A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Invisible work, ignored knowledge? Changing gender roles, division of labor, and household strategies in Finnish small-scale fisheries
Authors: Pekka Salmi, Kirsi Sonck-Rautio
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Publication year: 2018
Journal: Maritime Studies
Volume: 17
Issue: 2
First page : 213
Last page: 221
Number of pages: 9
ISSN: 1872-7859
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-018-0104-x
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-018-0104-x
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/35482662
The roles of women, men, and other family members have changed during
the history of Finnish small-scale fisheries. Generally, the most
significant unit of the livelihood is the household, but fisheries have
been of major importance also in the local community. Cooperation in
fisheries has been quite common and in the past local community provided
also employees for fish processing factories. Today, many coastal
fisher families process their own catches and sell the products directly
to consumers in fish marketing events. In this marketing strategy,
women are typically in core role, although quite often women’s labor can
be considered as “invisible work.” Today 9% of Finnish small-scale
fishers are women. In many cases, fishing is not the only
source-generating income in a fisher household, and often the wife of
the family earns a steady income that keeps up opportunities to sustain
the uncertain fishing livelihood. In our article, we examine women’s and
men’s participation and roles in fisheries households and communities.
We also study how these roles have changed over time and in what way are
women’s and men’s contribution represented in statistics, politics and
research. The study rests on case analyses and a collection of
literature and interviews.
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