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Evaluación de la diversidad de la fauna de peces demersales profundos del Mar Caribe colombiano
Full text linkSe recopilaron registros georreferenciados de peces demersales profundos del Mar Caribe colombiano con el fin de evaluar el nivel de cobertura de la prospección y la integridad geográfica de los inventarios de riqueza específica a una escala de celdas de 15 min por 15 min, en vista de las amenazas de la pesca y la explotación de petróleo y gas. Identificamos una rica fauna con un mínimo de 362 especies registradas. Se identificaron áreas con alta riqueza específica observada y predicha. La cobertura de los registros y la completitud geográfica de la riqueza resultaron ser deficientes sin que ninguna celda alcanzara el estado de unidad espacial bien muestreada, estando el 83% de los fondos de la Zona Económica Exclusiva del Caribe colombiano sin explorar, en particular aquellas profundidades superiores a los 1.000 m. Se hace un llamamiento para renovar los esfuerzos de prospección con un enfoque en la protección de la biota de aguas profundas del Caribe colombiano
Epibiosis por Balaenophilus unisetus (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) en rorcual común, Balaenoptera physalus (Mysticeti: Balaenopteridae), varado en Isla de Margarita, Venezuela
Full text linkLa epibiosis es una estrategia común en muchos organismos acuáticos, y puede constituir una herramienta de estudio muy valiosa en ecología y conservación. Las ballenas barbadas conforman un taxón muy vulnerable a las pesquerías, lo que exige grandes esfuerzos para su preservación. El varamiento de un ejemplar macho de Balaenoptera physalus en aguas del nororiente venezolano permitió evaluar puntualmente el fenómeno epibiótico. El tegumento del cetáceo fue evaluado in situ, trasladándose algunas barbas al laboratorio para su estudio pormenorizado. El único epibionte observado, aunque en número muy abundante, fue el copépodo harpacticoide Balaenophilus unisetus. Se describen los diferentes estadios de desarrollo detectados: adulto, copepoditos (cinco) y nauplios (tres), acompañándose de ilustraciones y las mediciones pertinentes. Se presentan y discuten aspectos morfológicos, biogeográficos y de hospedero. Resalta de este estudio: la expansión del ámbito geográfico del copépodo, siendo el primer registro en aguas del Atlántico Occidental, caribeñas y venezolanas; la observación de algunos pocos caracteres morfológicos discrepantes a los previamente descritos, los cuales pudieran referir a distintos morfotipos del epibionte; y la primera detección de un tercer estadio naupliar para B. unisetus
US: relief misdirected
Full text linkSmall-scale fisheries are important for the food security of the United States. Yet relief measures during the COVID-19 pandemic favour industrial operators, and are unsustainable. When the global COVID-19 pandemic hit the US in March 2020, no one knew for certain what it would mean for the seafood industry, let alone small- to mid-scale fishing operations. With most restaurants, hotels and catering services forced to shut down or drastically curtail operations, and with the complete shutdown of schools and universities, the demand for seafood reduced by nearly 80 per cent. Alongside this, transportation restrictions to stem the tide of the virus broke the supply chains of fishing operations
ASFA survey shows aquatic science libraries, impacted by COVID-19, are still able to help in their communities
Full text linkBetween August and October 2020, ASFA ran a survey to assess the impact of COVID-19 on aquatic science libraries around the world. With restrictions in many places library staff and patrons were unable to access buildings, we were interested to find out what impact this was having on staff and learn whether libraries were helping their communities respond to the virus. This article presents a summary of the survey results, further analysis will be undertaken by the ASFA Impact and Strategies Working Group, looking particularly at ways in which libraries can mitigate the impact of the pandemic. Librarians have many transferable skills which can be of use to local and global communities during these difficult times and it is vital we let communities know what we can offer
Yemaya No.62, December 2020
Full text linkThe International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) has released the latest edition of Yemaya, its newsletter on gender and fisheries.
Yemaya No. 62, dated December 2020, features articles from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Ghana, Mexco and the conversation between Meryl Williams, Danika Klieber and Kate Bevitt.
The article from Bangladesh by Md. Mujibul Haque Munir reveals that women in Bangladesh’s coastal fishing continue to remain largely unrecognized and that urgent steps are needed to rectify this situation.
The article from Myanmar by Angela Lentisco looks at the challenge of FAO’s FishAdapt project in strengthening the adaptive capacity and resilience of fisheries -and aquaculture dependent livelihoods and limited opportunity to work as wage labour in the commercial fishing business.
The article from Ghana by Naana Nkansah Agyekum looks at the gradual transformation of the ahotor oven which represents an improvement on the widely used chorkor smoke. The ahotor oven is energy efficient and helps women fish processors reduce the quantity of firewood in smoking fish.
