Promoting Gender Equity and Equality Through the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines: Experiences from Multiple Case Studies

Kleiber, Danika; Frangoudès, Katia; Snyder, Hunter T.; Choudhury, Afrina; Cole, Steven M.; Soejima, Kumi; Pita, Cristina; Santos, Anna N.; McDougall, Cynthia; Petrics, Hajnalka; Porter, Marilyn

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55074-9_35

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“…As research grows documenting these roles, the important question has risen of how to incorporate gender into sustainability research and fisheries management, especially of small‐scale fisheries (FAO ; Kleiber et al. ; Koralagama et al. ).…”

Section: Emerging Voices In Bristol Bay Fisheriesmentioning

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“…Millions of women around the globe are involved in fisheries, but their roles are typically overlooked in fisheries management. As research grows documenting these roles, the important question has risen of how to incorporate gender into sustainability research and fisheries management, especially of small-scale fisheries (FAO 2015;Kleiber et al 2017;Koralagama et al 2017). With the historically high level of engagement by women in family-oriented commercial and subsistence salmon fisheries, the Bristol Bay region of Alaska is an ideal place to advance such work.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Engaging with Women's Knowledge in Bristol Bay Fisheries through Oral History and Participatory Ethnography

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Research on women's contributions to Alaska's salmon fisheries is limited despite their historical engagement in commercial and subsistence fisheries. We interviewed women engaged in salmon fisheries in Bristol Bay, Alaska and illustrate how oral history and participatory ethnography methods contribute to voices being heard, that have been excluded from fisheries research and management. Four broad themes emerged from the interviews: women's knowledge and leadership; social cohesion; environmental change; and identity and place. Women assume major roles by contributing to the preservation of salmon fishing knowledge and cultural values through cross‐generational knowledge transfer. Their participation in fisheries, deep knowledge of local resources, and education of youth of the cultural value of fishing and the environment are critical to community socio‐cultural and economic wellbeing. We conclude that women's knowledge may be critical in fisheries management decisions, community resilience, and socio‐ecological sustainability in a region facing increased threats from climate change.

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Section: Emerging Voices In Bristol Bay Fisheriesmentioning

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Section: Emerging Voices In Bristol Bay Fisheriesmentioning

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Engaging with Women's Knowledge in Bristol Bay Fisheries through Oral History and Participatory Ethnography

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“…Millions of women around the globe are involved in fi sheries, but their roles are typically overlooked in fi sheries management. As research grows documenting these roles, the important question has risen of how to incorporate gender into sustainability research and fi sheries management, especially of small-scale fi sheries (FAO 2015 ;Kleiber et al 2017 ;Koralagama et al 2017 ). With the historically high level of engagement by women in family-oriented commercial and subsistence salmon fi sheries, the Bristol Bay region of Alaska is an ideal place to advance such work.…”

Section: Emerging Voices In Bristol Bay Fisheriesmentioning

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Fisheries Volume 44 Number 7 July 2019

2019

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“…Men have dominated both historical fishing narratives and modern fisheries statistics (Kleiber et al 2017; Klein and Davis 1988;Munk-Madsen 1990, 1996, 2000Porter 1995;Power 2005;Willson 2016). In Norway, women's contribution to fishing households has focused on their role as part of the 'ground crew', engaging in many of the landbased fishing tasks (Balsvik 2001;Flakstad 1984;Gerrard 1983Gerrard , 1995Gerrard , 2005Gerrard , 2016Pedersen 1999).…”

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“…To gain a better understanding of women in coastal fishing, we use an analytical framework informed by feminist perspectives in general and by fisheries in particular (e.g. Ellingsaeter and Solheim 2002;Bourdieu 1977;Frangoudes and Gerrard 2018;Kleiber et al 2017;Munk-Madsen 1996, 2000.…”

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Correction to: Alaska’s next generation of potential fishermen: a survey of youth attitudes towards fishing and community in Bristol Bay and the Kodiak Archipelago

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Professional fishing and fisheries quota systems can affect women and men differently, yet gender analysis of quota systems is rare. In this article, we use a feminist framing and a mixed methods approach to examine the long-term gendered effects of the introduction of the 1990 quota system in Norway. Using statistics from the National Fishery Registry and the Directorate of Fisheries, we found that the number of women and men registered as fishers has declined since 1990 (an overall decline of 59%). Over this period, men have consistently outnumbered women among registered fishers (2.7-3.2% women), among boat owners (2.23% women in 2017) and particularly among owners of larger boats (> 11 m), which can have multiple quotas (0.35% women in 2017). However, changes in the age and geographic location among women fishers reflect changes to fisheries overall, as well as highlighting the gender-blind entry barriers that disproportionately impact women. In addition, contextualising statistical data with participant interviews conducted in North Norway, especially in Finnmark, enables us to examine more closely why the gender gap remains. This mixed method approach also identifies changes women and men working in fisheries have undergone, while also addressing women fishers' political efforts to improve gender equity in Norwegian fisheries. Our study contributes to a more nuanced understanding of Norwegian coastal fishing, and particularly women's small but significant presence.

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Promoting Gender Equity and Equality Through the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines: Experiences from Multiple Case Studies

Cited by 44 publications

References 27 publications

Engaging with Women's Knowledge in Bristol Bay Fisheries through Oral History and Participatory Ethnography

Engaging with Women's Knowledge in Bristol Bay Fisheries through Oral History and Participatory Ethnography

Fisheries Volume 44 Number 7 July 2019

Correction to: Alaska’s next generation of potential fishermen: a survey of youth attitudes towards fishing and community in Bristol Bay and the Kodiak Archipelago

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