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Coastal fisheries in a pandemic: Solomon Islands and Vanuatu experiences
Type: Blog
Almost everyone in the Pacific eats fish regularly, but most people are not fishers. Fish is caught, distributed and then acquired by consumers through purchase, gifting or bartering. We estimate through our research at ...
We didn’t have money or enough food’: how COVID-19 affected Papua New Guinean fishing families
Type: Blog
In March 2020, Papua New Guinea went into a state of emergency to contain the spread of COVID-19. For Ahus Island — a small atoll community of around 600 people off the north coast of Manus Island — the state of emergency ...
COVID-19 impact on aquatic food systems reveals insights for future resilience
Type: Blog
The onset of COVID-19 disrupted food value chains and reversed years of progress on key development indicators. The pandemic induced shocks to food systems globally, but particularly impacted value chains in food insecure ...
The cool women of Malaita
Type: Blog
During 2016 livelihood ideas were diagnosed for feasibility using a livelihood assessment guide to identify potential problems with the idea. Since 2017, the women in West Are’are Rokotanikeni Women’s Association in Solomon ...
Illuminating Hidden Harvests country case study author: Kafayat Fakoya
Type: Blog
Dr. Kafayat Adetoun Fakoya is a senior lecturer at Lagos State University in Nigeria. She was the gender advisor and a contributing author for the IHH Nigeria case study. Dr. Fakoya, who has worked in small-scale fisheries ...
Lived Experiences of COVID-19: Impacts on an Atoll Island Community, Papua New Guinea
Type: Blog
Coral COE blog on the Lau, Sutcliffe & Hungito 2020 report 'Lived experiences of COVID-19: impacts on an atoll island community, Papua New Guinea'
Fishing and aquaculture: underestimated as a source of income and food
Type: Blog
Finding ways to feed a future population of 10 billion people a healthy diet within planetary boundaries has become an urgent global priority. Doing so will require radical transformation of food systems. The Food Systems ...
Lived experiences: Small-scale fishers and fishworkers share their stories
Type: Blog
Millions of people across the globe work in and around small-scale fisheries, which provides them and their communities with vital income, food and nutrition and sustains their culture. Here, we hear from fishers and ...
Illuminating Hidden Harvests country case study author: Hunter Snyder
Type: Blog
Hunter Snyder is a PhD candidate with Dartmouth College in the United States and an FAO consultant. Within the IHH study, Snyder contributed to the Greenland case study and led the thematic study on the carbon footprint ...
Substituting outdated methods: Adoption of contemporary technology for Small Scale Aquaculture (SSA) in Myanmar
Type: Blog
This intervention is first of its kind in Myanmar. This simple and affordable jar system is suitable for hatching of eggs of various fish species; carp, pike, perch, catfish, burbot, and sturgeon amongst others. This entire ...