TBTI Digest – September 2025
https://mailchi.mp/tbtiglobal.net/september-2025
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.
TBTI Digest – August 2025
https://mailchi.mp/tbtiglobal.net/august-2025
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.
Call for submission for an upcoming e-book by TBTI Colombia
We are inviting submissions for an upcoming e-book focused on small-scale fisheries in Colombia, which will be published in the TBTI Global Publication Series. This e-book is supported by SIANI as part of the Expert Group on Small-Scale Fisheries in Latin America.
TBTI Digest – July 2025
https://mailchi.mp/tbtiglobal.net/july2025
TBTI at the 2025 People & the Sea (MARE) Conference
A number of TBTI Global members, including TBTI Director and the coordinators of several TBTI hubs, attended the 2025 MARE Conference in Amsterdam, which took place on 24-27th of June.
#5 World SSF Congress announcement
We are excited to share with you the announcement for the #5 World SSF Congress, which will be held on April 27 to May 1, 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand. The congress will be hosted by TBTI Global, in partnership with Thailand Department of Fisheries, SEAFDEC, and other key organizations.
Jewel Das successfully defended his PhD on coastal megaprojects in Bangladesh in the Blue Economy
On February 18th, 2025, Jewel successfully defended his PhD at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) and the University of Bremen, Germany. His dissertation, titled “Coastal Megaprojects in the Blue Economy: Towards Equity and Transformation for the Coastal Poor – A Case Study from Bangladesh,” examines the social impacts of large-scale coastal developments on small-scale fisheries.