TBTI Digest – January 2025
https://mailchi.mp/tbtiglobal.net/january-2025
TBTI Digest – December 2024
https://mailchi.mp/tbtiglobal.net/december2024
TBTI Digest – November 2024
https://mailchi.mp/mun/happy-2024-world-fisheries-day
TBTI Podcast
We are pleased to share with you our new TBTI podcast series that explores our journey from how we started to where we are today. We hope that this series will be interesting to those familiar with our work, those who are new to the network, as well as those who have yet to join.
18th Elisabeth Mann Borgese Ocean Lecture
Elisabeth Mann Borgese Ocean Lecture Series commemorates and celebrates the life and work of Elisabeth Mann Borgese, founder of the International Ocean Institute.
important ocean issues. 2024 EMB Ocean Lecture featured a panel discussion on ‘Small-scale fisheries: Food system, social justice and biodiversity‘.
2024 World Fisheries Day
For 2024 World Fisheries Day, we’re contemplating the idea “Just Harmony,” as a way to bring attention to how small-scale fisheries can help restore or bring harmony to coastal and ocean space. It’s harmony in the sense of being respectful of each other, and of the differences. It is also in the sense of working together to deal with the ‘best’ option that does not necessarily seem to be ‘just’, at least not from the perspective of small-scale fisheries. Just Harmony can be learning moments for all, like learning to live together, despite our differences.
Remembering Evelyn Pinkerton
Evelyn (Lyn) Pinkerton was a maritime anthropologist and a professor at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia. Throughout her life, she worked in fishing communities in Washington State, Alaska, and British Columbia. She has played a key role in developing the theory and practice of power-sharing and stewardship through co-management agreements.
E-book release: Mujeres de Tierra y de Mar / Women of land and sea
The Charles Darwin Foundation is hosting the online launch of their new book, ‘Mujeres de tierra y de mar,’ on November 21, at 15h00 (GTM-6). The book is a collection of testimonies and life experiences from women who have been part of the Galapagos artisanal fisheries.
Celebrating latest achievements of TBTI Japan
Over the past year TBTI Japan has been busy on all fronts, producing several publications, hosting a number of national and international events and working continuously on raising the awareness of the importance and values of small-scale fishing people and communities in Japan.
International Conference on Aquaculture and Fisheries (ICAF)
The International Conference on Aquaculture and Fisheries (ICAF) 2024 was held under the theme ‘Blue Revolution for Healthy People, Economy, and Environment.’ One of the highlights of the conference was the announcement of the TBTI e-book series, The Beauty and Bounty at Risk, the first book dedicated to small-scale fisheries in Nepal.
Ocean People Inspire
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.
Highlights from the First Philippines Small-Scale Fisheries National Symposium (PSSFNS1)
The First Philippines Small-Scale Fisheries National Symposium (PSSFNS1) was held on the 16-18 of October, 2024, at the University of the Philippines Visayas Iloilo City Campus with the theme, “Small-scale Fisheries in the Philippines are Too Big to Ignore”. The symposium was the first of its kind in the country that was highly focused on small-scale fisheries.