TBTI Digest – March 2023
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The new era of support for small-scale fisheries in Asia [vc_custom_heading text="The new era of support for small-scale fisheries in Asia was pledged in Bangkok at the IYAFA Closing Event for Asia" font_container="tag:h1|font_size:30|text_al...read more
Postdoctoral Fellowship on ‘SSF as Solutions’
A one-year post-doctoral fellowship is available for an eligible candidate interested in contributing to several social science projects within the Too Big To Ignore Global.
The successful candidate will work ac...read more
OFI Module I Master’s student Lilian Saul completes her studies 
This past December Lilian Saul successfully completed her MSc thesis on ‘Path...read more
TBTI Japan: Interview in the Fisheries Daily 
"Small-scale fisheries, if appropriately supported and adequately invested, c...read more
Rebuilding fisheries for whom: Reflections on Oceana Canada’s Science Symposium 
By Evan J. Andrews, Senior Research Fellow, TBTI Memorial University of Newfou...read more
Feeling Gratitude and Building New Images: Reflections from the 4WSFC Europe 
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My first COFI By Isaac Nyameke University of Alaska, Fairbank, USA This article reflects on the recent UN-FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) 35, which took place in Rome, Italy, on September 5-9, ...read more
Interactive Learning and Governance Transformation for Securing Blue Justice for Small-Scale Fisheries 
Authors: Svein Jentoft* and Ratana Chuenpagdee** *Professor emeritu...read more
Thailand helped celebrate IYAFA 2022 with the theme “Elevating Security, Prosperity and Sustainability” [vc_custom_heading text="" font_container="tag:h6|font_size:18|text_align:center|color:%235d6c89" google_fonts="font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500ital...read more
TBTI’s Blue Justice Commitment [vc_custom_heading text="Blue Justice for Small-Scale Fisheries" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%235e98d1" google_fonts="font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular...read more
Reflections from Asia Pacific and North America Regional Congresses [vc_custom_heading text="" font_container="tag:h6|font_size:18|text_align:center|color:%235d6c89" google_fonts="font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500ital...read more
Small-Scale Fisheries Sustainability: Progress and Challenges 
Chapter from the Ocean Yearbook Online&nbs...read more
Blue Justice Glossary [vc_custom_heading text="" font_container="tag:h6|font_size:18|text_align:center|color:%235d6c89" google_fonts="font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500ital...read more
Former TBTI student mapping out interactions between SSF and oil industry in Gulf of Mexico [vc_custom_heading text="" font_container="tag:h6|font_size:18|text_align:center|color:%235d6c89" google_fonts="font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500ital...read more
Analysis / Blue Economy: The Power Game of Language 
Authors: Svein Jentoft Professor emeritus at the UiT – The Arctic U...read more
TBTI at the ICFAS 6 and AFSSRN F1 conference Members of the TBTI participated in the joint international conference of the Sixth International C...read more
TBTI Director gives a keynote at the IMBeR West Pacific Symposium 
The IMBeR West Pacific Symposium, with the theme “Changing West Pacific Ocean...read more
Península Valdés, Argentina: A World Heritage Site for whom? [vc_custom_heading text="A 'Blue Justice Alert' story*" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%235e98d1" google_fonts="font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic...read more
SSF at the World Fisheries Congress 2021 
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Gender and social justice [vc_custom_heading text="More than survival strategies: Realizing women's contribution in small-scale fisheries" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%235e98d1" google_fonts="font_family:Robo...read more
Blue Justice Alert: The indigenous communities in the Orinoquía region, Colombia [vc_custom_heading text="A 'Blue Justice Alert' story*" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%235e98d1" google_fonts="font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic...read more
Blue Justice Alert: The tragedy of the Sundarbans [vc_custom_heading text="A 'Blue Justice Alert' story*" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%235e98d1" google_fonts="font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic...read more
A win for the e-book ‘In the era of big change’! [vc_custom_heading text="TBTI Japan receives the Publication & Culture Award of the Japanese Association for Coastal Zone Studies" font_container="tag:h1|fon...read more
Unpacking legal and policy frameworks: A step ahead for implementing the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines Authors: Julia Nakamura*, Ratana Chuenpagdee**, & MostafaEl Halimi*
* TBTI member; ** TBTI Director
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‘Girls Who Fish’ is going to Japan! 
