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 Declaration of Charter was adopted at the workshop on “Fisheries and Marine Reserves in India”, held in New Delhi, India.
The Declaration of Charter was adopted at the workshop on “Fisheries and Marine Reserves in India”, held in New Delhi, India.
The statement of Anglophone Africa Sub-regional Workshop on the review of, and capacity building for, the implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas.
The statement of Anglophone Africa Sub-regional Workshop on the review of, and capacity building for, the implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas.
The Iroise marine park in Brittany, France, could serve as a model for fishermen who wish to move towards sustainable fisheries while retaining their sources of livelihood.
A recent ICSF workshop drew on country case studies to provide a small-scale fishing community perspective on marine protected areas.
The following statement on the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Programme of Work on protected areas was delivered on 11 February 2008, at the 2nd Meeting of...
The following statement on the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Programme of Work on protected areas was delivered on 11 February 2008, at the 2nd Meeting of...
Marine protected areas should factor in social capital-the relationships, networks, norms and sanctions that connect different people and institutions.
A workshop on marine protected areas in India suggested ways to achieve livelihood-sensitive conservation and management of coastal and fisheries resources.