Great learning opportunities in Cyprus
Earlier this July, a group of small-scale fisheries researchers, fishers, and representatives of NGOs meet in Cyprus for the second symposium of the 2024 SSF Regional Symposium series.
July 16, 2024
News & UPDATES
Small-scale fisheries in all agenda at COFI36
The FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) meets every two years, mainly for Member States to review and discuss the latest State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) report and other key topics.
July 15, 2024
TBTI Project Manager receives President’s Award for Exemplary Employees – Champion of Innovation
Vesna Kerezi, TBTI Program Manager and Communication Specialist was recently awarded Memorial University’s President’s Award for Exemplary Employees in the Champions of Innovation category.
December 14, 2023
Assessing the Risks, Vulnerability, and Response Capacity in the Fishing Communities of Telchac Harbor and Dzilam de Bravo, Mexico
This Spring, the CINVESTAV-Merida fisheries lab, in collaboration with TBTI Global, organized two workshops that focused on the risks, vulnerability, and response capacity in the Dzilam de Bravo and Telchac Puerto fishing communities in the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico.
December 14, 2023
Celebrating 2023 World Fisheries Day: New Era of Support for Small-Scale Fisheries
After several years of online celebrations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, TBTI Global finally celebrated the World Fisheries Day in person again! This year’s event was centered around the theme of the New Era of Support for Small-Scale Fisheries, building on the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022), celebrated worldwide last year.
December 12, 2023
From counting fish to exploring the human side of fisheries: My journey into small-scale fisheries research
Nova Almine recently completed her Master’s degree in Geography at Memorial University in Canada where she studied dried fish value chain dynamics in Thailand. Her study demonstrated the adaptability of dried fish actors as fishers, producers, and vendors who embraced digital marketing strategies to deal with pandemic-related challenges.
December 6, 2023
TBTI Philippines Conducts 2nd ExeCom Meeting
The National Consortium for Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF) Research and Development or Too Big To Ignore (TBTI) Philippines had its Second Executive Committee Meeting last 13 November 2023 at the Batangas State University ARASOF – Nasugbu (BatStateU ARASOF-Nasugbu). The 2nd ExeCom meeting was hosted by the BatStateU ARASOF-Nasugbu.
November 30, 2023
New e-book release: The Gift of Community
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.
June 28, 2023
TOWARD A NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT
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.
April 16, 2021
Governing in an uncertain time: the case of Sakura shrimp fishery, Japan
Known as the “Jewel of Suruga Bay,” Sakura shrimp has long been an important fishery that supports the economy of the local communities in Suruga Bay, Shizuoka, Japan.
April 8, 2021
Community responses to international trade policy: A Newfoundland case study
Former TBTI and OFI Master of Arts in Geography student Jack Daly and TBTI Director Dr. Ratana Chuenpagdee published an article in Ocean & Coastal Management in March on their research into trade policy and its effect on Newfoundland and Labradors fisheries.
April 8, 2021
The Transdisciplinary Journey
Engaging in transdisciplinarity is a lifelong journey. In September 2020, TBTI Global welcomed over 55 participants from 24 countries to the TBTI Transdisciplinary Learning platform.
January 28, 2021
Not so small after all
In the past two months, I have had an opportunity to speak to the Japanese public regarding small-scale fisheries issues as well as regarding Too Big To Ignore (TBTI) and Vulnerability to Viability (V2V).
January 9, 2021
E-book: Small-scale fisheries in Africa – a regional portrait
‘Small-Scale Fisheries in Africa: A Regional Portrait’ aims at presenting what small-scale fisheries in Africa look like, how important they are to the livelihoods of millions of people in the continent, and the challenges they are facing, through the contribution of case study profiles by researchers and practitioners engaged in this region.
January 7, 2021
Splitting Hairs
It is not sufficient to be morally concerned about justice for small-scale fisheries. We also need to know what we are talking about and how we should acquire more knowledge. For that, we will benefit from an analytical framework that is broad enough to help guide us in capturing the many complexities, dimensions and dilemmas of Blue Justice.
January 7, 2021
Is your paper in ISSF?
Do you want people to know about your research in SSF? ISSF offers the most comprehensive information system of all things SSF. Check out the ‘State-of-the-Art’ interactive data visualization and
August 17, 2020
TBTI Japan Research Network
About the network As the launch of the new fishing boat, the ship of the TBTI Japan Research Network is now out into the ocean! Congratulations! Japan’s fisheries governance is
August 17, 2020
Why Should Everyone Care about Small-Scale Fisheries
August 17, 2020 Prepared by: Andrew Tsai,Graduate student at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Before being hired as a temporary research assistant with TBTI Global in May, 2020, I have
August 17, 2020
Unlocking legal and policy frameworks for SSF
Share your knowledge Unlocking legal and policy frameworks for Small-Scale Fisheries Call for contribution In June 2014, the Committee on Fisheries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
July 15, 2020
Your contributed dataset – what it says?
You contributed a dataset to ISSF? Congratulations!What does the data says and what can you do with it? There are many ways to explore data in ISSF that you have
July 15, 2020