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TBTI Digest – November 2025
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Highlights from the Second Philippines Small-Scale Fisheries National Symposium (PSSFNS2)
The Second Philippines Small-Scale Fisheries National Symposium (PSSFNS2) was held last 21-23 October 2025 at the Mindanao State University – Main Campus, Marawi City, with the theme, ‘From Recognition to Action: Advancing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Philippines’.
2025 World Fisheries Day
Join us for the celebration of inland small-scale fisheries on the 2025 World Fisheries Day.
TBTI Mexico – A sea of hope
TBTI Mexico is holding its second workshop, focusing on local solutions to national, regional and global problems in small-scale fisheries. The highlight of the workshop will undoubtedly be the launch of the TBTI Mexico e-book ‘Un Mar de Retos y Oportunidades en la Pesca Artesanal Mexicana’.
Call for contributions for an upcoming e-book by TBTI Chile
The upcoming Chile’s Co-Management Revolution is a collaborative e-book that highlights how small-scale fisheries are Too Big To Ignore, and have found co-management to be an essential tool for ensuring their sustainability.
New series of essays on small-scale fisheries by Dr. Yinji Li
The Kamogawa Shuppan Publisher has started featuring Dr. Yinji Li’s series of essays on small-scale fisheries, ‘Fisheries Sustainability from the Age of 13: SMALL Protects the World’.
Article on Canada-Japan sister program: Girls Who Fish
‘Girls Who Fish’ activities are being developed in Canada and Japan to contribute to the improvement of gender issues, with the view that ‘women’ and ‘gender’ are important factors in realizing the sustainability of small-scale fisheries.
In the Backseat of Celebration: Nepal’s Indigenous Fisherfolk
This year, Nepal celebrated the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples in a grand way with cultural parades, exhibitions, and programs supported by national and international organizations, including FAO and UNESCO. These events honoured the diversity of our Indigenous heritage, from language to land stewardship.
Article: Rethinking the Blue Economy: Integrating social science for sustainability and justice
In order to fulfill the Blue Economy’s promise of sustainable and just ocean use, its scientific foundation must more fully integrate the social sciences. Drawing on insights from real-world scientific networking initiatives, the authors identify three key contributions of the social sciences and propose a strategy to redefine the Blue Economy.
Md. Ruyel M. Miah successfully defended his PhD about transboundary governance of the Sundarbans mangrove forest
Md Ruyel Miah, a member of TBTI Bangladesh, successfully defended his PhD dissertation in Sustainability Management on July 31st 2025 at the University of Waterloo, Canada. His PhD dissertation focuses on the transboundary governance of the Sundarbans mangrove forest, shared between Bangladesh and India.
TBTI Digest
November 2025
Check our monthly newsletter with the news from the TBTI Global community and our partners. Stay in the know about the latest research, publications, events, and other important updates related to small-scale fisheries.
TBTI Hubs
TBTI country hubs are established to strengthen the national network of researchers and stakeholders supporting small-scale fisheries, highlight their contribution to food security, social wellbeing and ecosystem health, and enhance the inclusion of small-scale fisheries in national policies and development strategies.
Please contact us if you would like to establish a hub in your country, and help make small-scale fisheries too big to ignore!
Publications
As in his previous writing and the first two books, and even more so in this one, Svein brings wisdom from philosophers and big thinkers in social sciences into fisheries discourse, which helps broaden our understanding about small-scale fisheries and transform how we approach them in research, and in governance.
The e-book features contributions from emerging and amateur writings who participated in the NL Writes Short Story Competition. The competition emphasized inclusive participation, reflection, and dialogue, while featuring mentorship, feedback, and celebration.
This e-book is an exceptionally comprehensive exploration of small-scale fisheries in Canada. It includes a tapestry of narratives, perspectives, and research that spans across the country and along its coasts. The diverse voices in this volume illuminate the profound impact of Canadian small-scale fisheries on the social, cultural, and economic fabric of inshore and coastal communities, and their pivotal role as key stewards of Canada’s aquatic ecosystems.
This volume, consisting of essays, recipes, stories, and reflections contributed by members of the Dried Fish Matters partnership, provides a commentary on why dried fish matters – to us as researchers, to the communities in which dried fish is produced and consumed, and to the gastronomic heritage of humanity.
More to Sea is a project and book by Dutch marine governance graduate Mariëlle Klein Lankhorst. After her studies she travelled through Europe in her little marine blue car Babet to interview small-scale fishers.
This book is a follow up, or a continuation rather, of the 2019 book titled ‘Life Above Water: Essays on human experiences of small-scale fisheries’. The aim of the the new book is to explain how they come together and how they must be seen as a whole.
This book is a comprehensive guide for small-scale fisheries in Bangladesh for those interested in learning more about this vital sector. It provides an overview of the importance of small-scale fisheries, the challenges they face, and the opportunities they offer.
The book covers a wide range of concepts and themes that help make sense of small-scale fisheries as an important global phenomenon. Prof. Berkes also shares insightful lessons from his prolific academic life, along with some personal stories about the major twists and turns.