The African Great Lakes (AGL) are among the world’s most important freshwater ecosystems, supporting fisheries that employ over 5 million people. Women represent the majority of traders and processors of fish. Small fish species, particularly in dried form, dominate the market supply. Known as Dagaa, these small fish species constitute 75% of the catches from […]
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Fresh and dried marine fish are deeply ingrained in the culture and traditions of Kerala, a coastal state in southern India. The state’s proximity to the Arabian Sea, along with its backwaters and numerous rivers, has historically provided abundant access to various fish. This working paper examines the importance of dried fish within the non-vegetarian […]
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Dried Fish Matters: The e-book
We have the great pleasure of announcing, on behalf of the editors and authors, publication of the full and final version of the first DFM e-book to coincide with World Fisheries Day 2023! The full book is freely available in two downloadable sizes at https://tbtiglobal.net/dried-fish-matters-e-book/. We would like to express our deep gratitude to TBTI Global and, […]
Ben Belton and Shakuntala Thilsted are co-authors on two major new papers that assess the contexts that shape how fish and aquatic products influence nutritional and economic outcomes for producers and consumers in Bangladesh and Myanmar. The Bangladesh paper looks at the importance of integrated aquaculture for economic and nutrition security. The Myanmar paper (a […]
DFM is delighted to announce important new publications on the co-production of knowledge and just transitions in West Bengal’s dried fish sector and on the place of fish in nutrition transitions in Myanmar. Congratulations to the Ghosh, Mukherjee, Belton, Thilsted, and the other authors involved! Ghosh, Raktima, Jenia Mukherjee, Aishik Bandyopadhyay, Subhradeep Chatterjee, Anuradha Choudry, […]
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Recent DFM Publications
We would like to highlight five recent articles published by members of Dried Fish Matters. Implications of utilization shifts of marine fish in India: a macro‑level empirical analysis is a collaboration between multiple members of DFM lead authored by Prasanna Surathkal. Accepted in December 2022, the article analyzes structural changes in aquaculture production that suggest […]
We are very excited to announce the publication of “Dried fish at the intersection of food science, economy, and culture: A global survey” in the journal Fish and Fisheries. This major literature survey from the Dried Fish Matters project is the result of a collaborative effort to catalogue and analyze more than 1100 publications directly […]
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 to fisheries development, presenting a brief overview of the trajectory of the evolution of fisheries sector policies at the national level with elaboration on the Gujarat case.