WOI, World Ocean Initiative (2023) “There is an urgent need for action” as climate change hits small-scale fisheries. World Ocean Initiative.
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Almost 500m people are estimated to rely on small-scale fisheries, a sector highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. As the world enters what the United Nations describes as “the era of global boiling”, Tarub Bahri, fishery resources officer at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), says small-scale fisheries are “widely recognised as one of the most vulnerable food-production sectors in the face of climate change”. This is an area that is hard to define: it encompasses everything from foot-fishers to semi-industrial vessels, and what is considered a small-scale fishery can differ from country to country. This diversity makes it difficult to compare the impacts of climate change, the challenges fisheries face and which solutions are most effective. Still, the FAO estimates that some 60m people around the world are employed in small-scale fisheries, with another 53m engaged in subsistence fishing. Taking into account the wider value chain, an estimated 492m people depend at least partially on engagement with small-scale fisheries. “Many people relying on these fisheries have historically been—and continue to be—marginalised, living in or at risk of poverty,” says Laure Guillevic, ocean policy officer at the WWF European Policy Office. What this means is that their “economic resilience to climate-driven changes can be limited”. An estimated 40% of participants in small-scale fisheries are women, with the FAO pointing out that women are typically over-represented in low-gear, intertidal fisheries or working informally or in unpaid roles—which makes it harder to get accurate data how climate change affects them.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Keywords: | Climate Change, Small-scale Fisheries, Ocean, Policy, Food Security, FAO, Sustainable Use, Conservation |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Nov 2024 04:54 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 04:54 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/20692 |
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