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 lives of the people who live on the 2,700 islands of the Pacifica re closely intertwined with the ocean. In this vast ocean area of 30.6 million square kilometers,...
A long tradition of research has proven that common property resources may be protected by a ‘firewall’ of regulations. Open access resources, however, seem to be doomed for certain due...
The continental shelf of the extreme southern Brazil is one of the most productive fishing areas in Brazil. Great part of the commercial species is related to the estuary of...
Co-management is now established as a mainstream approach to small-scale fisheries management across the developing world. A comprehensive review of 204 potential cases reveals a lack of impact assessments of...
The aim of the study was to gather relevant information on specific cultural issues that enhanced coastal resource management programmes. The initiative was valuable because even though customary practices were...
In this paper, the author talks about sea tenure using illustrative studies and recent conservation project reports to make the case for why more clearly defined property rights, in general,...
This research focuses on the development of community-based fisheries management in fishing communities from Ortoire to Guayaguayare, Trinidad and examines factors such as the nature of the fishery, the socio-cultural...
The Philippine archipelago consists of more than 7000 islands. Most of these islands have extensive coral reefs or coral communities. For centuries, reefs and their associated resources have provided the...
The perception of communities as homogeneous and concern over representation and accountability of structures are key critiques of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM). A focus on understanding institutions that mediate...
The author looks at community based management as practiced by the indigenous peoples of Canada and the modern day management regimes; and the historical management systems in Japan in contrast...