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Article du bulletin d’information
France/Film: Festival Living Off the Sea
The 16th edition of the Pêcheurs du Monde film festival, held in Lorient, France, focused on how fishing is vital for both ocean biodiversity and livelihoods.
The Pecheurs du Monde film festival in Lorient, France, took some 3,000 people on a journey around the oceans of the world on 15-24 March...
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article du bulletin d’information
Barbados: Advocating for justice
Barbados’ fisherfolk build capacity to advocate for climate, blue and social justice. Fisherfolk in Barbados today experience growing marginalization.
Fisherfolk in Barbados today experience growing marginalization. They are increasingly frustrated by the injustices they face from every quarter: their peers, the management authorities at fish landing sites and markets, national government...
Barbados
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article du bulletin d’information
Asia/Africa: Shrinking spaces
Women in small-scale fishing communities bear the worst impacts as coastal space in the Indian Ocean region is increasingly encroached upon by state and private activities.
This article is based on a cross-regional study that focused on how ruptures in the form of environmental stress and political economic pressures impacted small-scale...
India - Kenya - Sri Lanka
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article du bulletin d’information
India: The Tiger Widows of the Sunderbans
In the forests of the Sunderbans in West Bengal, India, limited livelihood options often drive male fishers literally into the jaws of death, with their widows left struggling for survival.
The expression ‘Byaghro Bidhoba’, which literally translates to ‘Tiger Widows’, is a term used to refer to women who have lost...
India
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article du bulletin d’information
Spain: Present but hardly represented
Women who dominate the shellfish harvest sector in Galicia struggle for due representation and policy inclusion.
On the North-Western region of Galicia in Spain, shore-based shellfish harvesting is carried out mainly by women. With traditional and very simple tools that have remained virtually unchanged over time, women gather in beaches to...
Spain
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article du bulletin d’information
Milestones: Urgent Collective Action to Break the Gridlock
Human Development Report 2023-24: Breaking the gridlock: Reimagining cooperation in a polarized world.
The Human Development Index, or HDI, is probably the second most-used measure of a country’s development, after GDP. It uses a variety of indicators and gauges progress in terms of societal outcomes, including a healthy life (life expectancy...
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Article du bulletin d’information
Spain: Net Working
Atalaia exemplifies the power of community and the enduring value of traditional craft in modern times.
In the picturesque region of Galicia in northwest Spain, the tradition of netmaking and repair is deeply intertwined with the local fishing industry. This craft, historically carried out by women, has seen a resurgence thanks...
Spain
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Ouvrage
Post-earthquake value chain analysis of greenhouse tomatoes, fisheries and milk products in Türkiye
This report provides rapid assessments of the earthquake’s effects on agriculture, specifically greenhouse-based tomato production in Samandağ (Hatay), fishing in Hatay’s coastal districts (Samandağ, Arsuz, İskenderun, Dörtyol), and milk production in Elbistan (Kahramanmaraş). It compares pre- and post-earthquake value chain functions to identify needed interventions and propose strategies for sustainability...
Türkiye
2024 - FAO
Article du bulletin d’information
Profile: Dolores Gómez – Moving from strength to strength
Dolores Gomez not only leads shellfish gatherers in the male-dominated Galician seafood sector but also places feminism front and centre in the conversation.
Dolores Gómez Ordoñez has been the President of Mulleres Salgadas since 2019. Mulleres Salgadas is an association of shellfish gatherers in Spain. It was founded in 2016 and...
Spain
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Rapport
Women in fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea region: roles, challenges and opportunities
Women play active roles throughout the fisheries value chain in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, including participating in pre-harvest activities like vessel and gear construction and maintenance, harvest activities both on board fishing vessels and from shore, and post-harvest activities such as sorting, cleaning, processing and marketing the catch,...
2024 - FAO
Article du bulletin d’information
Yemaya Recommends: Women in Small-scale Fisheries in Ghana – the unsung heroines
This documentary showcases Ghana where the most pressing issues are those of overfishing and pollution due to a rapid decline of fisheries in the country.
“I’ve learned that I should do away with fear,” declares Juliana Anna Dogbe Kumado a fishmonger in Ghana and a participant in the One Ocean Hub...
Ghana
2024 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Ouvrage
Climate change risks to marine ecosystems and fisheries
Projections to 2100 from the Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project
Climate change impacts on marine fisheries resources are changing the distribution and productivity of marine organisms around the globe. Knowledge and model projections to estimate fish biomass gains and losses are crucial for informing climate-resilient fisheries management and adaptation planning. This report was developed in collaboration with the Fisheries and...
2024 - FAO
Rapport
Integrating Social Protection with Fisheries Management for Sustainability
Overview of Country Case Studies
Fishery stocks are declining all over the world, threatening not only the livelihoods of fisheries households and communities, but also food and nutrition security of a broader society. However, many countries face challenges in reforming fisheries policies and implement fisheries management measures which tend to incur socioeconomic costs to fisheries...
2024 - World Bank
Article de revue spécialisée
Towards gender equality in forestry, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture
The forestry, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture sectors are critical for sustaining rural livelihoods and achieving food and nutrition security around the world. Yet, these sectors are marred by significant gender and social inequalities. This review examines gender gaps in these sectors and what has worked to reduce inequalities. We show...
2024 - Bioversity
Document de travail
What about seafood? The role of seafood in UK food systems transformation
This paper argues that seafood should play a more prominent role in debates about food systems transformation in the UK. We discuss the connections between seafood and the broader food system, and consider seafood’s potential role in food systems transformation in the UK.
We unpack the opportunities this presents, as well...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2024 - IIED
Rapport
Diagnosis of aquaculture employment governance in selected African countries
Many countries are promoting aquaculture as one of the prime drivers of the rural economy and the employment of women and youth. However, the industry is criticized for inadequately representing the needs of workers. Most African countries have shown a willingness to advance industry goals through domestic programme planning and...
2024 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Audio
Fishy work: A podcast about marine ecologies and labouring at sea
Alin Kadfak created a podcast series about the fishing industry and labour to shed light on the often overlooked work done at sea. The podcast aims is to bring discussions with researchers, civil society actors, journalists, and union leaders who have dedicated themselves to understanding the complexities of fisheries governance...
2024 - Siani
Apprentissage en ligne
Introduction to other effective area-based conservation measures in marine fisheries
This course provides the background and context on other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) in marine fisheries.
You will learn about
Origins and definition of the OECM concept.
Benefits of OECMs and potential challenges of taking on the OECM label.
Principles of recognizing OECMs.
Marine area-based management measures implemented by the Fisheries sector
Course structure
The course...
2024 - FAO
Apprentissage en ligne
Recognizing other effective area-based conservation measures in marine fisheries
This course provides guidance on the other effective area-based conservation measure (OECM) recognition process for Fisheries – which includes identifying, evaluating and reporting OECMs in marine fisheries.
You will learn about:
Course structure:
FAO’s suggested Fisheries OECM recognition process.
How to launch the Fisheries OECM recognition process.
How to screen proposed sites for compatibility with...
2024 - FAO
Rapport
Key lessons and priority research and investments for Community Fish Refuge-Rice Field Fisheries
Rice field ecosystems make up the majority of the agricultural land in the Lower Mekong region (Ingalls et al. 2018). In Cambodia, WorldFish research found that one hectare of a rice field ecosystem can provide enough wild fish and other aquatic animals to feed 2.6 people for a year (Freed...
Cambodia
2024 - World Fish
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