The recently completed project, USAID Oceans and Fisheries Partnership (USAID Oceans: 2015-2020) had human welfare and gender (HWGE) in fisheries as one of its workstreams, along with technology development for an electronic Catch Documentation and Traceability system (eCDT), Ecosystems Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM), Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and Regional Collaboration. USAID Oceans was implemented by Tetra Tech ARD in collaboration with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and the Coral Triangle Initiative for Coral Reefs, ...

Women in fishing communities all over the world face similar problems and over 120 delegates will gather today at a special workshop to collectively try to address them. The special workshop, ‘Using intersectionality in research on gender in aquaculture and fisheries’, is part of ‘Expanding the Horizons’, the 7th Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries conference in Bangkok on 18-21 October 2018. ...

Over a decade ago I started working with fisheries data and noticed that much was missing from the official statistics that are often the basis for fisheries management and policy. My work at that time, as a research assistant for the Sea Around Us initiative, focused on fisheries catch data, where small-scale fisheries were found to be grossly under-reported, with certain species completely overlooked and large amounts of discarded bycatch ...

Women fish in marine seascapes and freshwater systems around the world, making important contributions to the fisheries sector, to their communities and to their own wellbeing and that of their families, yet often lack visibility and support. Inspired by the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022), this video tribute using a compilation of iconic photos of women fishing around the world highlights the contributions made and challenges faced by women fishing around the world. It depicts women gleaning for octopus in the intertidal areas off the coast of Tanzania ...

Congratulations to the competition winner Carmen Pedroza-Gutiérrez for her video, “The Women of Petatán,” a very thoughtful set of interviews with women fish filleters as they worked on processing piles of fish to prepare them for the market. The video was made in Petatán , Michoacán, Mexico. ...

The Bay of Bengal Programme has created a rich interactive website containing information on all the fish markets of Chennai in Tamil Nadu State, India. For each market, the site give factual information on name, ownership, numbers of stalls, location and directions for getting there, opening hours, types of fish sold and infrastructure improvement needs. ...

The Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section of AFS (GAFS), the USAID Sustainable Fish Asia Local Capacity Development (SUFIA LCD) Activity, the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (ICAR-CIFT) and the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) presented the webinar: “Women Work in Fisheries, Too!” on 29 November 2021. The webinar was part of the GAF8 lead-up events and aimed to: Provide the current situation on gender and labor in the fisheries sector in areas relevant to Asia and to recognize relevant global policies ...

This Edition includes an exciting collection of new stories and updates on various GAFS undertakings from around the globe. These are the highlights from this Edition: We’ve included several stories on GAFS contributions to global consultations and recent major events, highlighting how we continue to advocate for gender equality and create spaces to hear from fisherwomen first-hand about what they want. ...

Nelson Turgo’s paper, “Bugabug ang dagat” (Rough seas): Experiencing Foucault’s heterotopia in fish trading houses, in Social Science Diliman, provides intriguing analysis of how women and men fish traders use and view their daily spaces in fish trading houses of Mauban, Quezon province, Philippines. ...

Small-scale fisheries are recognised for the important opportunities they provide in terms of livelihoods and food and nutrition security. Women, men, the young and elderly, are engaged in different aspects of fisheries value chains, from assisting with preparations for fishing trips to fishing and gleaning, through to processing and marketing the resulting catch. At a household level, fishers harvest fish which can be consumed at home, or barter ...

This Session, which built on Sessions at previous Women’s World’s conferences, was designed to fulfill two objectives. The session included presentations by researchers and activists working on specific issues affecting women who live in coastal regions, especially those mainly dependent on small scale fisheries, in both the north and the south. These presentations were designed to alert the wider feminist community to the issues women in coastal communities face. ...

Barbara Neis, Siri Gerrard and Nicole G. Power have written a reflective paper on the social-ecological systems of cod (Gadus morhua) fisheries in Atlantic Canada and Norway. Their study revealed similarities but also many differences between the ways small scale fishing communities in the two countries have reacted to changes in the fish stocks and the policies that accompanied the changes. ...

The Ostional National Wildlife Refuge on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica is well known for its turtle fisheries and allied turtle conservation efforts. Women and men are actively engaged in the fishery and protection activities, usually in different ways. This management analysis in Marine Policy (open access article) (“What makes them follow the rules? Empirical evidence from turtle egg harvesters in Costa Rica” by Roger Madrigal-Ballestero, Achim Schluter and Maria Claudia Lopez) contains very useful gender analyses of how the fishery and protection system work. ...

Gendered change in fisheries is starting to emerge as a significant field of research. This new research paper from Easkey Britton, published in Maritime Studies, finds that, over the last century – from the days of the independent “herring lassies” to the days of fisheries decline and factory closures – women have become less and less visible, but more and more important to family well-being, often at the expense of subjugating their own needs. ...

The September 2016 issue of Yemaya (Issue 52), the gender and fisheries newsletter of the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) is full of articles that explore the structural inequalities affecting women in fisheries and aquaculture. This is recommended reading! GAF6 Group Photo, 4 August 2016, Bangkok. Yemaya 52 includes a report of GAF6. Contents (below) and link to Issue 52 ...

Diving refers broadly to the act of swimming underwater. Both women and men dive to catch seafood. In a few locales, women are the main divers. On Jeju Island (Korea), diving is even considered women’s work.1 Examples of women divers around the globe are the Haenyo or “woman of the sea” of Korea,1 the women divers of Japan (Ama),2 the women seaweed collectors of the Indian part of the Gulf of Mannar3,4 and the women divers of Atauro Island, Timor-Leste (Wawata Topu).5 In contrast with the activity of the first two groups, whose diving activity has been long recorded in ancient chronicles, the ...

In 2010-11, FAO’s annual flagship publication, The State of Food and Agriculture, is devoted almost totally to the role of women in agriculture, including some coverage of women in fisheries and aquaculture. Sub-titled, ‘Closing the gender gap for development’, it highlights that women face a serious gender gap in access to the most productive agricultural resources and what can be done to close the gap. You can download the full report. ...

The assumption that the tuna industry is dominated by men, or that only men fish, is not only wrong, but also damaging. As women make up half of the population, it is important to know if the development of fishing industries benefits both women and men. To do that, a first step is making women visible through gender-disaggregated data to have a better picture of how women are impacted in their societies. ...

o highlight the importance of small scale capture fisheries contributions to employment, livelihood and the economy, the World Bank recently released its study on “Hidden Harvest: The Global Contribution of Capture Fisheries”. FAO and WorldFish Center also collaborated on the study. ...

Women work in all sections of the aquaculture value chain but their opportunities have not kept pace with its growth. Download PDF. In the 1970s, only 3 million tonnes of aquatic animals and plants were grown in aquaculture; today, the total production exceeds 100 million tonnes and strong growth continues. Indeed, many opportunities have contracted under the prevalent growth strategies. Women are more common in small-scale production, post-harvest industrial and artisanal processing, value addition, marketing and sales. ...