[vc_custom_heading text="Download the program flyer" font_container="tag:h4|text_align:left" go...read more
Community responses to international trade policy: A Newfoundland case study [vc_custom_heading text="New paper offers a principled governance of seafood trade policy as a just way forward for fisheries in Newfoundland and Labrador" google_fonts="font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100i...read more
Call for contributions for a book on Canadian SSF [vc_custom_heading text="'Thinking Big about Small-Scale Fisheries in Canada'" font_container="tag:h1|text_align:center" google_fonts="font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2...read more
IOI Canada held a refresher course on ‘Ocean governance: issues of immediate concern’ 
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Md. Ruyel Miah defends his thesis on mud crab fishery 
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On and by the water 
Author: Svein Jent...read more
Types of injustice in small-scale fisheries Small-scale fisheries around the world face different types of injustice that violate their human rights, affect their livelihoods and wellbeing, and prohibit them from participating in decision-making, among others. Che...read more
The Transdisciplinary Journey [vc_custom_heading text="Reflections from the 2020 TBTI Transdisciplinary online course" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23ff914d" google_fonts="font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C3...read more
Not so small after all By: Yinji Li (TBTI Jap...read more
TBTI book is helping solve global challenges Do you have a copy of TBTI book on Viability and Sustainability of Small-Scale Fisheries in Latin America and The Caribbean? This book is among the top used publications on SpringerL...read more
E-book: Small-scale fisheries in Africa – a regional portrait 
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Splitting Hairs 
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Is your paper in ISSF?
Do you want people to know about your research in SSF?
ISSF offers the most comprehensive information system of all things SSF. Check out the ‘State-of-the-Art’ interactive data visualization and find ou...read more
TBTI Japan Research Network
About the network
As the launch of the new fishing boat, the ship of the TBTI Japan Research Network is now out into the ocean! Congratulations! Japan’s fisheries governance is based on the fishery rights and ...read more
Why Should Everyone Care about Small-Scale Fisheries [vc_column wi...read more
Your contributed dataset – what it says? You contributed a dataset to ISSF? Congratulations!
What does the data says and what can you do with it?
There are many ways to explore data in ISSF that you have contributed to. Check out our new vi...read more
Watch videos or play a game to learn about the SSF Guidelines
Photo from when course participant at a Resilient Fisheries Governance course in Wageningen
test-play the ‘GO small-scale Fish!ng’ card game in December 2019. © Åsa Ljusenius/FAO
The principles in the...read more
ISSF 2.0 The Information System on Small-scale Fisheries 2.0 successfully launched!
The Information System on Small-scale Fisheries (ISSF) is an ...read more
Vulnerability to Viability (V2V): Global partnership for building strong small-scale fisheries communities About the project
Vulnerability to Viability Global Partnership (V2V), a new research initiative led by Dr. Prateep Nayak, received a seven-year, $2.5 million Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Re...read more
Two new papers from TBTI PhD Candidate Who’s who in the value chain for the Mexican octopus fishery: Mapping the production chain Authors: Eva Coronado*, Silvia Salas**, María Fernanda Cepeda-González &...read more
TBTI Digest – May 2020
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Small-scale fishing community mobilization in Brazil amidst multi-faceted challenges [vc_custom_heading text="Oil spill, fishery closure season and Covid-19: A sequence of big challenges for small-scale fishers in Brazil" font_container="tag:h5|...read more
Book: Small-Scale Fisheries in Europe – Status, Resilience and Governance Small-Scale Fisheries in Europe: Status, Resilience and Governance . Editors: José J. Pascual-Fernández, Cristina Pita, Maarten Bavinck (Eds.) MARE Publicat...read more
Sailing in a sea of uncertainties [vc_custom_heading text="From marginalization to social justice" font_container="tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%232090d6" google_fonts="font_famil...read more
Bright Young Faces [vc_custom_heading text="An opportunity in the face of challenge" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23dd5621" google_fonts="font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregula...read more
Miguel Lorenzi, TBTI PhD student, successfully defended his thesis 
April 2020 Miguel Lorenzi, TBTI P...read more
TBTI Digest – March 2020
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Book review: Blue Justice [vc_custom_heading text="Review of the book ‘Life Above Water: Essays on Human Experiences of Small-Scale Fisheries’" font_container="tag:h1|text_align:center|color:%231e90c9" google_fonts="font_fa...read more
On and By the Water Author: Svein Jentoft*
* TBTI founding member and the SSF Guidelines cluster coordinator
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Authors: Jack Daly* & Ratana Chuenpagdee**
* Former TBTI student, ** TBTI Director
Online consultations: monitoring the implementation of the SSF Guidelines [vc_custom_heading text="How to monitor implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries?" font_container="tag:h1|font_size:22|text_align:center|color:%231e90c...read more- TBTI Digest – February 2020
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Call for contribution: Special session on inclusive governance planning at IMCC6 [vc_custom_heading text="Special session for the 6th International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC)" font_container="tag:h4|text_align:center" google_fonts="font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C30...read more- Call for contribution: Special session on marine indigenous tenures at IMCC6 [vc_custom_heading text="Special session for the 6th International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC)" font_container="tag:h4|text_align:center" google_fonts="font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C30...read more
Mainstreaming small-scale fisheries in governance and policy in LAC [vc_custom_heading text="Regional workshop December 11-14, 2019 | Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico" font_container="tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%233d7ebf" google_fonts="font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100itali...read more
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Celebrating 2019 World Fisheries Day Highlights from our World Fisheries Day event 'Towards Zero Waste in our Fisheries'
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FAO International Symposium on Fisheries Sustainability held in Rome, Nov 2019 [vc_custom_heading text="Articulating a new vision for fisheries’ sustainability in the 21st century" font_container="tag:h1|font_size:22|text_align:left|color:%231e90c9" css_animation="slideInDown" ...read more
Governing from images: Marine protected areas as case illustrations Authors: Ratana Chuenpagdee*, Raquel de la Cruz-Modino**, María José Barragán-Paladines***, Jenny Anne Glikman, Julia Fraga**, Svein Jentoft***, José J.Pascual-Fernánde...read more
TBTI 2nd Special Issue on Gender in Small-Scale Fisheries
Situated Transformations of Women and Gender Relations in Small-Scale-Fisheries and Communities in a Globalized world
Second issue of the TBTI thematic collection "(En)gendering Change in Small-...read more
Nov 21 2019 – today is World Fisheries Day! Putting the spotlight on small-scale fisheries
The peace when you’re out on the ocean, it...read more
We are social science researchers first, and fisheries researchers second Svein Jentoft gives a keynote at MARE 2019
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TBTI joins IOI in World Oceans Day 2019 celebrations in Halifax 
Elisabeth Mann Borgese was known worldwide as "The Mother of the Oceans" and dedicated all her life to th...read more
TBTI in the Philippines: Special session at 12AFAF and the TD training program 
Blue Economy: What’s in it for small-scale fisheries?
