Fisheries Story: Gathering data to analyse how effective the anchored FADs are for fishers’ livelihoods
This week, these Coastal Fisheries Data Collectors from Kadavu, Fij, boarded a ferry to meet SPC's colleagues in Suva, to receive new tablets. They will use them to continue collecting data related to their artisanal fisheries.
The landing data they…
Fisheries Story: Fat is a sign of good health for Tuna
Do you know what a Fatmeter is? It is an electronic device to measure the amount of fat present. It has been used over the past 10 years by the SPC Fisheries scientist team to measure fat content in individual tuna. Simple and quick, the scientist…
La pêche thonière dans le Pacifique occidental et central : bilan de l’activité halieutique et état des stocks de thonidés (2019)
Contact : Steven Hare, [email protected]
Fisheries Story: Do you know how important staff safety is for aquatic farms?
New handbook applies Gender and Social Inclusion (GSI) lens to Pacific’s Fisheries Sector
The Second Edition of the Pacific Handbook for gender equity and social inclusion in coastal fisheries and aquaculture was launched this week with the aim to bridge the gender gaps and overcome existing exclusions of marginalised groups that lie within…
Filling the Gender Gap in the Pacific’s Offshore Fisheries Sector
By: Natalie Makhoul – SPC’s PEUMP Gender and Human Rights Specialist
In February, this year, I was invited to participate with other relevant fisheries and gender stakeholders in two consultative workshops organised by World Wildlife Fund for Nature (…
Stat of the week: access to resources and markets for small-scale fisheries
Photo: F. Milovac, SPC
Pacific Handbook for gender equity and social inclusion in coastal fisheries and aquaculture
International Women’s Day (IWD) is globally dedicated to celebrating the social, cultural, economic and political achievements of women. It is a day of reflection and a day to highlight critical women’s rights issues and priorities, as well as, a day…
Meet Neomai Ravitu - International Women's Day 2021
International Women’s Day (IWD) is globally dedicated to celebrating the social, cultural, economic and political achievements of women. It is a day of reflection and a day to highlight critical women’s rights issues and priorities, as well as, a day…