ZSL #026 Shifting tides: how can small-scale fisheries help address the Sustainable Development Goals?
ZSL Wild Science Podcast
English - February 10, 2020 15:30 - 43 minutes - 63.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Education london animals climatechange conservation environment instituteofzoology science species wildlife zoo Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Small-scale fisheries (SSFs) provide around two-thirds of the world’s catch intended for human consumption, and support 90% of employment in the fisheries sector, therefore should have a huge role to play in achieving some of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Despite this, they are barely mentioned. Monni finds out from a panel of SSF a-fish-ionados why SSFs are being overlooked, what we can learn from them, and how we can better incorporate SSFs into policy, to meet human needs while safeguarding marine biodiversity. But where does gender come into this? And what is this creature that breeds like a plant but feeds like a carnivore?