The conversation between Kate Bevitt, Danika Kleiber and Meryl Williams focuses on the collaborative study, Illuminating Hidden Harvests. The conversation highlights the under recognition and under reporting of women’s work
Obituary: Sidney Holt: A towering intellect
No full textWith the death of Sidney Holt late last year, the world lost a man blessed with a towering intellect, boundless curiosity and an unwavering commitment to conservation. Sidney began his professional life in 1947 at the Fisheries Laboratory in Lowestoft, UK. Michael Graham was the lab’s director then and he set Sidney on the path that led, a decade later, to the publication of what is often called the Bible of fisheries science and which he co-authored with Ray Beverton. Titled On the Dynamics of Exploited Fish Populations, that seminal work, frequently described as the most-cited reference in fisheries science, continues to underpin fisheries management to this day. Not bad for a first effort
Estimation of Nutrient Load from Aquaculture Farms in Manila Bay, Philippines
Full text linkWaste from aquaculture is considered as one of the possible causes of water quality deterioration in Manila Bay. Aquaculture in the area accounts for almost 30% of the total production in the Philippines. This high production entails intensified application of inputs that could possibly contribute to the nutrient (nitrogen, N and phosphorus, P) load in the bay. Thus, estimation of the N, P and SO4 loaded from aquaculture farms is necessary to develop more responsive intervention to reduce nutrient load in Manila Bay. Water samples were collected throughout the rearing period from different aquaculture systems in Cavite, Bulacan, Pampanga, and Bataan. The annual estimated N and P loaded from aquaculture farms were 12, 696.66 MT and 2, 363.01 MT, respectively. Fish pens/cages recorded the highest contribution accounting for 88% N and 86% P of the total load. It can be attributed to the direct release of uneaten feeds into the bodies of water. Roughly, 12% N and 14% P were obtained from the fishponds. Furthermore, the annual SO4 loaded from fishponds was estimated at 36,917.54 MT. Results of the study suggested that there should be an extensive monitoring of the environmental impacts and annual load of aquaculture farms for the sustainable regulations and management of aquaculture activities to reduce nutrient load and improve the aquaculture production as well. Finally, strict compliance to the regulatory guidelines and ordinances must be imposed to achieve the effluent quality standards
Blue economy: On and by the water
Full text linkWithout proper implementation of the SSF Guidelines, plans for the Blue Economy and Blue Growth will come to naught for small-scale fisheries. The European Union presents the Blue Economy and Blue Growth as follows: “Europe can unlock the untapped potential for growth in its blue economy while safeguarding biodiversity and protecting the environment. Traditional sectors such as maritime transport and maritime and coastal tourism will gain in competitiveness. Growing emerging sectors, such as ocean renewable energy and blue biotechnology, can become a key to creating more jobs, clean energy, and more products and services.
SAMUDRA Report No.83, September 2020
Full text linkThis issue was designed as a special edition to complement ICSF's campaign celebrating the contributions of small-scale fisheries to nutrition and food security within a human-rights-based framework. As the SAMUDRA Comment notes, the COVID-19 pandemic reminds us of the connection between food, health systems, sustainable development and human rights, and offers an opportunity to build back and build forward better.
The articles in this edition of SAMUDRA Report – from 10 countries in Africa, Asia, South America and Oceania – reflect on the pandemic's impacts on fisheries, and situates the components of food security in the lives and livelihoods of SSF in several countries.
The individual articles are as follows:
Indonesia: COVID-19 lockdown measures have struck small-scale fishers
United States: COVID-19 relief measures have favoured industrial operators
Brazil: COVID-19 threatens the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable indigenous communities in the Amazon
Malawi: Fish is an unrecognized element of trade in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Ghana: A study explored how access to affordable small fish will reduce hunger and improve nutrition
Indonesia: The unique flavours of the East Java cuisine come from the traditional fish processing technique of pindang
Timor-Leste: The island nation is closing the gender gap while also providing food security
India: Managed sensibly, inland water bodies can provide the country with sustainable food security
India: The use of fishmeal to grow shrimp is exporting the precious nutrition that India’s children deserve
Analysis: A roadmap is needed for the role of fish in the right to food and nutrition
Nigeria: More than COVID-19 itself, the lockdowns have hit the country's unorganized small-scale fishers harder
Pacific Islands: The push for 30 percent MPAs must not bypass the democratic route used by small island nations to improve fisheries and incomes
Analysis: The 1960 UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) failed to reach agreement, with India, Chile and Ecuador playing decisive roles
SSF / Blue Economy: There is no reason to wait for consensus on what is justice before acting on injustice in small-scale fisheries
Review: An award-winning film captures the complexities of small-scale fishers and fish processors in West Afric
Blue economy: splitting hairs
Full text linkThere is no reason to wait for consensus on what is justice before we do something about injustice in small-scale fisheries. With the Blue Economy/Blue Growth now spreading around the world, I believe the issue of social justice for small-scale fisheries is an important and increasingly urgent issue, also for social research. We now have the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines), a landmark achievement when member-states of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) endorsed them in June 2014. I believe that if states do nothing to implement the guidelines, the Blue Economy will come at a loss to small-scale fisheries. Then the many injustices they have faced for so long will only exacerbate