10 Women Learn To Build Boats Through Women In Fisheries Network
Globally, small-scale fisheries are an important source of food and livelihoods for rural communities and women play crucial roles in these fisheries, as they fish and glean for their families.
Monday 01 May 2023 | 18:45
The participants with their certificates after the week long canoe building training in CATD-Nadave. Photo: Ministry of Fisheries and Forestry
Globally, small-scale fisheries are an important source of food and livelihoods for rural communities and women play crucial roles in these fisheries, as they fish and glean for their families.
If there is a village boat, they are then able to make trips out to the deeper waters to fish for bigger fish species which is often sold to interested buyers or taken to the nearest markets.
The huge transport challenge remains and these are the same in communities across Fiji as priorities often lie with the men and their programs for fishing.
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Source: Ministry Of Fisheries And Forestry
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