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V2V THEMATIC WEBINAR SERIES 2025
V2V APRIL THEMATIC WEBINAR
Envisioning Marine Bioregionalism for Small-Scale Fisheries
Bioregions are ecologically distinct areas defined by natural features—like watersheds, climate, and species—rather than political borders. While often applied to land, this concept also fits marine spaces, where ecosystems are shaped by currents, depth, and vast species biodiversity. Envisioning marine bioregionalism offers a way to manage ocean resources based on ecological connectivity, not national boundaries. This aligns with small-scale fisheries, which have historically operated across fluid, bioregional spaces—following fish migrations rather than state lines. Recognizing marine bioregions could improve fisheries governance, supporting both ecosystem health and the traditional practices of small-scale fisheries and coastal communities.
V2V MARCH THEMATIC WEBINAR
A Transboundary Governance Approach for SSF
in the Gulf of Guinea
This talk proposes a transboundary governance approach for coastal small-scale fisheries along the Gulf of Guinea (GoG). For several generations, migrant fishers and their families have followed fishing channels and settled permanently in neighboring countries, where they participate in activities along the fish value chain. In some countries (e.g., Cameroon and Liberia), migrant fishers dominate and control the fishery system. This talk will discuss the implications around migrant fishers and the governance complexities of SSF actors in a region with historical evidence of marginalization and neglect.
V2V FEBRUARY THEMATIC WEBINAR
Governing for Transformation towards Sustainable
Small-Scale Fisheries
The speakers will discuss several social science-oriented approaches that have shaped recent thinking about small-scale fisheries. The intended audience for this open-access FAO book is broad-based and includes fisheries and aquatic management practitioners and policymakers, scientists and educators. It is an invitation to a new generation of resource managers to be aware of how approaches and concepts have evolved over time to embrace the challenge of advancing transformation towards a more inclusive, equitable, sustainable, and less vulnerable small-scale fisheries.
V2V JANUARY THEMATIC WEBINAR
What is Transdisciplinary? Think Jazz!
Ten years since their inception, the SSF Guidelines are now in the stage of implementation. They expect state governments to act and civil society organizations to join in, but also the academic community to do its part. They realize the relevance of research but leave it to us to figure out what knowledge should be developed. Still, the Guidelines give lots of hints between the lines. They call for research that is both holistic and bottom-up, acknowledging the role of local knowledge in science lingua: transdisciplinary research. In my presentation, I will discuss what transdisciplinarity is, what characterizes it as a learning process, and what the merits and obstacles are. I argue that we should think of it as a form of jazz, requiring both skills and playfulness.
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