(2012). Improving Gender Equity in Aquaculture Education and Training. Asian Fisheries Science

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Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries:
Moving the Agenda Forward
Papers from the 3rd Global Symposium on
Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries
21-23 April, 2011
9th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum
Shanghai Ocean University
China
Special Issue Publication Vol. 25S (2012)
Asian Fisheries Science
Guest Editors
Meryl J. Williams
Marilyn Porter
Poh Sze Choo
Kyoko Kusakabe
Veikila Vuki
Nikita Gopal
Melba Bondard-Reantaso
The Journal of the Asian Fisheries Society
Genderin AquacultureandFisheries: Moving the Agenda Forward
Guest Editors
Meryl J. Williams
Marilyn Porter
Poh Sze Choo
Kyoko Kusakabe
Veikila Vuki
Nikita Gopal
Melba Bondard-Reantaso
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Genderin Aquacultureand Fisheries: Moving the Agenda Forward. Asian Fisheries Science (Special
Issue) 25S. 276 pp.
Cover picture credits and locations: (left to right): (1) Meryl Williams (Hyderabad, India), (2) Meryl
Williams, (Manado, Indonesia), (3) Kibria Ghulam (Namibia), and (4) Peter Daszak (Tokyo, Japan)
CONTENTS
Messagefrom AFS President vii
Ida Siason and Derek Staples
Acknowledgements, Disclaimer ix
Guest Editorial 1
Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries : Moving the Agenda Forward
Meryl J Williams, Marilyn Porter, Poh Sze Choo, Kyoko Kusakabe,
Veikila Vuki, Nikita Gopal and Melba Bondad-Reantaso
RESEARCH PAPERS
“A Sea of One’s Own!” A Perspective on Gendered Political Ecology in Indian Mariculture 17
Ramachandran, C. Nair
Braving the Sea: The Amasan (Women Divers) of the Yahataura Fishing Community, 29
Iki Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Cristina P. Lim, Yasuhiro Ito and Yoshiaki Matsuda
Why do Korean women dive? From a viewpoint of gender 47
Sun-Ae Ii
Why the Coast Matters for Women: A Feminist Approach to Research 59
on Fishing Communities
Marilyn Porter
Capturing the Complexities of Globalization in Fisheries: 75
Gendered Divisions of Labour and Divisions ofLabour and Difference
Holly M. Hapke
Edging up the Ladder: The Women in Ban Thung Maha, Thailand 93
Cristina P. Lim and Amporn Laowapong
TECHNICAL PAPERS
On Gender Mainstreaming Strategies and Tools in Fisheries Development Projects: 105
RFLP Gender Strategy and Lessons from the Asia-Pacific Region
Angela Lentisco andEnrique Alonso
Improving Gender Equity in Aquaculture Education and Training: 119
25 years of Experiences in the Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture, Aquaculture, and
AquaFish Collaborative Research Support Programs
Hillary Egna, Lisa Reifke and Nancy Gitonga
Gender Issues of the Fishery Communities in the Central Region of Vietnam 129
Nguyen Dang Hao
The Role of Fisherwomen in the Face of Fishing Uncertainties on the 145
North Coast of Java, Indonesia
Zuzy Anna
The Role of Women in the Fishery Sector on Pantar Island, Indonesia 159
Ria Fitriana and Natasha Stacey
Successful Women Entrepreneurs in Aquaculture Sectors: 177
Case Studies of Tamil Nadu, India
B. Shanthi, M. Krishnan and A.G. Ponniah
Gender Roles in the Development of Small-scale Shrimp Farming and 187
Recent Challenges in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh
Md. Nuruzzaman
Enhancing Rural Women’s Participation in Fisheries: Post-harvest Livelihoods, 199
IlocosRegion, Philippines
Rosario SegundinaP. Gaerlan, Remely B. Lachica, Marina B. Dumol
Gender Roles in the Mangrove Reforestation Programmes in Barangay Talokgangan, 207
Banate, Iloilo, Philippines: A Case Study where Women have Sustainedthe Efforts
Farisal U. Bagsit and Caridad N. Jimenez
Improvement of Women’s Livelihoods, Income and Nutrition through Carp-SIS-prawn 217
Polyculture in Terai, Nepal
Sunila Rai, Shakuntala H. Thilsted, Madhav K. Shrestha,
Md. Abdul. Wahab, Kamala Gharti
SHORT REPORTS
Women's Roles in the Construction of New Fishing Villages in China, as Shown from 229
Surveys in Zhejiang Province
Xu Sijie, Xu Yinghua, Huang Yonglian, Zheng, Fei
Processing of Frigate MackerelAuxisthazard: Post-harvest Gender roles 237
Corazon. P. Macachor,Cecilio S. Baga and Bonifacio S. Villanueva
A Study on the Availability and Utilization of Microcredit in the Traditional Fisheries Sector 243
of Kerala, India
Nikita Gopal, P. Jeyanthi, V.Chandrasekarand B. Meenakumari
Gender roles in the Seaweed Industry Cluster of Southern Philippines: 251
The DICCEP Experience
Della Grace Bacaltos, Nilla Nanette Revilla, Romeo Castañaga, Marilou Laguting,
Gilbert Anguay, Domingo Ang, Grace Caballero, Arlyn Omboy,
Kristeel Mae Efondo, and Gracelyn Flamiano-Garde
Empowerment of a HIV/AIDS Women’s Group through Mangulukeni Fish Farm: 257
A Case Study from Namibia
Md.Ghulam Kibria and Gosbert Hamutenya
ANNEXES
List of Reviewers 263
Shinning a Light on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries: 265
GAF3 Symposium Summary

