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.
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...
The objective of this report is to disseminate the knowledge gained from the project, “Safety at sea for small-scale fisheries in developing countries” (GCP/GLO/200/MUL, launched in December 2006 and extend...
This paper explores the importance of the context in which small-scale fisheries operate, and argues that only through the creation of an enabling environment can these fisheries fulfil their potential...
This paper argues that more attention should be given to social issues in smallscale fisheries. Fishing communities often lack awareness, opportunity and cohesive social institutions to be able to self-organise,...
While most governments say they want to halt subsidies that contribute to overfishing and overcapacity, many demand the right to continue subsidizing fishing by “small” vessels. But small boats are...
At its September 2005 formal meeting, the Negotiating Group on Rules requested the Secretariat to research and compile information on definitions currently in use for the terms “artisanal” fishing and...
Small-scale fisheries are hard to measure, so their importance to food security and livelihoods is often underestimated; the Big Numbers Project works to fill the information gap. The Big Numbers...
The focus of this paper is on the governance of small-scale or municipal fisheries in the Philippines in light of the critical role they play in the livelihoods of coastal...
Recent advocacy of human rights approaches (HRA) for the governance of small-scale fisheries (SSF) in developing countries overlooks evidence that HRA facilitates a neo-liberal agenda. Further, this advocacy is seemingly...
The involvement of indigenous peoples in fisheries, and in the management of those fisheries, varies widely around the world, but invariably involves many complex interactions. This paper assesses these interactions...