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These are our stories Happy International Women's Day!
"I love fishing" says Zubaida Ani from Teluk Bahang Kam...read more
Gender equity and the SSF Guidelines 
The recent years have bee...read more
Blue Justice: Small-Scale Fisheries are Too Important to Fail! [vc_co...read more
TBTI Digest, February 2019 Download TBTI Digest to learn about the recent project’s activities and outputs.
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Report from the training workshop “Transdisciplinarity in Fisheries & Ocean Sustainability”
The transdisciplinary approach argues that the problems and priorities in fisheries and ocean governance, especially when concerning small-scale fisheries, require a broadening of perspectives that cut across academ...read more
Strengthening collaboration on small-scale fisheries research in the Latin America and the Caribbean
On February 4 and 5, 2019, several TBTI members met in Guayaquil, Ecuador to discuss ways of building collaboration between government departments, researchers and civil society organizations to add...read more
The Spirit of Diversity: A review of the TBTI Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines book The Spirit of Diversity:
A review of 'The Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines: Global implementation' book
written by: Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor
Published in: SAMUDRA Report No. 79
The full article ca...read more
3WSFC – Highlights from the Action Day, Oct 26
In order to facilitate interaction, information sharing, cross-fertilization of ideas and networking opportunities for congress participants, the congress followed a dynamic format with activities organized around th...read more
Article: Mapping fishers’ perceptions of marine conservation in Brazil: An exploratory approach Mapping fishers’ perceptions of marine conservation in Brazil: An exploratory approach
Mirella de Oliveira Leis, Rodolphe Devillers, Rodrigo Pereira Medeiros, and Ratana Chuenpagdee
Ocean & Coastal Mana...read more
A tribute to Svein Jentoft: special issue & award Special Issue: Maritime Studies, Volume 17, Issue 3, November 13
Edited by: Maarten Bavinck and Jahn Petter Johnsen
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This special issue is a tribute to Svein Jentoft w...read more
TBTI Digest, November 2018 Download TBTI Digest to learn about the recent project’s activities and outputs.
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3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress – the future of small-scale fisheries is now [vc...read more
- Debriefs from the congress
In order to facilitate interaction, information sharing, cross-fertilization of ideas and networking opportunities for congress participants, the congress followed a dynamic format with activities organized around th...read more
3WSFC – Congress in the news
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3WSFC – Reflections from students and early career scientists [vc...read more
Book: Transdisciplinarity for Small-Scale Fisheries Governance: Analysis and Practice Transdisciplinarity for Small-Scale Fisheries Governance: Analysis and Practice . Editors: Ratana Chuenpagdee and Svein Jentoft MARE Publication Series . [/vc_colum...read more
TBTI Digest, September 2018 Download TBTI Digest to learn about the recent project’s activities and outputs.
