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A look at markets, trade relations & fisher behaviour My PhD thesis in Sustainability Science from the Stockholm Resilience Centre was defended in November 2018. In the video below you can listen to some of my main findings, with some very bad filming from my field sites in the Philippines and Zanzibar 😛 Or you […]

Thanks to GAFS for taking our little article about the fisherwomen of Concepcion – Julie (my amazing research assistant from 2025) and I wrote a short piece describing the species they glean, catch and work with as well as some descriptions of their livelihoods. Just to get it out there! Check it here 

Access the article here: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pan3.10742 FINALLY the first of my two papers from my Postdoc with the OctoPINTS project is out- its only took yeeeaaaaaars and two babies but its finally done! I made a very informal short video explaining the study in an accessible way (hopefully), see above, and below is a little summary. I was inspired

Access the open article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26395916.2024.2412616 A new paper just published from my Postdoc with the OctoPINTS project https://octopints.wordpress.com/ Abstract: Our study of periodic octopus closures helps to fill an empirical gap in community-based marine protected area (MPA) research on socially-diverse multidimensional wellbeing impacts. Human wellbeing provides a more meaningful and holistic measure of social impacts than

In Philippine fishing communities, gender roles have a bigger influence than price on fishers’ business decisions. Story Highlights: 251 Philippine fisherwomen and fishermen participated in a behavioural economic experiment exploring the link between global market price and fishing behaviour. Gender roles were found to be a stronger predictor than price. Fishers’ will and capacity to

Ghana’s unique female intermediaries are increasingly squeezed out by global seafood companies. Story Highlights: Story highlights: Tuna has been exploited in Ghana for centuries but over the past 50 years it has developed into a global industry. Female traders called Big Mammies are responsible for sales of up to 25% of the landed tuna to

Patron-client relations in the Philippines buffer fisheries against immediate impacts of natural disasters. But long-term sustainability may suffer due to the combination with current fishery conditions. Story Highlights: Patron-client relations buffer fisheries against immediate impacts of typhoons and filter aid interventions. This can have negative consequences for the long-term sustainability of livelihoods and the marine

Study looks at relationships within small-scale fishery market systems, moving beyond economics transactions and fisher-trader connections. Study Highlights: New study looks at complexities of small-scale fishery market structures in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Study highlights importance of understanding the fisher-trader relationship with respect to the broader societal-system in which it’s embedded and considers gender roles. Study also