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Exploring hypothetical transfer of harmful fisheries subsidies to support low-income fishers

Exploring hypothetical transfer of harmful fisheries subsidies to support low-income fishers

Not only a cheap and accessible food source, fish is also a source of income for low-income fishers working in fisheries. However, relying on fish is becoming a risky gamble.

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Africa, coastal countries, coastline, finance, fishers, fishing fleets, IOF Research Associates, least developed countries, Louise Teh, low-income fishers, nutrition, Pacific Islands, poverty, Rashid Sumaila, Research, subsidies

The Sea Around Us project manager, Dr. Maria ‘Deng’ Palomares, with Belizean fishers. Photo by the Belize Fisheries Project.

Belizean fishers want changes in policy and practice to revert declining catch trends

During a series of workshops and meetings held in June and December 2023, Belizean fishers endorsed the findings of the stock assessments carried out by the Sea Around Us, which show that commercially important species such as conch and lobster are overfished

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Belize, Deng Palomares, fishers, IOF Research Associates, Research, Sea Around Us

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