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.
Marine ecosystem–scale fisheries research and management must include the fishing effort of women and men. Even with growing recognition that women do fish, there remains an imperative to engage in...
As recognized in the 2020 Strategic Plan for the Conservation of Biological Diversity, the global marine protected area (MPA) network is far from comprehensive with no more than 1% of...
At CMFRI, under the project National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA), collection of Indigenous Technical Know-how was carried out on an all India basis, from all the maritime States....
This paper investigates several user-based funding mechanisms for protecting the marine resources in the Republic of the Maldives, by conducting an economic valuation of its recreational uses. We developed an...
In line with global targets agreed under the Convention on Biological Diversity, the number of marine protected areas (MPAs) is increasing rapidly, yet socio-economic benefits generated by MPAs remain difficult...
Globally consistent surveys of five factors influencing the success of marine protected areas — age, size, isolation, protection and enforcement — reveal that only when all five are present does...
Marine protected areas (MPAs) have been implemented across the globe to protect marine biodiversity, critical habitats, and to enhance commercially harvested fish stocks. Although ecological effects of MPAs are well...
The recommendations on women’s human rights and gender equality presented in this policy brief are organized according to six objectives: 1. Reform macroeconomic policy to ensure gender equality and the...
Detailed recommendations are presented in the policy brief, organized according to the following six objectives: Detailed recommendations are presented below, organized according to the following six objectives: 1. Establish Holistic...
Fifty years after the launching of a blue revolution in the capture fisheries of developing countries, conflicts between small-scale and industrialized fishers continue to be vehement. Our understanding of backgrounds,...