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Integrating women's subsistence fishing into Pacific fisheries and conservation programmes

Matthews, Elizabeth (2002) Integrating women's subsistence fishing into Pacific fisheries and conservation programmes. SPC Women in Fisheries (11). pp. 13-14. ISSN 1028-7752

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Abstract

Fishing is generally thought of as what fishers do — catch fish. A sentiment among some Pacific Island fisheries departments is that 'women don't fish, they just collect shells'. The extent or affect of that shell collecting is often minimized or overlooked completely. This has helped to isolate women's concerns from mainstream fisheries programmes. For instance, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) began a Women in Fisheries programme within its Coastal Fisheries section. Although women's needs and collection activities are increasingly acknowledged and studied, they are usually the focus of a separate and special office, not integrated into the fisheries development programme as a whole. In addition, regional organisations and governments rarely integrate the impacts and needs of these collection activities into broader fisheries conservation and management programmes.

Item Type: Articles
Keywords: Women, Fisheries, Conservation, Pacific, Fishing Methods, Coral Reefs, Environmental Pollution, Fisheries Management
Subjects: Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User: Users 4 not found.
Date Deposited: 08 Jun 2022 09:37
Last Modified: 08 Jun 2022 09:37
URI: http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/12225

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