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Dr. William Cheung named as member of the RSC’s College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists Congratulations to Dr. Cheung, UBC Professor at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, for being named as new member of the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists. The College provides the Royal Society of...read more
Managing the seas for people and nature – lecture by Dr. Rashid Sumaila
Managing the seas for people and nature
A talk by world-renowned scientist Dr. Rashid Sumaila, University of British Columbia
The event is organized as part of the Ocean Frontier Institu...read more
‘Small-scale fisheries in the South’ workshop, Brest, June 2018
The workshop on ‘Small-Scale Fisheries in the South’ held on 25th and 26th June 2018 in Brest France, was organized by the Ocean University Initiative, based at University of Brest (UBO), French National Research...read more
TBTI at the Coastal Zone Canada Conference 2018: ‘Engagement and collaboration, examples from the field’ TBTI Director Ratana Chuenpagdee was invited as a keynote speaker as part of the Coastal Zone Canada Conference 2018, held at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland from 1...read more
‘Food from the Sea’: Promoting small-scale fisheries sustainability in the Mediterranean As part of the 2018 European Maritime Days, the event ‘Food from the Sea: is-Sajda u t-Tisjira' was held in Malta on 22nd June 2018. The objective behind the event was to celebrate an...read more
Article: Working together in small-scale fisheries: harnessing collective action for poverty eradication Authors: Svein Jentoft, Maarten Bavinck, Enrique Alonso-Población, Anna Child, Antonio Diegues, Daniela Kalikoski, John Kurien, Patrick McConney, Paul Onyango, Susana Siar, and Vivienn...read more
Article: Identifying recreational fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea through social media Authors: Ioannis Giovos, Ioannis Keramidas, Charalampos Antoniou, Alan Deidun, Toni Font, Periklis Kleitou, Josep Lloret, Sanja Matić‐Skoko, Alicia Said, Francesco Tiralongo, and D...read more
TBTI Digest, June 2018 Download TBTI Digest to learn about the recent project’s activities and outputs.
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Book: Viability and Sustainability of Small-Scale Fisheries in Latin America and The Caribbean Viability and Sustainability of Small-Scale Fisheries in Latin America and The Caribbean . Editors: Silvia Salas, Maria José Barragán-Paladines, & Ratana&n...read more- Article: Synergy as strategy: learning from La Restinga, Canary Islands Synergy as strategy: learning from La Restinga, Canary Islands
Authors: José J. Pascual-Fernández, Raquel De La Cruz Modino, Ratana Chuenpagdee and Svein Jentoft
As lessons from MPA implementation aroun...read more
Article: Transforming the governance of small-scale fisheries Transforming the governance of small-scale fisheries
Authors: Ratana Chuenpagdee and Svein Jentoft
This synthesis paper recognizes the prevalence and importance of small-scale fisheries globally, ye...read more
TBTI Digest, May 2018 Download TBTI Digest to learn about the recent project’s activities and outputs.
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TBTI and GLORES: Partners in marine conservation efforts The Global Ocean Refuge System (GLORES) is a Marine Conservation Institute incentive program that recognizes exemplary MPAs. GLORES awards are given to MPAs that meet science-based desi...read more
Workshop on Small-scale fisheries in the South, 25-26 June 2018 Plouzané, France Workshop on Small-scale fisheries in the South, 25-26 June 2018 Plouzané, France
Université de Bretagne Occidentale and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, together with TBTI, a...read more
‘Picture Fishing’ – a crowd-sourcing research project Picture Fishing
A failure to imagine or recognize fisheries diversity in many policy settings undercuts progressive development, protection and support for the global majority of fishers and fishworkers who rem...read more
Mobilising adaptive capacity of SSF to multiple stressors: Insights from Ghana Mobilising adaptive capacity to multiple stressors: Insights from small-scale coastal fisheries in the Western Region of Ghana
Authors: George Freduah (past TBTI student), Pedro Fidelman, P., and Tim F. Smith (TBTI memb...read more
Bernard Owusu, TBTI Master’s student, successfully completed his studies February 2018
Bernard Owusu, TBTI Master's student, completed his thesis on 'Understanding the conflict between the oil and gas industries and small-scale fisheries in the western region of Ghana'. Bernard was study...read more
GAF7 conference, October 18-21, Thailand
GAF7 will be the seventh major conference organised by Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section of the Asian Fisheries Society. GAF conferences endeavour to explore the expanding horizons of gender dimension...read more
TBTI Digest, February 2018 Download TBTI Digest to learn about the recent project’s activities and outputs.
