Women fishing in Oceania

Journal Article · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · Hum. Ecol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00888026· OSTI ID:6981162

Chapman, M D

Women's fishing in Oceania has been overlooked in most subsistence studies in the region and, as a consequence, there are few quantitative data available upon which to base an assessment of its importance. However, in the present study, the few data available on women's fishing in Oceania are examined, and these show that women contribute significantly to marine food yields in the region. Also, it is suggested that the highly regular nature of women's fishing makes women more reliable, and therefore more effective than men as suppliers of protein for subsistence. The implications of these findings for future development policies in the region are then discussed.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane (Australia)
• OSTI ID: 6981162
• Journal Information: Hum. Ecol.; (United States), Vol. 15:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
FISHERIES
HUMAN FACTORS
PLANNING
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
OCEANIA
FISHING INDUSTRY
WOMEN
PRODUCTIVITY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
ECONOMIC POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
FISHES
HISTORICAL ASPECTS
MEN
NUTRITION
PROTEINS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
FEMALES
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
INDUSTRY
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
MALES
MAMMALS
MAN
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PRIMATES
VERTEBRATES
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