however,...
Given the international consensus on achieving human rights, the paper stresses that committed action to realizing the human rights of fishing communities, as indeed of all vital, yet marginalized groups...
This paper presents a review of what are seen as ‘good practices’ globally in policy and governance of small-scale fisheries, with a particular focus on addressing rights-based issues, viewed broadly...
Since the earliest days of dialogue over fisheries subsidies at the WTO, it has been clear that “artisanal fishing” presents a special case. Although never precisely defined, the term has...
This presentation has four parts. The first looks at the aims of livelihood diversification programmes in a fisheries and aquaculture sector context. Then, the meaning and scope of livelihood diversification...