“…Women had minimal participation in the C. acoupa fishery, and in Brazil, recruitment of men to the fishery and naval industries has long reinforced the invisibility of women in artisanal fisheries (Fonseca et al, 2016; Goes, 2008). In addition, poor hygiene and sanitary conditions on fishing vessels, and the potential for gender‐based violence, reinforced this scenario (Araújo et al, 2022). In the post‐harvest sector, in contrast, women were involved in both fish processing and sale of fishery products, as in fishery processing plants near the region's major ports (Figure 1), including three plants in Belém, two in Bragança, and one in Vigia.…”