Guest Editorial: Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries –Navigating Change

1 This article was first published as a Guest Editorial in a special issue of the journal Asian Fisheries Science [Gopal N., Williams M.J., Porter M., Kusakabe K. and Choo P.S. 2014. Guest editorial: Gender in aquaculture and fisheries – Navigating change. Asian Fisheries Science Special Issue 27S:1–14.]. It is reproduced here with their kind authorisation. 2 Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, CIFT Jn., Matsyapuri P.O., Cochin – 682 029, Kerala, India 3 17 Agnew Street, Aspley, Queensland, 4034, Australia 4 Department of Sociology, Memorial University, St. John’s, Canada NL A1C 2Z1 5 Gender and Development Studies, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand 6 147 Cangkat Delima Satu, Island Glades, 11700 Penang, Malaysia * Corresponding author: nikiajith@gmail.com A Special Issue of Asian Fisheries Science journal has been published, which includes 20 papers and a report based on the presentations and posters of the 4th Global Symposium on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries (GAF4) held during the 10th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum, May 2013. GAF4 was the sixth women/gender Symposium organised by the Asian Fisheries Society. For each event, the proceedings or selected papers have been published (Williams et al. 2001; Williams et al. 2002; Choo et al. 2006; Development 2008; Williams et al. 2012a). Worldwide, this is the longest continuous series documenting women and gender issues by a professional fisheries society.

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