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.
Women are constantly struggling to retain a role in the export-oriented fisheries of Lake Victoria. This article, which is based on the author’s research, talks about the important roles that...
Traditional fishing communities in South Africa are struggling to find a secure future in the sector. This article outlines their struggles and the various issues they face.
This is a poem prepared for the West African fair for artisanally processed fish.
This article is about a dynamic group of women, the Katosi Women’s Fishing Group, who are engaged in fishing in Lake Victoria, Africa.
This article is based on the author’s Master’s thesis titled ‘Gender roles in fishery planning and projects: A case study of coastal region in Tanzania’, completed in 2002. Active participation...
An enterprising group of women from a remote island in Mozambique, got together to increase their income. This article details how they went about it and achieved their goal.
Established in 1987, the CNPS (Collectif National des Pêcheurs Artisanaux du Sénégal) is a movement born out of the artisanal fishing communities in Sénégal. The article outlines how after an...
The physical, economic, and sociocultural displacement of local peoples from protected areas generates intense discussion among scholars and policymakers.To foster greater precision and clarity in these discussions, the authors use...
This article is based on a study by the author and two other researchers, on the impact of development on coastal population dynamics and the environment in three locations on...
Pakistan’s first-ever fisherwomen’s convention took place in July 2005, as a large assembly of women from the fishing villages of Sindh. This articles details the issues that were brought to...