BOBP-IGO, Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation (2022) Women in aquaculture and fisheries: Through the eyes of artists 2022. p. 78.
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The "Waves of Art Initiative” was launched on 29 August 2022 in an event organized at the BOBP-IGO. It is now a recognized fact that women contribute significantly to the aquaculture and fisheries sector through their labour in the sector. Balancing both household responsibilities and fish work they epitomize the struggles of a majority of women across sectors and professions. Women in fisheries are seen in all nodes of fish value chain and undertake a wide variety of activities that stretch from harvesting to marketing and processing. Their involvement in fish harvest globally, especially in small scale fisheries, is now much better documented than before. Fisherwomen use a variety of gear to harvest fish, molluscs, fish seeds and seaweeds in estuarine, near shore and inland waters by gleaning, diving, harpooning and other indigenous methods. The inconsequentiality attached to this work had resulted in this valuable contribution remaining invisible, especially by not being reflected in production data. Despite evidence, although sporadic and micro-level, whether this is still being accounted for is debatable. This calls for clear strategies to be devised, tested and adopted across regions with active involvement of fishing communities for this to be rightfully counted as an economic contributor. The fish harvested by women play an important part in ensuring nutritional needs of fisher households, besides bringing in much needed income. Not many women are seen in the industrial fishing sector where long hours (or days) of work onboard at sea are the norm, though there are exceptions with women owning fishing vessels and carrying out fishing.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Women, Aquaculture, Fisheries, BOBP-IGO, Fish Marketing, Value Chain, Fish Processing, Fish Productions, Fishing Vessels, Small-scale Fisheries |
| Subjects: | Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2025 06:53 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2025 06:53 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/22115 |
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