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.
Many groups are providing support to the struggle being waged by the community of Mehuín in southern Chile to halt the latest move by the cellulose company, CELCO. This article...
Many groups are providing support to the struggle being waged by the community of Mehuín in southern Chile to halt the latest move by the cellulose company, CELCO. This article...
At a meeting, “Fishermen and Fisherwomen Looking for Citizenship in the New Times” held from 24 to 26 Septermber 1999, in the province of Para, Brazil, the author observes the...
In this article, the author stresses on how unions in fish processing plants in Chile need to take up issues of health and safety as a priority.
This article is on a meeting held in Chile from 27 to 29 June 2001, where women fishworkers came together to discuss issues of common concern.
Seeking allotments of management and exploitation areas can be a major challenge for women engaged in artisanal fisheries in Chile today. This article outlines the efforts of these women who...
This article is a first person account by an inshore fisher from Harbour Breton, Newfoundland. She is the representative for inshore fishers at the Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union...
This article is a first person account by a fisher/aquaculturist, of women in the shellfishery in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Women shrimp traders in northwestern Mexico are an integral part of the local culture and make valuable contributions to the fishing sector and the local economy. However, they are nearly...
This article is on a workshop held in Brazil in June 2000, where participants discussed the need to valorize the work of women within the fisheries sector.