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 purpose of this paper is to outline the key elements an ACP demand in future negotiations with the European Union. The paper is developed in light of the publication...
This paper on fisheries aims to give an overview of the fisheries issues at stake in the EPA negotiations. It provides, in a non-technical way, an introduction to, and a...
The IOC ACP Countries are all small and vulnerable economies, included Madagascar if the selected definition of these countries is based on economic grounds (e.g. a GDP less than 10...
The First Session of the South West Indian Ocean Commission was attended by delegates from Comoros, European Community, France, Kenya, the Republic of Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa...
26 December 2004, regional fishery organizations in the region quickly joined together to form a Consortium to Restore Shattered Livelihoods in Tsunami-devastated Nations (CONSRN). The second regional workshop was held...
This publication is the of report of the “Regional consultation on small scale fisheries development in Southeast Asia” held in Bangkok 26-28 April 1988.It brings out the problems and needs...
This thesis provides a detailed ethnographic account of one community, the Koibortta fishers of Krishnapur village in the northeast flood plain region of Bangladesh, focusing on their management practices and...
This paper presented at the 27th session of the COFI, argues that more attention should be given to social issues in small-scale fisheries. Fishing communities often lack awareness, opportunity and...
The Workshop on Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Assessment of Small-Scale Fisheries (Rome, 20–22 September 2005) was organized jointly by the WorldFish Center and FAO through its FishCode Programme as a...