Dried Fish MattersWe 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.
The latest Working Paper from Dried Fish Matters identifies key locations of the dried fish economy in Bangladesh.
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.
DFM and NAG have published results of the first ever dedicated large-scale survey of dried fish consumption habits in Myanmar. This study reveals numerous important insights into role and significance of dried fish consumption in the country, which might be missed or underreported when using less specialized survey instruments.
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 in marine environments. New research undertaken by DFM researchers and colleagues at Bangladesh Agricultural University confirms the presence of microplastics in two popular species of dried fish sold in Bangladesh: Bombay duck and ribbon fish.
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 us to take a social-ecological systems (SES) perspective on dried fish value chains.