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Shannon Bower, TBTI PhD candidate successfully defends her thesis December 2017
Shannon Bower, TBTI PhD student, successfully defended her thesis on 'Advancing an integrated framework for assessment of emerging catch-and-release recreational fisheries in the developing world'. Shann...read more
TBTI at the Cod – Building the Fishery of the Future Conference, Nov 28-29, 2017 With the Northern cod stock rebuilding, how does Newfoundland and Labrador create a competitive, sustainable and viable cod fishery for the future? Discussing this question was the goal of the Cod – Building the Fisher...read more
Article: Salty stories, fresh spaces Salty stories, fresh spaces: Lessons for aquatic protected areas from marine and freshwater experiences
Authors: Loury, E. K., Ainsley, S. M., Bower, S. D., Chuenpagdee, R., Farrell, T., Guthrie, A. G., He...read more
Article: Ecological Impacts of Fishing Gears in Thailand: Knowledge and Gaps Ecological Impacts of Fishing Gears in Thailand: Knowledge and Gaps
Authors: Wichin Suabpala, Ratana Chuenpagdee, Charoen Nitithamyong, and Thomasak Yeemin
Around the world, knowledge about ecologica...read more
Special call for abstracts: IFISH 5
The Fifth International Fishing Industry Safety & Health Conference (IFISH 5)
Special call for abstracts - Fishing, Aquaculture, and Seafood Processing
The IFISH 5 Scientific Commi...read more
Article: Reconstructing governability: How fisheries are made governable Reconstructing governability: How fisheries are made governable
Authors: Andrew M. Song (TBTI cluster coordinator), Jahn P. Johnsen (TBTI contributor) and Tiffany H. Morrison (TBTI contributor)
This...read more
The Fishing Boat Project
The Fishing Boat Project
The Global Fishing Boat Survey
The Fishing Boat Project is a study about the characteristics and diversity of fishing boats around the world. As part of the this...read more
10 Things YOU can do to Protect our Oceans 10 Things YOU can do to Protect our Oceans
GEOGRAPHY 6250 class 'Conservation and Sustainability of Natural Resources'
This booklet was prepared by the Memorial University Geography 6250 class 'Conservation and Sus...read more
TBTI at the Fogo Process 2067 Conference and Think Tank, October 19 -22, 2017 TBTI Director Dr. Ratana Chuenpgdee recently gave a talk on 'The Inshore Fishery: Too Big To Ignore!' at the Fogo Process 2067 - A Fogo Island Futures Community Development Conference and Think Tank. This event was part ...read more
TBTI special sessions at the 70th Annual Conference GCFI
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On November 10, Too Big To Ignore will hold three special sessions at the 70th Annual Conference GCFI in Mérida, Mexico. The special sessions are e...read more
FAO Fellowship Programme
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is looking to fill a Fellow position as part of their Fellowship Programme:
The Fellowship Programme is designed to attract fellows, typically Ph...read more
Ocean literacy through transdisciplinarity
TBTI post-doctoral fellow, Alicia Said, presented on 'Ocean literacy through transdisciplinarity: A roadmap to sustainability' at the 5th edition of the European Marine Science Educators Association (EMSEA) that took p...read more
Media News Release – “Sustainable Management of the Marine Environment, a Global Challenge” A recent news release by a local media outlet in Tenerife, Spain speaks about the conference 'Challenges for the Sustainable Use of the Marine Environment', held at the University of La Laguna on October 11, 20...read more
TBTI activities at the MARE conference 2017 TBTI activities prior and during the MARE 'People and the Sea IX' Conference
July 3-7, 2017; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
This July, a number of TBTI members met in Amsterdam to attend the MARE 2017 conference ...read more
Implementing the SSF Guidelines – “Now it’s time for policymakers to take concrete action” Recent article by FAO speaks about the urgency of implementing the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication. The article also points to t...read more
Reflections from the TBTI sessions at the MARE conference TBTI session at the MARE 'People and the Sea IX' Conference
Dealing with Maritime Mobilities
July 5-7, 2017; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The 9th People and the Sea conference explored the nature of mariti...read more
Book: Social wellbeing and the values of small-scale fisheries ...read more.
TBTI Digest, August 2017 Download TBTI Digest - August to learn about the recent project’s activities and outputs.
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TBTI course on transdisciplinary research held in Thailand, August 2017 TBTI course on transdisciplinary research
Transdisciplinary Policy and Practices for Natural Resource Sustainability
Banpu Resort, Trat province, Thailand
July 31 - August 3, 2017
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TBTI book on the SSF Guidelines launched in Mexico City, Aug 9, 2017 Sustainable artisanal fishing in Mexico:
More food and less poverty
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The 9th of August was a remarkable date for promoting sustainable artisanal fishing in Mexico
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[caption id=...read more- The SSF Guidelines translated into Japanese Over centuries, there has been a great number of people working in small-scale fisheries sector in Japan, who supported Japanese fisheries and fishing communities. This is still true today. However, there has also been a...read more
TBTI Digest, July 2017 Download TBTI Digest - July to learn about the recent project’s activities and outputs.
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Article: The global information system on small-scale fisheries (ISSF) – A crowdsourced knowledge platform Authors: Ratana Chuenpagdee, Delphine Rocklin, David Bishop, Matthew Hynes, Randal Greene, Miguel R. Lorenzi and Rodolphe Devillers
Marine Policy, Volume 101, March 2019, Pages 158-166
UPDATE: Anyone clicking on THIS...read more
COBI at the Our Oceans, Our Future conference, June 5-9, 2017 Our Oceans, Our Future
Partnering for the implementation of sustainable developments goal 14
Ocean Conference
JUNE 5-9, 2017
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We, as Civil Society Organization, were honored to represent Mexico at the Ocea...read more
TBTI Digest, June 2017 Download TBTI Digest - June to learn about the recent project’s activities and outputs.
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Highlights from the side event on SSF at the UN Ocean Conference, June 6 .
