Resilient small-scale fisheries: Recent submissions
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Scientific food systems help biodiversity, livelihoods
(2021)Type: BlogEvidence-based collaborative approaches need to be applied to conservation as a million animal and plant species are being pushed to the brink of extinction and fish stocks fall globally. Scientific food systems help ... -
Illuminating Hidden Harvests: The conversation around a global and collaborative small-scale fisheries study highlights the under-recognition and under-reporting of women’s work
Type: BlogIlluminating Hidden Harvests: The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development’ (IHH) is a collaborative study led by FAO, Duke University and WorldFish. The study, due out in 2021, consists of 58 country ... -
This Nigerian Researcher Studies The ‘Hidden Harvests’ Of Small-Scale Fisheries
Type: News Item/Press ItemWith World Fisheries Day coming up on November 21, Nigerian researcher Kafayat Adetoun Fakoya is one of a huge number of scientists studying some of the world's smallest fishing industries, which, collectively, have a big impact. -
How Does This Fisheries Researcher Help in East Timor? A Cookbook!
Type: News Item/Press ItemNovember 21 may mark World Fisheries Day, but for Agustinha Duarte, a researcher from East Timor, her passion for fisheries goes year round – she's even working on a cookbook to help Timorese make the most of local varieties. ... -
Why Africa's small-scale fisheries "may not count"
Type: News Item/Press ItemDespite the huge potential of Africa’s small-scale fisheries to boost the region’s food security, ramp up nutritional levels, alleviate poverty, and enhance environmental conservation, decision-makers across the continent ... -
USAID Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh II Annual Report (December 1, 2019 –December 31, 2020)
Type: Donor ReportThis Annual Report describes the accomplishments and achievements of ECOFISH II from December 2019 to December 2020. Activities in ZOR were implemented with the key partnerships of Shushilan, Chattogram Veterinary and ... -
USAID Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh II (ECOFISH II) Quarterly Report (October 1, 2020 –December 31, 2020)
Type: Donor ReportUSAID’s ECOFISH II enhances community resilience through improving the savings, livelihoods and coping strategies of host fishing communities in the USAID Zone of Resilience (ZOR) and marginalized and extremely poor fisher ... -
USAID Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh II (ECOFISH II) Quarterly Report (July 1, 2020 –September 30, 2020)
Type: Donor ReportUSAID’s ECOFISH II enhances community resilience through improving the savings, livelihoods and coping strategies of host fishing communities in the USAID Zone of Resilience (ZOR) and marginalized and extremely poor fisher ... -
USAID Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh Project (ECOFISH): Completion Report (2014-2019)
Type: Donor ReportEnhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh (ECOFISH) was a 5-year initiative that ended on December 31, 2019. Funded by the USAID, the project was jointly implemented by WorldFish and Bangladesh’s Department of Fisheries ... -
USAID Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh II (ECOFISH II) Quarterly Report April 1, 2020 – June 30, 2020
Type: Donor ReportUSAID’s ECOFISH II enhances community resilience through improving the savings, livelihoods and coping strategies of host fishing communities in the USAID Zone of Resilience (ZOR) and marginalized and extremely poor fisher ... -
USAID Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh (ECOFISH II) Quarterly Report December 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020
Type: Donor ReportECOFISH II has been supporting host-fishing communities in the USAID Zone of Resilience (ZOR), Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf areas, coastal fishing communities in the Meghna River Ecosystem (MRE) and the Nijhum Dwip MPA to improve ... -
Webinar: Small scale fisheries in inland open water: status and opportunity
(2020)Type: VideoWeb-based Pan-Asia webinar on “Small Scale Fisheries in Inland open water: Status and opportunity” with virtual participation of experts, academicians and institutions from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Malaysia ... -
Illuminating Hidden Harvests science cafe at 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress (event proceedings)
(2018)Type: Conference ProceedingsThe aim of IHH is to capture and quantify the contributions of SSF to the three pillars of sustainable development (economic, social and environmental) at a global level. Data and information to produce these ... -
Small is Bountiful - Proceedings from the week long series of online events organized in celebration of 2020 World Oceans Day
(2020)Type: ReportSmall is Bountiful Proceedings from the weeklong series of online events organized in celebration of 2020 World Oceans DayJune 1-8, 2020 -
Beyond social-ecological traps: fostering transformations towards sustainability
(2021)Type: Journal ArticleThis Special Feature is motivated by the rigorous, and growing, theoretical and empirical body of literature on social- ecological traps. Building on the foundational literature, which describes the context in many of the ... -
Nearshore fish aggregating devices (FADs): A technology to boost fisheries production and combat malnutrition in Timor-Leste
(2021)Type: BriefBenefits of artisanal nearshore FADs in Timor-Leste • Food production and nutrition security: FADs provide an opportunity to increase the sustainable production of nutrient-rich food in Timor-Leste to combat chronic ... -
Blind spots in visions of a ‘‘blue economy’’ could undermine the ocean’s contribution to eliminating hunger and malnutrition
(2021)Type: Journal ArticleIncreasing the production of food from the ocean is seen as a pathway toward more sustainable and healthier human diets. Yet this potential is being overshadowed by competing uses of ocean resources in an acceler- ating ... -
Illuminating Hidden Harvests: The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development
(2021)Type: BriefThis brief provides an update on the status of the Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH) study and shares emerging insights on the need for better data collection and analysis, and additional monitoring capacity to improve ... -
Fish losses for whom? A gendered assessment of post-harvest losses in the barotse floodplain fishery, Zambia
(2020)Type: Journal ArticleFew studies examine post-harvest fish losses using a gender lens or collect sex-disaggregated data. This mixed-methods study assessed fish losses experienced by female and male value chain actors in a fishery in western ... -
Physical distancing and risk of COVID-19 in small-scale fisheries: A remote sensing assessment in coastal Ghana
Type: Journal ArticleThe novel coronavirus is predicted to have dire implications on global food systems including fisheries value chains due to restrictions imposed on human movements in many countries. In Ghana, food production, both agriculture ...
