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 article analyzes the role of women in the aquaculture sector in Southeast Asia. Aquaculture is becoming very important in the region but the role of women has often been...
A brief account is given of the success story of women fish vendors in Orissa, India regarding the use of ice boxes to maintain the quality of the fish during...
Details are given of a pilot venture conducted in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, in order to train the Rakhain fisherwomen in weaving and marketing handloom products as an alternative income source.
A brief account is given of topics discussed at a seminar held at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe entitled “Gender issues in fisheries and aquaculture.” Various FAO projects were referred to: ASEAN...
Details are given of a pilot venture conducted in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, in order to train the Rakhain fisherwomen in weaving and marketing handloom products as an alternative income source.
A brief account is given of the experiences of two communities in Tamil Nadu, India, regarding the use of tricycles by women fish vendors to assist them in reaching fish...
The cockle-gathering done in the village of Bunche, Muisne Canton, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador is all done by women known as concheras. The Association of the Bunche Concheras has attempted to...
An account of a project aimed at enhancing recognition of the roles of women in the fishing productive system and fishing communities on the coast of the State of Para,...
This article explains the reasons that led to the creation of the Women and Fisheries Network, namely the need to pay more attention to women’s fisheries activities in Pacific islands,...
Expands on a project, entitled The Women in Fisheries Support Project (WIFSP) in Papua New Guinea, a project targeting women and representing the incorporation of food security and income generating...