Gender and small-scale fisheries: A case for counting women and beyond

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 547-562

  Kleiber, Danika ^a   Harris, Leila M ^a   Vincent, Amanda C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecosystem scale management; Gender; Small scale fisheries; Women

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING INDUSTRY; GENDER ROLE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RESEARCH WORK; SAMPLING BIAS; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84944516439     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12075     Document Type: Article

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