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 following statement was issued at the 2004 meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD.
The following statement was issued at the 2004 meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD.
For many indigenous communities, national and marine parks can be significant threats to their hunting and fishing rights
There are issues surrounding MPAs and the livelihoods of coastal communities within them.
Some reflections on the first International Marine Protected Area Congress, and the need for a human perspective.
There are contradictions aplenty on both land and sea in the Corumbau Marine Extractive Reserve, Brazil.
A seasonal fishing ban meant to conserve turtles in Orissa, India, has fatally affected fishing communities.
A joint NGO statement at the 2006 meeting of the CBD called for the involvement of indigenous/local communities.
A joint NGO statement at the 2006 meeting of the CBD called for the involvement of indigenous/local communities.
The French experience shows that if fishermen are convinced of the potential benefits of marine protected areas, they will take an active part in their implementation.