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 study was undertaken in five districts of West Bengal to identify socio-economic problems as perceived by rural women-folk which impeded their participation in various inland fisheries activities. To mitigate...
Women’s fishing is associated with subsistence, domestic production, and small-scale produce marketing. Overview of the obstacles and the role of women in commercial fishery, aquaculture and conservation, and recommendations on...
This survey, covering the role of women in fish handling and marketing in Jebba Lake basin, Nigeria, indicates that although women are mostly involved in these activities, the economic returns...
This research examines the changing roles of women and men in the fishing sector in reef and lagoon fisheries. This sector has gained importance for food security in a context...
In Vanuatu, fishing is a secondary activity. This is, however, changing with the transformation of the subsistence economy to cash economy, where fish is now beginning to be viewed as...
An investigation was carried out in five districts of West Bengal to involvement of women in inland fisheries development. A total of 201 women was interviewed at random with a...
Study on subsistence fishing carried out by women in a squatter settlement in the urban environment of Suva. Squatters settlements for people coming from the rural areas rely heavily on...
Describes each of the seven species of edible seaweed available in Fiji. The description includes: name, method of harvest, location, price and method of preparation for eating. Mentions that Fijian...
Women activities from 9 Atlantic Forest communities and 7 Amazonian river stretches are analyzed. Areas studied include the coast of Rio de Janeiro State and Sao Paulo State , which...
The territory of Wallis and Fatuna lies 600 km northeast of Fiji and 300 km west of Samoa. In Futuna, women are involved in fishing as well as reef gleaning,...