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 note was prepared with inputs from John Kurien, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, Nalini Nayak, Protsahan, Trivandrum, V. Vivekanandan, South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies, Trivandrum, Paul Calvert, EcoSolutions,...
Based on feedback from village communities in the south, north and central Nagappatinam, and discussions with local NGOs, and Donor partners
A Preliminary Proposal From Concerned Citizens
A preliminary report from the National Disaster Management Centre website of Sri Lanka, assessing the damages to the fishery industry. A detailed report would soon be available