Coming together

Abord-Hugon, Chantal (1999) Coming together. Yemaya (1). pp. 8-9. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

Women in the fisheries sector are, for the most part, involved in fish processing. They are seasonal workers working between 10 to 20 weeks a year, depending on the species. In the past, the government’s “unemployment insurance” programme did provide an income for the rest of the year, filling the gap when the fishing season and the fish plants were closed. Many people received more than half of their annual income from this government aid programme. (This is perhaps why until today fish plant workers seem less concerned with the decline of the fisheries resource than with the shrinking of the government aid programme).

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM003
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Canada, Women, Insurance, Employment, Fishworkers Movement, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2021 09:59
Last Modified:	22 Jul 2022 10:25
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/85

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