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A recent press release (http://www.prweb.com/releases/2003/10/prweb86003.php) talks of a book on gender and fisheries in the Pacific, to be published shortly
An exciting research project underway at the University of the South Pacific (USP) will see a new book published on gender and sustainability in Pacific fisheries in 2004 as part of a joint South PacificCanada collaboration The project, which involves researchers from Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Samoa, Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), has brought together USP graduate and post-graduate students as well as fisheries officers, rural development staff, researchers attached to regional organizations and NGO staff, and is funded by the Canada-South Pacific Ocean Development Program (C-SPOD).
The first phase of the project took place in July, when 15 researchers drawn from eight Pacific Island countries came to Suva for an intensive two-week workshop with Dr. Joeli Veitayaki (Marine Studies Program, USP) and Dr. Irene Novaczek (Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada). They learned about research methods, gender-sensitive research frameworks for fisheries, and techniques for developing their own research work plans.
At the conclusion of the workshop, the researchers returned to their countries to develop a case study on some aspect of fisheries important to the Pacific region. They will spend about six months in the field documenting their work.
For more information contact:
Fiji: Dr. Joeli Veitayaki, USP: 679 321 2890;
Canada: Dr. Irene Novaczek, UPEI: 902 964 2781;
Dr. Kenneth MacKay, C-SPOD: 250 656-0127 loc 217
Websites:
Pacific Fisheries Case Study Writing Project:
http://www.upei.ca/islandstudies/pacific
Marine Studies Program, University of the South Pacific: http://www.usp.ac.fj/marine
Canada-South Pacific Ocean Development Project:
http://www.c-spodp.org
