Fourth lecture

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Poverty and Fisheries

Where does the conception of the poor fisher come from?
Is the fisher poor because he is fishing or is he fishing because he is poor?
What is the relation between the wealth created from fisheries and the fisheries as an employer of last resort?
Could a fishery become a poverty trap?
What role plays economic development in this context?
How does the development of property rights in fisheries change the picture?
What is really the situation in the world's fisheries today?

These are questions we will discuss in this lecture.

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Watch Mohammad Yunus lecture at University of Tromsø here.

To do list:

Prepare a short presentation on Poverty and Fisheries. The working title could be: "Micro credits, fisheries and poverty alleviation"
Continue the work on your project proposal
Read "Towards The Increased Policy Relevance Of Fisheries Research - FIPP/C964" by Stephen Cunningham
Have a look at this web site: http://www.gapminder.org/
Global decline in poverty

The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA)

The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) is the flagship publication of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department. This premier advocacy document is published every two years with the purpose of providing policy-makers, civil society and those whose livelihoods depend on the sector a comprehensive, objective and global view of capture fisheries and aquaculture, including associated policy issues.