The aim of this questionnaire is to try to find out where women may be doing something that includes one or more elements of fish culture. This may, for example, be traditional methods of stocking pools or lagoons with small fish or aquatic animals, feeding the fish in a closed-off water body, trapping the fish in a pond or pool so that they will stay there until they get bigger ... anything that a woman may do to increase the natural productivity of the fishing grounds. Please answer the questions with a brief note or by putting one or more crosses in the boxes that describe the situation in the country where you live or work. If you prefer, you may describe the situation in your own words.
To save time and money use the enclosed self-addressed envelope to send the questionnaire back to me via FAO Services. Thank you in advance for your help.
Bernadette TROTTIER
1. Do the women of your country do any fishing at all?
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Yes |
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No |
Why?
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Only for their family. |
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Mostly for the family, but they sell some too. |
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Mostly to sell. |
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Fishing is a man's job. |
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Women have no time to fish, they have too much work. |
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It is taboo for a woman to go fishing. |
2. If your answer to question 1 is "No", there is no need to continue.
Please send the questionnaire back to me because it is important to know that women do not do any fishing and why. Thank you for your help.
3. If your answer to question 1 is "Yes", please indicate where the women normally go fishing:
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In streams and small rivers |
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In large rivers |
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In lakes |
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In pools when the flood goes down |
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In rice fields |
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In lagoons along the coast |
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In the sea |
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Along the shoreline (among the trees, for example) |
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Elsewhere (please describe) |
4. How deep is the water?
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Up to their knees |
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Up to their waists |
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Up to their shoulders |
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Over their heads |
5. How do they do their fishing?
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Walking in the shallows |
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From canoes or rafts |
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From the shore (they do not go into the water) |
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Diving underwater |
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Individually |
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In groups |
6. They use:
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Nets |
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Traps or baskets |
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Hooks and lines |
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Other gear (Please describe): |
7. Do women like to go fishing?
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Yes |
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No |
Why?
8. Have you ever seen or heard of women who "build" something to trap the fish in a place?
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Yes |
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No |
What?
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Fences of bushes, reeds or branches |
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Small dams |
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They dig holes or ditches in shallow water |
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They build something else (describe) |
9. If your answer to question 8 is "Yes", do the women wait until the fish get bigger before they catch them?
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Yes |
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No |
10. If your answer to questions 8 and 9 is "Yes", please provide the following information for each situation:
Situation 1
State and town where they live:
Tribe and/or language:
How many women are involved:
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Almost all of them |
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About half of them |
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Only a few of them |
Name and address of someone who could provide more information on their activity:
Situation 2
State and town where they live:
Tribe and/or language:
How many women are involved:
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Almost all of them |
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About half of them |
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Only a few of them |
Name and address of someone who could provide more information on their activity:
11. Have you ever seen or heard of women who "feed" the fish by throwing things into the water?
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Yes |
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No |
12. If your answer to question 11 is "Yes", please indicate what the women throw into the water:
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Kitchen wastes (peelings, leftovers, etc.) |
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Crop residues (straw, leaves, maize husks, etc.) |
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Leaves or branches of wild plants |
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Manure or cow dung |
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They soak cassava roots in the water |
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Something else (describe) |
13. Have you ever seen or heard of women who collect small fish or water animals in order to "plant" them in a place closer to home?
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Yes |
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No |
14. If your answer to question 13 is "Yes", please provide the following information concerning these women:
Situation 1
Tribe or the language they speak:
The region where they live:
How many women do this?
Where do they go to get the small fish or animals?
Name and address of someone who could provide more information:
Situation 2
Tribe or the language they speak:
The region where they live:
How many women do this?
Where do they go to get the small fish or animals?
Name and address of someone who could provide more information:
15. What are the local names of the fish or animals that they collect and plant?
16. Describe the place where these women "plant" the fish or animals that they have brought in from somewhere else:
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Lagoons along the coast |
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Pools that form when floodwaters recede |
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Pools closed off from a river or stream by a dam |
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Areas in rivers (which rivers?) |
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Areas in lakes (which lakes?) |
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Somewhere else (describe): |
17. Is there anything else you would like to add about what the fisherwomen do in your country?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP
