Dr Raymond Ayilu Marine Policy Richard A Nyiawung, PhD Great to see this and will read/learn/cite with interest - I literally have a document open right now drafting some text on fisheries in Liberia, so this is extremely interesting and helpful!

Did you know the fisheries sector in Ghana employs over 2.5 million people directly and indirectly? #IYAFA2022

Our Nexus postdoctoral fellow Dr Annie Young Song has written a new paper on #China and international #fisheries policy and practice, including regarding #IUU (illegal, unregulated, unreported fishing). tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

A Cape Town ice cream parlor is churning out some very unusual flavors -- including cured fish, dried caterpillars, and malted millet. cnn.it/3c5heuT

Ever wondered exactly what the 'Blue Economy' means? This article gives a great overview. By my talented colleagues in the Ocean Nexus group. The article is free access for a limited time. authors.elsevier.com/a/1fm9N9C~ItyL…

Did you ever imagine the role the dried-smoked pelagic fish trade plays in food security and livelihoods in West Africa? In this latest article, ⁦Richard A Nyiawung, PhD⁩ and I illuminated this ‘hidden’ form of trade in W/A driven mainly by Women. It's free access link.springer.com/article/10.100…

bit.ly/3V3tDRB Fish trade across borders from Ghana to Benin & Togo is significant - carried out by experienced, networked women traders, working in multiple currencies, serving consumers demand despite weak infrastructure & access to credit Dr Raymond Ayilu Richard A Nyiawung, PhD

Thanks to Genderaquafish for the grant support.

It's been engaging at the 4th World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. Coastal fishing livelihoods ought to be safeguarded in the phase of immense blue economy/growth pressures. ⁦Too Big To Ignore⁩ ⁦Fisheries & Aquaculture⁩

We are launching the Climate, Society and Environment Research Centre (C-SERC) on 9th December! It's in person at UTS, showcasing some of our work and with a talk by Prof Dipesh Chakrabarty. For further information and to register see: events.humanitix.com/c-serc-launch

A new investigation by Environmental Justice Foundation reveals how rampant illegal fishing & overfishing by Chinese-owned industrial trawlers, & a culture of corruption threaten fisheries that millions of Ghanaians depend on. Read the report here 👉 buff.ly/3uCkzrd Environmental Justice Foundation Ghana

Excited to begin 2023. Together with ⁦Michael Fabinyi⁩ ⁦Kate Barclay,⁩ we argue in this paper that contrary to the rhetoric of innovation, the blue economy for maritime fishing is more abt industrialisation, with impacts on coastal fishing link.springer.com/article/10.100…

I am excited to share my first sole-authored publication being the third paper of my PhD. In context of the growing #BlueEconomy, this paper examines the difficulties facing #SSF in Ghana's port communities. Free download for the next 50 days. Click link doi.org/10.1007/s40152…

🚨 New Publication Alert 🚨 Except for few cooperation (most of which are exploitative), industrial and SSF relations are conflictual. We show in this paper that conflict acts both as a tool and a symptom of #blueeconomy exclusion in #marine fisheries sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New research alert! 📝 Our paper explores growth trajectories of women fish processors in Ghana, revealing how they move from subsistence to business expansion through innovative practices and training. doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.… #Ghana #FishProcessing