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Measuring perceptions of climate change in northern Alaska: pairing ethnography with cultural consensus analysis

Ecology and Society, 2014
Given current and projected warming trends in the Arctic and the important role played by subsistence hunting and fishing in the life of northern rural communities, it is increasingly important to document local observations of climate change and its ...
Courtney Carothers, Caroline Brown, Katie J. Moerlein, J. Andrés López, David B. Andersen, Brittany Retherford   +5 more
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Subsistence fisheries in South Africa: a Preface [PDF]

South African Journal of Marine Science, 2002
African Journal of Marine Science 2002, 24: 403 ...
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Small-scale fisheries catch and fishing effort in the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) between 1950 and 2019

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
The Socotra Archipelago (Yemen), a group of four islands off the north-eastern tip of Africa in the western Indian Ocean, has a population that relies heavily on small-scale fishing for livelihoods and food security.
Brittany Derrick, Keanna Burns, Audrey Zhu, Vania Andreoli, Dirk Zeller, Daniel Pauly   +5 more
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Reconstruction of Syria’s fisheries catches from 1950–2010: Signs of overexploitation [PDF]

Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2015
Background. The global community infers trends in fisheries through the catch data assembled by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from its member countries. Thus, inferences depend on the quality of the member country data,
A. Ulman, A. Saad, K. Zylich, D. Pauly, D. Zeller   +4 more
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Long-Term Fishing Catch and Effort Trends in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, With Emphasis on the Small-Scale Sectors

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Small-scale fishing has been an important element of the livelihood and food security in Pacific island countries throughout history; however, such catches have been under-reported in the official fisheries data.
Gabriel M. S. Vianna, E. James Hehre, Rachel White, Lincoln Hood, Brittany Derrick, Dirk Zeller   +5 more
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Fishing for food: piloting an exploration of the invisible subsistence harvest of coastal resources in Connecticut

Agriculture & Food Security, 2017
Background In Connecticut, the subsistence harvest of coastal and marine resources, with the explicit goal of consuming what is collected or caught, is counted and regulated as recreational fishing. Little information exists regarding the harvest and use
Syma Alexi Ebbin
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An Improved Reconstruction of Total Marine Fisheries Catches for the New Hebrides and the Republic of Vanuatu, 1950–2014

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017
For many small island nations, fisheries provide residents with both food security and economic stability. However, in order to create effective and sustainable fisheries policies and management that will ensure a growing population can prosper, policy ...
Marc Léopold, Gilbert David, Jason Raubani, Jeremie Kaltavara, Lincoln Hood, Dirk Zeller   +5 more
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Carrier bag storytelling with coastal Kenyan families: sharing food, illustrations, and knowledge for tangible environmental justice impacts

Frontiers in Communication, 2023
The small-scale fisheries food system, in which individuals achieve food security independently or in small groups through fishing livelihoods and/or subsistence activities, provides food sovereignty for millions globally.
Rachel M. Cohn, Ruth Mbeyu, Catherine Sarange, Francis Mbogholi, Christopher Cheupe, Joaquim Cheupe, Andrew Wamukota, Elizabeth Kamau, Melva Treviño   +8 more
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Multiple Factors Affect Socioeconomics and Wellbeing of Artisanal Sea Cucumber Fishers.

PLoS ONE, 2016
Small-scale fisheries are important to livelihoods and subsistence seafood consumption of millions of fishers. Sea cucumbers are fished worldwide for export to Asia, yet few studies have assessed factors affecting socioeconomics and wellbeing among ...
Steven W Purcell, Poasi Ngaluafe, Simon J Foale, Nicole Cocks, Brian R Cullis, Watisoni Lalavanua   +5 more
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Future of Fishing for a Vulnerable Atoll: Trends in Catch and Catch-Per-Unit-Effort in Tokelau’s Domestic Marine Fisheries 1950–2016

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018
Tokelau is among the most vulnerable countries to climate change from both an environmental and economic perspective, whilst being highly dependent on marine resources for dietary nutrition.
Rachel White, Amy Rose Coghlan, Amy Rose Coghlan, Angie Coulter, Maria Lourdes D. Palomares, Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller   +6 more
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