Socioeconomic dynamics of the Ghanaian tuna industry: a value-chain approach to understanding aspects of global fisheries

O’Neill, Elizabeth Drury; Asare, Noble Kwame; Aheto, DW

doi:10.2989/1814232x.2018.1513866

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“…The findings of this study show that, despite recent attempts to improve gender equality, women directly and indirectly involved in the tuna fishery continue to be affected by gender-based discrimination leading to disadvantage and ongoing inequality (O'Neill et al 2018;Prieto-Carolino et al 2021). Moreover, evidence from this research demonstrates unintended outcomes for women because of policy initiatives focussed on addressing inequality and enhancing women's involvement in tuna fisheries, specifically in the form of gender-based violence.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…Research has considered the roles of women in tunaprocessing factories (Prieto-Carolino et al 2021), women as intermediaries and financiers of fishing expeditions in Ghana, West Africa (O'Neill et al 2018), and the gendered division of labour whereby women occupy roles requiring attention to detail, receive less money than men, and women's experiences of sexual harassment (Prieto-Carolino et al 2021). Moreover, research focused on fisheries governance with roots in equality, such as Ghana's improved gender policy in fisheries, found increased capacity, confidence, and engagement of women in fisheries management (Torell et al 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

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What does gender have to do with the price of tuna? Social-ecological systems view of women, gender, and governance in Fiji’s tuna fishery

2022

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Western and Central Pacific (WCP) tuna fisheries form part of a broad and complex social and ecological system (SES). This consists of interconnected elements including people (social, cultural, economic) and the biophysical environment in which they live. One area that has received little attention by policy makers is gender. Gender is important because it deepens understandings of behaviours, roles, power relations, policies, programs, and services that may differentially impact on social, ecological, economic, cultural, and political realities of people. This paper contributes a “first step” to examining gender issues in WCP tuna SES. Women’s roles in WCP tuna SES in Fiji are explored and an evaluation of the impact fisheries development policy has on gender equality over the past two decades is revealed. Three key findings emerged from interviews, focus group discussions, and observations: 1) traditional gendered roles remain where women are marginalised in either invisible or low-paid and unskilled roles, and violence is sanctioned; 2) gender mainstreaming of policy and practice remain simplistic and narrow, but are transitioning towards more equitable outcomes for women; and 3) failure to consider gender within the context of WCP tuna SES leads to unintended outcomes that undermine potential benefits of the fishery to broader society, especially to women. A multifaceted approach is recommended to integrate substantive gender equality into SES-based approaches. This research argues educating and getting women opportunities to work on boats falls short of redressing inequality and injustice that is embedded in the social, political, and economic status quo.

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What does gender have to do with the price of tuna? Social-ecological systems view of women, gender, and governance in Fiji’s tuna fishery

2022

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“…This is in marked contrast to wider trends in African inland fisheries where women are reported to comprise 69% of fish processors for countries studied (De Graaf and Garibaldi, 2014) and for SSF globally, where women dominate the post-harvest stage numerically if not always economically (Weeratunge et al, 2010;Harper et al, 2013;Kleiber et al, 2015). In sub-Saharan Africa, women are often the main intermediaries in low-value fisheries (Abbott et al, 2007;Fiorella et al, 2014;Manyungwa et al, 2019); but can also occupy positions of power as traders, gear owners and credit providers in higher-value marine fisheries (Walker, 2001;O'Neill et al, 2018a).…”

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Trading Fast and Slow: Fish Marketing Networks Provide Flexible Livelihood Opportunities on an East African Floodplain

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2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Domestic marketing networks in inland small-scale fisheries (SSF) provide food and income to millions of the rural poor globally. Yet these contributions remain undervalued, as most trade is informal and unmonitored, and inland fisheries overlooked in research and policy. Taking a commodity chain approach, we provide a case study of access arrangements governing how people come to enter and benefit from the freshwater fish trade on Tanzania's Rufiji River floodplain. We conducted a repeat market survey, interviews, and participant observation with actors at all levels of the district trade over 15 months. Gender, age, and social capital structured participation patterns, with younger men dominating the more lucrative but riskier fresh trade, older men prioritizing steady income from smoked fish, and women culturally constrained to selling a “cooked” product (i.e., fried fish). Nearly all participants were local, with traders drawing on a complex web of relationships to secure supplies. The majority of market vendors cited the trade as their household's most important income source, with women's earnings and consumption of unsold fish likely to have substantial benefits for children's well-being. Our findings reveal a resilient and pro-poor trade system where, starting with small initial investments, people overcame considerable environmental, financial, regulatory, and infrastructural challenges to reliably deliver fish to rural and urban consumers. Preserving the ecological integrity of Rufiji wetlands in the face of hydro-power development and climate change should be a priority to safeguard the livelihoods and well-being of local inhabitants.

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“…While some communities and individuals are linked to many others, some are relatively isolated, which may, in turn, limit their access to resources. For example, women in the Ghanaian tuna industry occupy a unique and important niche in a maledominated industry-they work as intermediaries, financing fishing expeditions, which gives them access to a large share of the catch (O'Neill et al 2018). The position of an individual in a network can have widespread repercussions for individual and collective behavior.…”

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Cognition and behavior in context: a framework and theories to explain natural resource use decisions in social-ecological systems

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The complex, context-dependent, and dynamic nature of human behavior is increasingly recognized as both an important cause of sustainability problems and potential leverage for their solution. Human beings are diverse, as are the social, ecological, and institutional settings in which they are embedded. Despite this recognition and extensive knowledge about human decision-making in the behavioral sciences, empirical analysis, formal models, and decision support for sustainability policy in natural resource management often either neglect human behavior or are based on narrow and overly simplistic assumptions. Integrating insights from behavioral sciences into sustainability research and policy remains a challenge. This is in part due to the abundance and fragmentation of theories across the social sciences and in part the challenges of translating research across disciplines. We provide a set of tools to support the integration of knowledge about human behavior into empirical and model-based sustainability research. In particular, we (i) develop a process-oriented framework of embedded human cognition (Human Behavior-Cognition in Context or HuB-CC), (ii) select an initial set of 31 theories with the potential to illuminate behavior in natural resource contexts and map them onto the framework, and (iii) suggest pathways for using the framework and mapping to encourage trans-disciplinary investigations, identify and compare theories, and facilitate their integration into empirical research, formal models, and ultimately policy and governance for sustainability. Our theory selection, framework, and mapping offer a foundation—a “living” platform—upon which future collaborative efforts can build to create a resource for scholars and practitioners working at the intersection of social sciences and natural resource management.

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Socioeconomic dynamics of the Ghanaian tuna industry: a value-chain approach to understanding aspects of global fisheries

Cited by 16 publications

References 18 publications

What does gender have to do with the price of tuna? Social-ecological systems view of women, gender, and governance in Fiji’s tuna fishery

What does gender have to do with the price of tuna? Social-ecological systems view of women, gender, and governance in Fiji’s tuna fishery

Trading Fast and Slow: Fish Marketing Networks Provide Flexible Livelihood Opportunities on an East African Floodplain

Cognition and behavior in context: a framework and theories to explain natural resource use decisions in social-ecological systems

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