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Pacific Community, Fisheries Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems Division, Information Section, SPC, BP D5, 98848 Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia.
Produced with financial assistance from the Australian Government, the European Union, France and the New Zealand Aid Programme.
Editor's note
This 36th edition of the Pacific Community’s Women in Fisheries Information Bulletin has 15 original articles from the Pacific Islands region and beyond. As we all emerge from the global pandemic to a “brave new world”, I feel uplifted by the inspirational stories and work that is happening in the gender and fisheries and aquaculture space, and how much we can all learn from each other.
The current bulletin features the significant investments being made in Fiji and Kiribati to support women in the maritime sector. The first female crew set course for the Pacific offshore fishing industry, while the Kiribati Women in Maritime Association launched its 2022‒2027 Strategic Plan. Tonie Kattil-deBrum shares the key findings from her Master’s research on the practices, experiences and observations of Marshallese women about their environment, society and economy, including their roles in natural resource management. Chelcia Gomese highlights the importance of Indigenous aquatic freshwater foods for rural women in Solomon Islands, while Ayodele Oloko explores gender and food taboos in fisheries of the Global South.
We welcome a number of new lead authors to the bulletin: Tonie K. Kattil-deBrum, Shaunalee Katafono, Margaret Von Rotz and Caroline Vieux.
Sangeeta Mangubhai
Contents
Tonie K. Kattil-deBrum (pdf: 867 KB)
Chelcia Gomese, Jillian Tutuo, Joy Ellen Alfred, Evelyn Sendo, Malachi Tefetia, Jocelyn Tepai, Patricia Maike, Priscilla Pitakaka, Anouk Ride and Hampus Eriksson (pdf: 945 KB)
Isimeli Loganimoce and Semisi Meo (pdf: 627 KB)
Nina Lean Taniveke-Harry (pdf: 704 KB)
Kate Barclay (pdf: 487 KB)
Samantha Mattila and Eleona Baselala (pdf: 570 KB)
Josephine Kalsuak and Tiantaake Mariana (pdf: 393 KB)
Ayodele Oloko, Sarah Harper and Kafayat Fakoya (pdf: 237 KB)
Sian Rolls (pdf: 1 MB)
Caroline Vieux and Teri Tuxson (pdf: 1 MB)
Shaunalee Katafono (pdf: 987 KB)
Margaret Von Rotz, Ariella D’Andrea and Solène Devez (pdf: 539 KB)
Sarah Harper, Sangeeta Mangubhai, Georgina Grace Gurney, Natalie Ban and Emily Darling (pdf: 672 KB)
Caroline E. Ferguson, Sangeeta Mangubhai, Tanya O’Garra and Elisabeta Waqa. (pdf: 485 KB)
Madu Galappaththi, Derek Armitage and Andrea M. Collins (pdf: 298 KB)