Nurturing the Eel: Inland fishers in The Netherlands participate in managing inland eel fisheries

Quist, Cornelie (2016) Nurturing the Eel: Inland fishers in The Netherlands participate in managing inland eel fisheries. Yemaya (52). pp. 8-10. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

Aaltje is a young woman professional inland fisher in The Netherlands. Her name means ‘little eel’ in Dutch. “I was born to become an eel fisher,” she says. “Since I was a small kid I used to go fishing with my father and learnt the skill from him. When he stopped after 30 years of fishing, I took over.” She was 24 years old then. Her two brothers had preferred other professions.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM437
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Netherlands, Inland Fisheries, Anguilla Anguilla (EEL), Food Security, Habitat, Recreational Fisheries, Fishing Regulations, Fishworkers Union, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Chitti Babu ICSF
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2021 10:11
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2022 09:14
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/876

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