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Asian Fisheries Science Special Issue Vol.25S (2012)
Message from the Past and Current AFS Presidents
The 9th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum held on April 21-25, 2011 at the Shanghai
Ocean University was privileged to host the 3rd Global Symposium on Gender in Aquaculture and
Fisheries, as a follow up to the women/gender and fisheries Symposia held in the previous triennial
Fora. In fact, since the 5th Forum in 1998, the Asian Fisheries Society (AFS) has blazed a proud
tradition by providing a venue for professionals and advocates to share their research and action
programs, exchange ideas, and network on, initially “women in fisheries,” and into its current
format as “gender in fisheries.” Every triennial meeting has since drawn a growing delegation of
new researchers and advocates, and the continuing presence of committed persons who regularly
participate in the symposia.
For the first time the AFS Journal (Asian Fisheries Science Journal) is publishing a special
issue on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries featuring papers presented during the 2011 Global
Symposium. We believe it is a credit to the Society to publish an issue dedicated to the concerns and
challenges of women and gender in the fisheries sector in the Asia-Pacific region and even beyond.
The themes captured by the journal articles are wide ranging – descriptions of women’s changing
status, gendered dynamics in fisheries development projects, tools for mainstreaming gender,
women’s livelihoods in aquaculture and fish-processing, micro-finance in coastal communities –
showing the complexity of women and gender issues in fishing and aquaculture but also
highlighting the common threads that run through these issues despite separation of culture and
physical boundaries.
We congratulate the Co-editors for their diligence in seeing this volume through to
publication. A special note of thanks to Meryl Williams, the convenor of the Global Symposium for
her sustained leadership of the “women and gender in fisheries”theme.
Ida M.L. Siason Derek J. Staples
AFS Past-President (2009-2011) AFS President (2011-2013)

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Acknowledgements
This Special Issue of Asian Fisheries Science, Gender in aquaculture and fisheries: moving
the agenda forward, has been made possible by many people and organisations. We first
acknowledge its genesis in the 3rd Global Symposium on Gender and Fisheries (GAF3) held 21-23
April 2011 in Shanghai, China at the 9th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum (9AFAF). For the
conduct of that successful event, we are grateful for the organisational support from the Asian
Fisheries Society, its past and present Council and Presidents, and the Shanghai Ocean University
team, especially Dr T.T. Zhou.
The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) deserves our special
appreciation as it made many aspects of GAF3 and the Special Issue possible. Firstly, FAO provided
the Society greatly appreciated support which enabled participation of representatives from many
developing nations. Very importantly, it also supported the publication of this Special Issue which
can now be freely available immediately online on the Asian Fisheries Science journal website, and
to produce a run of print copies for distribution to key stakeholders. To supplement the gender
deliberations of GAF3, the FAO Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, with support from
FAO’s Multidisciplinary Fund on Gender and Food Security, convened a Special Workshop, Future
Directions for Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Action, Research and Development, on 23-24
April 2011, immediately following GAF3.1
A special mention also goes to the FAO Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme for South
and Southeast Asia, funded by the Spanish Government, that supported several oral presentations at
GAF3 and papers in this Special Issue based on work in the Programme, as well as helping produce
the brochure for the accompanying FAO Special Workshop and GAF3.
In addition, the National Network on Women in Fisheries in the Philippines Inc., the Indian
Council of Agricultural Research and Mundus Maris supported the organisation and conduct of the
GAF3 Symposium.
GAF3 was honoured with a wealth of knowledge shared by all 48 oral and poster presenters
(Appendix II), eight session chairs, and the audience, many of whom stayed throughout all
presentations and contributed to lively questions and discussion. The support from over 100 home
organisations of the presenters and attendees is greatly appreciated. Throughout the publication
process, we also acknowledge the hard work and perseverance of the authors of the 21 published
papers.
1http://genderaquafish.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/gender-brochure-afaf9-gaf3.pdf