E-book Prelaunch Announcement

We are pleased to announce the upcoming E-book by the Dried Fish Matters Partnership which will celebrate the cultural value of dried fish as food, alongside its social and economic

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In Memoriam: Paul Onyango

Paul Onyango (1970-2022) This April, the SSF community lost a dear friend and colleague, Paul Onyango. Paul was a passionate campaigner for the rights of small-scale fishing communities who believed

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DFM Infographic

University of Ottawa graduate student Colleen Cranmer created this infographic to present the goals and achievements of the SSHRC-funded Dried Fish Matters Partnership, which will be supporting her research in

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Institutional Context of Marine Fisheries in Gujarat

Tara Nair and Himani Baxi have co-authored a review of the policy environment related to marine fisheries in Gujarat. This report focuses on the broader philosophy that guides Gujarat’s approach

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Key locations of dried fish processing and trade in Bangladesh

The latest Working Paper from Dried Fish Matters identifies key locations of the dried fish economy in Bangladesh. The DFM Bangladesh team, consisting of researchers from Bangladesh Agricultural University and

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Dried fish in West Bengal, India

The first Scoping Report by the DFM West Bengal team explores the role of dried fish in two coastal districts, South 24 Parganas and East Medinipur. The history of dried

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Presence of microplastics in two common dried marine fish species from Bangladesh

Microplastics pollution of aquatic environments is a global concern: in 2010, about 275 million tons of plastic products were manufactured throughout the world and significant portions of them ended up

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A social-ecological systems perspective on dried fish value chains

Sisir Pradhan, Prateep Nayak, and Derek Armitage, all from the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo, have recently published an article in Current Research in Environmental Sustainability encouraging

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DFM webinar with Amrita Sen

The DFM West Bengal team hosted a webinar with Amrita Sen on the political ecology of the Indian Sundarbans. If you missed it live, the webinar recording is available to

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Blue Justice for small-scale fisheries

Dried Fish Matters has contributed three short videos to the TBTI Blue Justice “virtual tour” for World Fisheries Day 2021. These videos are available to watch now on the TBTI

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