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 paper focuses on who among the local community members participate in community-based coastal resources management activities and the nature of their participation based on 47 projects reviewed for the...
The Seri people, a self-governed community of small-scale fishermen in the Gulf of California, Mexico, have ownership rights to fishing grounds where they harvest highly valuable commercial species of bivalves....
The Seri people, a self-governed community of small-scale fishermen in the Gulf of California, Mexico, have ownership rights to fishing grounds where they harvest highly valuable commercial species of bivalves....
This paper analyses the co-management regime in Galapagos and shows that these regime perform strongly in terms of strategic vision, participation, empowerment, consensus orientation and resilience and yet less well...
This paper analyses the co-management regime in Galapagos and shows that these regime perform strongly in terms of strategic vision, participation, empowerment, consensus orientation and resilience and yet less well...
In this report, the World Bank assesses factors likely to determine marine protected areas’ (MPA) success and identifies opportunities for the Bank and its partners to scale up MPA implementation...
Marine sanctuaries are increasingly being promoted as tools for conservation and fisheries management. This study investigates the effects of protection over 19 years on substrate composition and fish communities in...
This paper examines relationships between socioeconomic factors and perceptions of coastal resources in Mahahual, Mexico. Residents provide open-ended comments to questions regarding coral reefs and fisheries. Socioeconomic characteristics are examined...
There is a wave of interest in Marine Protected Areas (MPA) and Integrated Management (IM) as tools for addressing declines in marine environments through ecosystem-based management. Lessons learned from seven...