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Strengthening organizations and collective action in fisheries. Towards the formulation of a capacity development programme

Workshop report and case studies 4–6 November 2014, Barbados

Year of publication 2016

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 419 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-109437-2

Series title FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Proceedings

Series number 41

Synopsis (short abstract) The publication will present in-depth case studies of fisher organizations and collective action conducted by partners in Barbados, Costa Rica, Belize, Brazil, Tanzania, Timor Leste, Indonesia, Norway and the United States of America. The overall goal for conducting the case studies was to identify strengths and provide recommendations on how to strengthen organizatons and collective action in fisheries. The results and recommendations of the in-depth case studies were presented and discussed in a workshop in November 2014. The case studies, organization of the workshop and publication of the workshop report and case studies are included in the work plan under SO 3 Output 1.1 under the following P/S: 301010203 and 301010308. The publication is also included in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Publishing Plan 2015.

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