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.
As in other Pacific Islands, women in Verata dominate in the subsistence fishing sector, with increasing involvement in the local commercial fishery. In addition to significant contributions to the nutrition...
This article gives a brief account of Cooks Island fisheries. The small-scale sector has limited opportunities for participation by both men and women, though the sector is dominated by men....
This article gives a brief account of Cooks Island fisheries. The small-scale sector has limited opportunities for participation by both men and women, though the sector is dominated by men....
Gender entails the socio-cultural construction and interpretation of masculinity and femininity. It defines fundamental relations of power in forming individual and collective identity, and its meaning and value in the...
The author writes about the experiences of commercial fisherwomen. She returns to the sea from an office environment, thereby taking a working holiday, leaving behind computers and deadlines. She exercises...
This technical report examines the current involvement of women in marine awareness and conservation issues in Samoa. It defines the importance of the role of women in sustainable development strategies...
As in other Pacific Islands, women in Verata dominate in the subsistence fishing sector, with increasing involvement in the local commercial fishery. In addition to significant contributions to the nutrition...
Women fisherfolk in Pacific Island countries continue to live within traditionally defined community norms and carry out their traditional and social roles. In addition, now they undertake work in the...
This article outlines the initiatives of the International Ocean Institute‘s Pacific Islands Operational Centre (IOIPI) and the Marine Studies Programme (MSP) to assist women and youth in coastal communities to...
Women fisherfolk in Pacific Island countries continue to live within traditionally defined community norms and carry out their traditional and social roles. In addition, now they undertake work in the...