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.
The National Marine Protected Areas Center (NMPAC), working with several agency and nongovernmental partners, has developed a national strategy for social science research. This document identifies high priority needs for...
This review examines the social, economic and political effects of environmental conservation projects as they are manifested in protected areas. The paper provides special attention on people living in and...
This review examines the social, economic and political effects of environmental conservation projects as they are manifested in protected areas. The paper provides special attention on people living in and...
This article reviews the governance and management of MPAs in terms of their size and location, the type of MPA, zonation schemes and financial status. The successes of different types...
This article reviews the governance and management of MPAs in terms of their size and location, the type of MPA, zonation schemes and financial status. The successes of different types...
Marine extractive reserves (MER) are being established in coastal areas of Brazil to protect traditional’ coastal populations and the marine resources upon which their livelihoods depend. This paper examines the...
Marine extractive reserves (MER) are being established in coastal areas of Brazil to protect ‘traditional’ coastal populations and the marine resources upon which their livelihoods depend. This paper examines the...
Coral reef marine protected areas (MPA) are widely distributed around the globe for social and ecological reasons. Relatively few of these MPAs are well managed. This review examines the governance...
Coral reef marine protected areas (MPA) are widely distributed around the globe for social and ecological reasons. Relatively few of these MPAs are well managed. This review examines the governance...
This paper discusses the indigenous and local communities’ need to regain lost power in managing and conserving natural resources on which they depend for their livelihood and future development in...