Women and fisheries: Contribution to food security and local economies

Marine Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-63

  Harper, Sarah ^a   Zeller, Dirk ^a   Hauzer, Melissa ^b   Pauly, Daniel ^a   Sumaila, Ussif Rashid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender equality; Global statistics; Marine resources; Pacific region; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY POLICY; FOOD SECURITY; LOCAL ECONOMY; MARINE RESOURCE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WOMENS STATUS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84870544355     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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