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    Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/2233

    An overview of the involvement of women in fisheries activities in Oceania

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    • In the Pacific Islands, an estimation of 70 to 80% of the catch from inshore fisheries is used for subsistence purposes. It is uncertain what percentage of that is taken by women, although a recent study in Samoa found that 18% of all village fishers are female, who harvest around 23% of the total weight of seafood. Aside from traditional activities such as inshore harvesting and seafood processing for the family, women are becoming increasingly active in small businesses involving marine resources. Australia and New Zealand possess established commercial fishing industry sectors, and women's involvement in fisheries in those two countries tends to be different from their largely subsistence and artisanal involvement in the majority of Pacific Island countries and territories. Countries with large-scale, on-shore processing facilities show a relatively large percentage of women employed in the commercial fishing industry in New Zealand about 34% of the fishing industry workforce are women. This paper brings together information from the vast region of Oceania, including Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia and New Zealand. It also examines research and development needs; government policies with regard to women's role in fisheries; and constraints that affect women's involvement in fisheries management and development in Oceania.
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    Date
    • 2002
    Author
    • Lambeth, L.
    • Hanchard, B.
    • Aslin, H.
    • Fay-Sauni, L.
    • Tuara, P.
    • Rochers, K.D.
    • Vunisea, A.
    AGROVOC Keywords
    • Oceans; fisheries; gender; human rights
    Type
    • Conference Paper
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    • WorldFish
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