Kusunoki, Armando T. Wakida (2024) The role of women in coastal shrimp fishing in the Yucatan Peninsula. pp. 79-94.
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Shrimp fishing in the coastal area is not authorized in almost the entire Yucatan Peninsula. Despite the above, there are records that this activity has been carried out for two decades, from Sabancuy, Campeche to Las Coloradas, Yucatán. The objectives of this work are to analyze the presence and role that women play in shrimp fishing in the coastal zone of the Yucatan Peninsula. Surveys were carried out on fisherwomen where demographic information was obtained, as well as talks with key people in this activity such as: marketers, fishermen and public officials. The results show us that the legal status of the activity, as well as the physical work effort in shrimp capture, determines the degree of women’s participation. In the Ciudad del Carmen area, where the activity is authorized and the physical work effort is high, the role of women is mainly in the financing and organization of pre- and post-capture activities, in addition to the processing of the capture. For the rest of the communities, where shrimp fishing is not authorized and in some forms of fishing it does not involve a high physical effort, the main role of women is in processing, marketing and in some areas, in the removal. The percentage of participation of women in direct capture is 7%. In many areas, this activity represents for women a complementary activity and support to the work carried out by the fisherman.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Women, Coastal Fisheries, Shrimp, Yucatan, Peninsula, Coastal Zone, Fish Processing, Marketing, |
| Subjects: | Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2025 06:51 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2025 06:51 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/22130 |
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