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 article explores the changing roles of women and the deterioration of their livelihoods caused by globalization, especially in the export-oriented Nile Perch fisheries of Lak Victoria, Tanzania. There might...
A description is given of some of the findings of a study carried out in southern Peru to investigate the role of women in the artisanal fishery sector. The work...
This article documents the success story of a women’s group in Driti, a small village in Bua Province, Vanua Levu, Fiji in the development of aquaculture in the region through...
This article documents the success story of a women’s group in Driti, a small village in Bua Province, Vanua Levu, Fiji in the development of aquaculture in the region through...
Millions of people depend on fisheries for a living in the Asian region, a sector that undoubtedly is a major source of employment, income and food security. This paper looks...
The findings are presented of a study commissioned by the ODA Post-Harvest Fisheries Project conducted in South India with the aim of producing a suitable container for the transportation of...
Women in southern small-scale fishing villages in Thailand take care of the family, do all the household chores and also go fishing with men. This is particularly true in fishing...
Women in southern small-scale fishing villages in Thailand take care of the family, do all the household chores and also go fishing with men. This is particularly true in fishing...
This is a report on a three-day workshop where women leader representatives from Visayas and Mindanao met to develop a deeper understanding of women in fisheries so that women can...
This is a report on a three-day workshop where women leader representatives from Visayas and Mindanao met to develop a deeper understanding of women in fisheries so that women can...