Joining forces for sustainable small-scale fisheries through a human rights-based approach to ocean conservation
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During the Ocean Conference in New York on SDG14 TBTI partnered with the representat...read more
FAO Family Farming Knowledge Platform marks two years since inception During the 2014 International Year of Family Farming (IYFF), FAO and various partners and stakeholders expressed the need to go beyond the celebrations and to put in place a set of concrete actions aimed at addressing is...read more
International Course on the SSF Guidelines Submit an application for the International Course: “Voluntary Guidelines for the Sustainable fisheries in the context of Central American indigenous communities”
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Deadline: July 20th, 2017
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This face-to-fa...read more
Submit an abstract for IMBeR IMBIZO 5 before June 15
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The final deadline to submit an abstract for IMBeR´s fifth IMBIZO, which will be held in Woods Hole, MA, USA in October, is rapidly approaching.
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The overall theme of the conference i...read more
WFF and WFFP Statement on the SDGs and the UN’s Ocean Conference .
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We call upon the UN member-states to work with the small-scale fisher
peoples movements towards the implementation of the International
Guidelines on Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries (SSF
gu...read more- Article: How subsidies affect the economic viability of small-scale fisheries Authors: Anna Schuhbauer, Ratana Chuenpagdee, William W.L. Cheung, Krista Greer, and U. Rashid Sumaila
Marine Policy: Volume 82, August 2017, Pages 114–121
An important article presenting the first bottom-up analysis...read more
TBTI Digest, May 2017 Download TBTI Digest - May to learn about the recent project’s activities and outputs.
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TBTI at the ICES/PICES Symposium, March 2017 .
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Written by Dr. Manuel Muntoni, member and former TBTI Senior Research Fellow
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This March TBTI participated at the ICES/PICES Symposium on ‘Drivers of dynamics of small pelagic fish resources’ held in Vi...read more
Article: Small-scale fisheries within maritime spatial planning Small-scale fisheries within maritime spatial planning: knowledge integration and power
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Author: Svein Jentoft.
As competition for space and resources intensifies, turning the coast into an area of social and p...read more- Article: Comments on FAOs State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA 2016) Comments on FAOs State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA 2016)
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Author: Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller (Sea Around Us)
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The paper provides comments on several points in the 2016 State of the Wo...read more
Report: The Symposium on European Small-Scale Fisheries and Global Linkages
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The Symposium on European Small-Scale Fisheries and Global Linkages took place between June 29 – July 1, 2016 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. In total, 80 people attended this event in order to share and discus...read more
Book: The Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines The Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines: Global Implementation
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S. Jentoft, R. Chuenpagdee, M. J. Barragán-Paladines and N. Franz (Eds.)
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MARE publication series 14
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In June 2014, FAO member-s...read more
Join the discussion on SSF and SDG14 in preparation for Ocean Conference SSF have been mostly ignored in SDG, except under Target 14b: "Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets".
We have an opportunity to make sure that this topic (access to resource...read more
TBTI Digest, March 2017 Download TBTI Digest - March 2017 to learn about the recent project’s activities and outputs.
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Article: Sustaining ‘life below water and on land’, March 2017 Author: Prateep Nayak
Title: Sustaining ‘life below water and on land’ through collaboration, stewardship and reciprocity: Lessons from dolphins, seagulls and fishermen
TBTI member Prateep Nayak wrote a shor...read more
Letter: Poor fisheries struggle with U.S. import rule, March 2017
A group of researchers, including several TBTI members, wrote a letter regarding the recent U.S. import rule requiring that seafood imported into the U.S. must come from fisheries that comply with the Marin...read more
Special Issue: Fisheries and Food Systems: Cross pollinations and synthesis, Aug. 2016 Fisheries and Food Systems: Cross pollinations and synthesis
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Edited by: Ratana Chuenpagdee, Philip Loring, and Moenieba Isaacs
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This special issue explores the importance of small-scale fisheries to food syst...read more
Article: Small-Scale Fisheries versus Whale-Watching Tourism: The Story of Puerto López The Ecuadorian coast with fishing boats, Puerto López
Author: María José Barragán Paladines
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Article: Grand Challenges in the Management and Conservation of North American Inland Fishes and Fisheries Authors: Abigail J. Lynch, Steven J. Cooke, T. Douglas Beard Jr., Yu-Chun Kao, Kai Lorenzen, Andrew M. Song, Micheal S. Allen, Zeenatul Basher, David B. Bunnell, Edward V. Camp, Ian G. Cowx, Jonathan A. Freedman, Vivian...read more
TBTI Digest, February 2017 Download TBTI Digest - February 2017 to learn about the recent project’s activities and outputs.
