Descripción del proyecto
Herramientas para la pesca artesanal y sostenible de invertebrados marinos
La pesca artesanal de invertebrados marinos es un factor importante en cuanto a seguridad alimentaria y crecimiento económico. Aunque es vulnerable a los cambios costeros, suele pasarse por alto en las investigaciones sobre pesca y quedar marginada en los procesos de formulación de políticas. Además, los datos y las estadísticas de pesca no incluyen a las mujeres activamente implicadas. El proyecto SHELLFISH, financiado con fondos europeos, estudiará los numerosos procesos ecológicos y sociales que dan forma y afectan a la pesca artesanal de invertebrados marinos a través de la realización de una investigación transdisciplinar en Timor Oriental en la que se desarrollarán estrategias y herramientas integrales para lograr responsabilidad y sostenibilidad a largo plazo. SHELLFISH combinará métodos antropológicos, ecológicos y de pesca para evaluar la diversidad, la extensión y la dinámica de la pesca artesanal de invertebrados marinos e identificar los impulsores sociales y ecológicos del cambio, la vulnerabilidad y la sostenibilidad.
Objetivo
Marine invertebrate Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF) contribute to food security, nutrition and to national and global economies and growth. Despite their societal and ecological importance and vulnerability to rapid coastal changes, these fisheries remain frequently overlooked in fisheries research, lack of management plans and are marginalized in policy-making processes. Moreover, the role of women, actively involved in these fisheries, is not reflected in fisheries statistics and census data. There is an urgent need for a global perspective in the management of marine invertebrate SSF combined with local assessments and monitoring that integrate fisher’s perceptions,views and knowledge. SHELLFISH aims to understand the multiple social and ecological processes underlying and shaping marine invertebrate SSF, while developing inclusive tools and strategies for their long-term accountability and sustainability. To achieve these goals, the present project will undertake transdisciplinary research in a small, insular country that will display “magnifying glass” effect to the entire process: from theory to applied science to the influence of policy-making processes. SHELLFISH will link anthropological, ecological and fisheries approaches to (i) assess the diversity, extent and dynamics of marine invertebrate SSF, and (ii) identify ecological and social drivers of change, vulnerability and sustainability. Parallelly, the firmly entrenched political position of the host institution in the third country, and a series of wisely planned outreach activities will facilitate the incorporation of research outcomes into policy and governance actions. The project results will create stronger links between knowledge production and societal transformation, and will be of particular interest, including in Europe, where ecological, socio-cultural, economic and political factors are key to explain the vulnerability, resilience, intersectoral and gendered opportunities of the SSF sector.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinador
13572 Marseille
Francia