Resilient small-scale fisheries: Recent submissions
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Odisha Fisheries Fact Sheet 2019
(2020)Type: PosterThis poster depicts the various Fisheries Resource available in the Indian state of Odisha -
Illuminating Hidden Harvests Q&As
(2020)Type: OtherThis Q&A document contains responses to the 45 questions asked by participants during the Illuminating Hidden Harvests webinar held on 17 July 2020 as part of the Virtual Dialogues on the Path to the 34th Session of the ... -
Illuminating gender dimensions of hidden harvests
(2019)Type: NewsletterSince 2012, gender and fisheries papers and presentations often start with a statement that 47 percent of fishworkers worldwide are women. This estimate challenges assumptions of fisheries as a male-dominated sphere, ... -
Hearing, counting and empowering women: GAF7 conference showcases gender equality progress and challenges
(2018)Type: BlogBlogpost about some of the key topics and outcomes from the Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries conference -
Illuminating hidden harvests: The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development
(2020)Type: PresentationSmall-scale fisheries (SSF) employ over 90 percent of fishers and fish workers worldwide and, among these, 96 percent live in developing countries where they produce almost as much fish for direct domestic consumption as ... -
Contribution of inland fisheries to diet and growth of children in sub-Saharan Africa: A food systems approach
(2020)Type: PresentationThis presentation highlights some of the preliminary findings from the Illuminating Hidden Harvests study, relating to the contribution of inland fisheries to diet and growth of children in sub-Saharan Africa using a food ... -
Illuminating Hidden Harvests: the contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development
Type: ReportThe State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) is the flagship publication of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department. This premier advocacy document is published every two years to provide policy-makers, civil ... -
Expanding the horizons for women in fisheries and aquaculture
Type: Journal ArticleWomen are present in all phases of fish production, processing and distribution, and contribute to the generation of wealth, the preservation of aquatic ecosystems, and the maintenance of households and communities in rural ... -
Illuminating Hidden Harvests in Ocean Action newsletter (vol. 13)
(2020)Type: NewsletterThe UN Food and Agriculture Organization, WorldFish and Duke University committed to working in partnership with global experts to assess and quantify the contributions of small-scale fisheries (SSF) to the three pillars ... -
Evaluating the Fit of Co-management for Small-Scale Fisheries Governance in Timor-Leste
(2020)Type: Book ChapterFisheries co-management is an increasingly globalized concept, and a cornerstone of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication, adopted ... -
A rare global dataset: Illuminating Hidden Harvests report to highlight small-scale fisheries’ contributions to sustainable development
Type: BlogThe Illuminating Hidden Harvests global report will include a thematic chapter on the diverse contributions of Indigenous small-scale fisheries. Not all that counts can be counted, and all too often Indigenous fishing ... -
Adapted technologies and Practices for Agriculture and Fisheries in Timor-Leste: Nearshore Fish Aggregating Devices
(2020)Type: BriefFisheries in Timor-Leste are very small-scale. Fishing is undertaken on foot (gleaning), and in unpowered canoes and small motorboats, targeting reef and nearshore pelagic fish primarily with gill nets, hand lines, spear ... -
Tongan socio-environmental spatial layers for marine ecosystem management
Type: Journal ArticleEnvironmental conditions and anthropogenic impacts are key influences on ecological processes and associated ecosystem services. Effective management of Tonga’s marine ecosystems therefore depends on accurate and up-to-date ... -
Incentivizing co-management for impact: mechanisms driving the successful national expansion of tonga’s special management area program
(2020)Type: Journal ArticleThe expansion of coastal marine protected areas can suffer from two key drawbacks: (a) the difficulty of incentivizing local communities to manage areas for conservation when their livelihoods also depend on resource use; ... -
Community management yields positive impacts for coastal fisheries resources and biodiversity conservation
Type: Journal ArticleCombining no-take marine reserves with exclusive access by communities to unreserved waters could provide the required incentives for community management to achieve positive impacts. However, few protected areas have been ... -
PeskAAS: A near-real-time, open-source monitoring and analytics system for small-scale fisheries
Type: Journal ArticleSmall-scale fisheries are responsible for half of the global fish catch, and fisheries-dependent data underpin scientific guidance of management and conservation, yet we have almost no data on their activities and production ... -
Rice field fisheries: wild aquatic species diversity, food provision services and contribution to inland fisheries
(2020)Type: Journal ArticleCambodia's rice field fisheries contribute to national fisheries production and fish consumption in farming-fishing households. As irrigation development is underway to expand the (currently 17%) rice field area irrigated, ... -
China at a crossroads: An Analysis of China's changing seafood production and consumption
(2020)Type: Concept NoteChina is a key player in global production, consumption, and trade of seafood. Given this dominance, Chinese choices regarding what seafood to eat, and how and where to source it, are increasingly important—for China, and ... -
Climate change, tropical fisheries and prospects for sustainable development
Type: Journal ArticleTropical fisheries substantially contribute to the well-being of societies in both the tropics and the extratropics, the latter through ‘telecoupling’ — linkages between distant human–natural systems. Tropical marine ... -
Limits of tilapia aquaculture for rural livelihoods in Solomon Islands
(2020)Type: Journal ArticleIncreasing pressure on coastal fisheries poses serious threats to local livelihoods and the food security of Pacific Islanders. In response, governments and development agencies have explored tilapia pond aquaculture as ...