Gathering cooperation: Women mollusk gatherers of rural Costa Rica are leading the way in becoming self-reliant and organized

Jimenez, Aracelly and Solis Rivera, Vivienne and Ayales-Cruz, Ivannia and M. Perez-Briceno, Paula and Solorzano-Chaves, Estefani (2016) Gathering cooperation: Women mollusk gatherers of rural Costa Rica are leading the way in becoming self-reliant and organized. Yemaya (52). pp. 2-3. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

Costa Rica has about 14,800 artisanal fishers who inhabit coastal areas of the country. Artisanal fisheries are among the most vulnerable sectors, with the highest levels of poverty for rural livelihood in the country. Mollusk gathering from mangroves is an important source of livelihood for women in the country. There are over five thousand women mollusk gatherers, engaged in harvesting shellfish in mangroves in the country.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM442
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Costa Rica, Women, Molluscs, Income, Fishworkers Organisation, Tides, Cooperatives, Living Conditions, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Chitti Babu ICSF
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2021 10:10
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2022 09:04
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/885

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