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TBTI PhD student successfully defends her thesis February 2017
Anna Schuhbauer, TBTI PhD student, successfully defended her thesis on 'Economic viability of small-scale fisheries'. Anna studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada under the supervision of D...read more
Vital Fisheries – setting pathways for the implementation of the SSF Guidelines in Brazil Vital Fisheries - Setting pathways for the implementation of International Guidelines for Small-Scale Fisheries in Brazil is a final report of the National Seminar on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Volun...read more
Dr. Rashid Sumaila wins Benchley Ocean Award for Excellence in Science
Congradulations to UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries professor, and TBTI Cluster Coordinator, Dr. Ussif Rashid Sumaila for winning a prestigious Peter Benchley Ocean Award, in recognition for his work on su...read more
Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller win Ocean Award
Congratulations to the Sea Around Us leading team, Dr. Daniel Pauly and Dr. Dirk Zeller, who have just received the Ocean Award in the Science category for their contributions to marine conservation and ocean health ...read more
Crowd Sourcing Small-Scale Fisheries Data: A Global Initiative
On Wednesday, January 25th, 2017 at 6 PM UTC, TBTI members Rodolphe Devillers & David Bishop will be discussing the Information System on Small-Scale Fisheries (ISSF) during a webinar hosted by EBM Tools Network....read more
TBTI Digest, December 2016 Download TBTI Digest - December 2016 to learn about the recent project’s activities and outputs.
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Report: Symposium on small-scale fisheries in Asia-Pacific and beyond The Symposium on Small-Scale Fisheries in Asia-Pacific Region and Beyond took place between 6-9th of August 2016 in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand. The symposium focused on aspects of small-scale fisheries that are rele...read more
Report: Implementing the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines: What’s in it for Newfoundland and Labrador? Synergy Session
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On April 22nd, 2016 the Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Development and the Too Big To Ignore project hosted a synergy session ‘Implementing the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines: What’s in it for Newfoundl...read more
Report: Stewardship in Small-Scale Fisheries Workshop The ‘Stewardship in Small-Scale Fisheries' workshop took place on July 29-30, 2016 in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. The workshop was organized by the SSF Stewardship research cluster of the Too Big To Ignore proj...read more- Special Issue: Enhancing Stewardship in Latin America and Caribbean Small-Scale Fisheries Enhancing Stewardship in Latin America and Caribbean Small-Scale Fisheries
Edited by: Maria A. Gasalla and Fabio de Castro
Built on the outcomes from the TBTI workshop in Curitiba, Brazil (august 2013), and the 2nd W...read more
Article: Transboundary research in fisheries Marine Policy 76, 8-18; Open Access
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This TBTI-supported publication explores boundaries in world's fisheries and opens up discussions for a more nuanced boundary application that can better cope with multi-lev...read more- TBTI Digest, November 2016 Download TBTI Digest - November 2016 to learn about the recent project’s activities and outputs.
TBTI Digest is now available in 4 different languages!
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TBTI at the symposium on restoring Canada’s fisheries
On October 26, 2016 Too Big To Ignore took part in Oceana Canada’s science symposium, Rebuilding Abundance: Restoring Canada’s Fisheries for Long-Term Prosperity. The event brought together Can...read more
Article: A Bottom-Up Understanding of IUU Fishing in Lake Victoria
Authors: Joseph Luomba, Ratana Chuenpagdee, and Andrew M. Song
Joseph Luomba, a former TBTI student, together with TBTI Project Director Ratana Chuenpagdee, and TBTI cluster coordinator Andrew M. Song ...read more
Photo E-book: The meaning of small – Diverse values of SSF Call for contributions
The meaning of small: Diverse values of small-scale fisheries
A photo e-book to portray the different meaning and importance of small-scale fisheries around the world
TBTI is calling f...read more
E-book: SSF Small-Scale Fisheries Profiles
Since its launch in September 2014, TBTI's Information System on Small-scale Fisheries (ISSF) has been the world's largest and most diverse small-scale fisheries online database. In 2015, TBTI launched one ...read more
Call for contribution: Global changes in small-scale fisheries Global changes in small-scale fisheries
In recent years, there has been an increase in awareness about global changes. Both ecosystems and human communities are changing, as a result of a wide spectrum of environmenta...read more
Discussion on freshwater fish conservation, food security, and livelihoods at IUCN 2016
Freshwater Fish Conservation, Food Security, and Livelihoods - Identifying Win-Win-Win Scenarios
When considering ecosystems, the services they provide, and how they are exploited [or degraded] by society, it i...read more- Article: Fishing for the future: An overview of challenges and opportunities Authors: U. Rashid Sumaila, Christophe Bellmann and Alice Tipping
TBTI 'Economic viability' cluster coordinator Rashid Sumaila and his colleagues have recently published a paper 'Fishing for the future: An overview o...read more
TBTI held a Symposium on SSF in Asia-Pacific Region and Beyond, August 2016
TBTI held a three-day Symposium on Small-Scale Fisheries in Asia-Pacific Region and Beyond in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand on August 7-9, 2016. The symposium attracted the participation of more than 30 practitione...read more
TBTI at the 11th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum, August 2016
As part of the 11th annual ASEAN Fisheries and Aquaculture Conference and Exposition held in Bangkok, Thailand from August 4-6, 2016 TBTI chaired two special sessions. The governance session, titled, Current Go...read more- Sign up for a new cluster on SSF Rights Are you interested in questions such as 'What kind or rights exist in SSF?, What factors have direct or indirect effects on SSF rights? Or in issues of human rights-based approach and rights-based systems in SSF? If you ...read more
New book: Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries
A critical appraisal of catches and ecosystem impacts
edited by Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller
The Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries is the first and only book to provide accurate, countr...read more
TBTI workshop on Stewardship in small-scale fisheries held on July 29-30 in St. John’s, Canada
On 29‐30 July, prior to the 2016 International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC4), TBTI held a workshop on “Stewardship in small-scale fisheries” in St. John's, Canada. Organized as part of the SSF ...read more
Discussion on SSF Guidelines implementation at COFI 32, July 2016 Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines implementation: Where are we now?
