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 is a report of the Latin American Network of Women working in the fisheries sector (NETWIF), which has been active for five years.
This article is a compilation from various sources on out-of-work women encarnadoras (hook baiters) in Chile take up acting and win wide acclaim.
This article is a compilation from various sources on out-of-work women encarnadoras (hook baiters) in Chile take up acting and win wide acclaim.
This article is on women workers in Fogo Island on the northeast coast of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, who are demanding to be judged and rewarded according...
This article focuses on the issues faced by workers in snow crab processing plants, who are are prone to accidents, repetitive strain injuries, and other work-related illnesses.
The article describes how the changes in fishery and processing technology have affected the nature of the work available to processing workers in Catalina, Newfoundland.
A discussion group on gender and fisheries at a seminar in Brazil from 17 to 19 November 2000, debated the situation of women of fishing communities.
Women have always dominated the floor level in the seafood processing industry in India. With increasing consumer awareness on the quality of food, the demands of the importing countries for...
Marine, coastal and freshwater fisheries are culturally, ecologically, recreationally and economically important in New Zealand (NZ) and across the world. Over-exploitation of stocks has resulted in declining catches, particularly in...
This paper, drawing on a larger study undertaken by the author, attempts to explore the impact of fisheries development on gender relations in fisheries. It is presented in a manner...