Deme, El Hadj Bara and Sow, El Hadji and Licette, Lovelie and Dia, Nogaye and Failler, Pierre (2022) Women and small-scale processing of pelagic fish in Senegal: A sector out of breath. p. 20.
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The objective of this article is to present the tensions of the market for the artisanal processing of fishery products in the face of increasingly difficult access to the raw material in Senegal: pelagic fish. The method consisted of compiling and analyzing statistical data on the supply of raw materials to women processors, and collecting qualitative information from fishing stakeholders on the situation in the sector. Overall, statistical data shows that the supply of raw materials to the artisanal processing segment has fallen by less than 20% over the past ten years. Thus, it fell from 65,000 tonnes in 2009 to less than 41,000 tonnes in 2018. A drop linked to the context of overexploitation of pelagic fish and the appearance of new uses. The information collected in the field shows that women processors are also faced with rising prices for intermediate consumption, especially fuel, with restrictions on cutting wood on the Senegalese coast. Women processors are also very exposed to the precariousness and unsanitary conditions of small-scale processing areas. These are all elements that seriously compromise the sustainability and economy of the small-scale pelagic fish processing activity. In the current context of promoting women's employment and their economic empowerment, the small-scale processing segment must be framed by strong public policies for the sustainability of the activity, especially fuel with logging restrictions on the Senegalese coast.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Women, Fishing Industry, Fish Processing, Pelagic Fish, Senegal, Fish Products, Stakeholders, Artisanal Fisheries, Fishing Communities, Fisheries Trade |
| Subjects: | Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2025 09:31 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2025 09:31 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/21965 |
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