The SSF Guidelines are a powerful tool to strengthen SSF governance and development and concerted efforts are needed to ensure implementation of the S...read more
TBTI @ IMCC4, August 2016
I. TBTI session on 'Conservation and stewardship in small-scale fisheries: Practices and lessons from around the world'
On July 28th and 29th 2016, Leading up to the International Marine Conservation...read more
Call for Abstracts: Symposium on climate change, agriculture, fisheries and food security in Africa; Pemba, 24-25 October 2016
Climate variability and extreme events have been affecting African countries in a variety of ways. Increases in temperature, erratic and erosive rainfall and soil erosion are leading to damages to ecosystems and its ...read more
ISSF – Call for contributions
Have you had an interesting experience with small-scale fisheries lately? Have a case study that you or your team worked on based on small-scale fisheries? What does your small-scale fishery need for capacity...read more
Small-Scale Fisheries of the World – State of the Art in Small-Scale Fisheries
Volume 2: State of the Art in Small-Scale Fisheries
State of the Art in Small-Scale Fisheries presents a synthesized, up-to-date knowledge about SSF around the world. The bibliographic summary is...read more
The TBTI Symposium on European SSF and Global Linkage held in Tenerife, Spain
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The TBTI Symposium on European Small-Scale Fisheries and Global Linkages was held on June 29 -July 1, 2016 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. The three-day symposium was jointly organized by TBTI, the Institute of S...read more
National workshop on capacity-building for the implementation of the SSF Guidelines held in Brazil, June 13-17, 2016
From June 13 to 17, 2016, approximately 40 fishers, leaders, civil society organizations’ representative, and researchers met in Brasília, Brazil, to engage with capacity-building and advocacy demands of fishers...read more
TBTI participated at the 7th World Fisheries Congress, Busan, May 2016 Members of TBTI participated at the 7th World Fisheries Congress held in Busan, South Korea, 23-27 May, 2016. This congress series is arguably the biggest and most comprehensive academic meeting on fisheries, and this ye...read more
Stewardship in small-scale fisheries: Practices and lessons from around the world Workshop announcement and call for contributions on peer-reviewed synthesis paper
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29-30 July, 2016, St. John’s, NL, Canada
On 29‐30 July TBTI will hold a works...read more
We of the Sea: a new TBTI publication series We of the Sea
is a TBTI publication series that present stories and experiences of small-scale fishing people, communities and organizations, told in their own voices using their own expression and images. Through the...read more
Placing Fisheries at the 2016 AAG Annual Meeting From March 29th to April 2nd, 2016 thousands of geographers from across the world gathered in San Francisco to take part in the bustling annual meeting of American Association of Geographers (AAG). With over 1000 panels,...read more- ISSF Update – SSF Profile Report and Image Uploading
Image uploading: ISSF now allows users to include a photo when they create an SSF Profile which lets users see what the area looks like. Images can be added to SSF Profiles simply by copy and pasting the image URL into...read more
Transdisciplinary Course Development Workshop held in Mexico, March 2016
“The sea no longer has resources for all, we are too many people…” “…we are catching more than we should”. This statement was heard by fishermen from San Felipe, a small fishing village on the Yucata...read more
Synergy session on implementation of the SSF Guidelines in Newfoundland and Labrador
Implementing the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines:
What’s in it for Newfoundland and Labrador?
Friday, April 22, 2016, 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
McCann Centre (ED 2030B), St. John’s Campus of Memorial...read more
This June, join us at the TBTI Symposium in Europe
TBTI Symposium on European Small-Scale Fisheries and Global Linkages
June 29-July 1, 2016, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Announcement and Call for Abstracts
Para informaciones en esp...read more
TBTI Symposium on Small-scale Fisheries in Europe and Global Linkages
We are pleased to announce 'TBTI Symposium on Small-scale Fisheries in Europe and Global Linkages' that will be held in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, from June 29-July 1, 2016. The purpose of the symposiu...read more- Thinking Big about Small-Scale Fisheries in Canada [vc_custom_heading text="Thinking Big about Small-Scale Fisheries in Canada" font_container="tag:h1|font_size:30|text_align:center|color:%235d6c89" google_fonts="font_family:Roboto%3A10...read more
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