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 survey shows that there are many post-harvest activities in the fishing industry of the Kainji Lake basin in Nigeria in which women are expected to contribute substantially in order...
The author deals with the sardine canners of Douarnenez (Britanny, France), and explains the importance of the work of these women. She tells us of their relations with the factory,...
It is estimated that about 23,000 people, or about 17 per cent of the population in Sao Tome and Principe are involved in the fisheries sector. Women play an important...
The author deals with the sardine canners of Douarnenez (Britanny, France), and explains the importance of the work of these women. She tells us of their relations with the factory,...
In response to the recommendation of the first focal point meeting of the Latin American Network of Women in Fisheries (LANWF), FAO commissioned three studies on the role of women...
The thirteen papers in this publication mainly deal with the problems faced by women in their traditional roles of fish marketing and processing in the south and west coast of...
This thesis, based on the artisanal fisheries sector of The Gambia, focuses on the role of men and women in the marketing and distribution of fish and fish products. It...
The findings are presented of a survey conducted regarding the fisherwomen around Kainji Lake, Nigeria, in order to obtain data about the extent and structure of fishing activities of women....
This paper specifically examines the main determinants of women’s participation in income-earning activities in Peninsular Malaysian small-scale fisheries.
This paper specifically examines the main determinants of women’s participation in income-earning activities in Peninsular Malaysian small-scale fisheries.