Fishing communities are usually male cultural and social spaces. I'm studying fisherwomens' activities and challenges and I'd like to get bibliographical suggestions for reading about this subject.
I don't know if this answers your question, but there have been some recent photo journals/dialogues online about the "Ama" in Japan - female divers who fished for shellfish. A link is here: http://gakuran.com/ama-the-pearl-diving-mermaids-of-japan/ or here: http://www.jpf.org.au/onlinearticles/hitokuchimemo/issue31.html
They aren't "academic" sources (this one is academic, but more about breath holding: http://books.google.com/books?id=dZQrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=japanese+women+divers+fishers&source=bl&ots=FyZ1jZQW8F&sig=PT7UlHbY2dYOmGccFdhAOJ33ztA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=h5sFVJSiGIn3iwKc-YDIDA&ved=0CFsQ6AEwCg#v=onepage&q=japanese%20women%20divers%20fishers&f=false), but might get you started on a track to follow.
There is a similar group in South Korea, though interestingly, from Jeju island, which was a matriarchal society. Sorry, I can only find a short entry at wikipedia for the moment, but again, it might get you started. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haenyo
http://books.google.com/books?id=dZQrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=japanese+women+divers+fishers&source=bl&ots=FyZ1jZQW8F&sig=PT7UlHbY2dYOmGccFdhAOJ33ztA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=h5sFVJSiGIn3iwKc-YDIDA&ved=0CFsQ6AEwCg#v=onepage&q=japanese%20women%20divers%20fishers&f=false
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haenyo
I am uncertain if you mean places where women are primary fishpersons or in a general sense. I know of several women - seniors- who live in a large North American city, who fish to supplement their diets. This done out of necessity as their incomes do not cover the cost of rent and food. They catch small fish like perch, and bass to eat.
They are not very recent, but I´ve used these some years ago:
ACMESON, J.M., Antropología de la pesca (traducción), Annual Review of Antropology, número 10, 1981.
ARBEX, J.C., Pescadores Españoles (tomo 2), Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, Secretaría general de pesca marítima, Madrid, 1990.
D´CRUZ, M., Women´s Associations of Fishery Cooperatives in Japan, International Cooperative Alliance, New Delhi, 1983; LI PIMA, E., KEEN MELTZOFF, Panorama comparativo de los sistemas pesqueros español y japonés: una perspectiva antropológica, El Campo, número 97, Servicio de Publicaciones del Banco de Bilbao, 1985.
MONTERO LLERANDI, J.M., Gentes del mar: una aproximación sociológica al trabajo, Hoja del Mar, Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Secretaría General para la Seguridad Social, Instituto Social de la Marina, Madrid, 1989.
MONTERO LLERANDI, J.M., La pesca española, diez años después: el progreso pasó de largo, El Mar, información marítima independiente, número 16, enero-marzo, 1991.
MONTERO LLERANDI, J.M., La pesca española, diez años después: el analfabetismo, una radiografía del sector, El Mar, información marítima independiente, número 17, abril-junio, 1991.
MONTERO LLERANDI, J.M., Tipología de la actividad pesquera e investigación sociológica, Jornadas sobre economía y sociología de las comunidades pesqueras, Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, Madrid, 1989.
I send you as well two links to my ebooks:
You can find "La dimensión empresarial de las sociedades cooperativas del mar" in http://servicio.uca.es/publicaciones/catalogo-de-publicaciones-electronicas
and to my doctoral thesis: Percepción cooperativa de las cofradías de pescadores: un estudio empírico
http://rodin.uca.es/xmlui/handle/10498/11415
In my country Galicia ( NW Spain) there are some papers that explain the important role of women in management of local fisheries:
“Marisquadoras of the Shellfish Revolution:The Rise of Women in Co-management on Illa de Arousa, Galicia” http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/handle/10535/3487
“From open access to co-governance and conservation: The case of women shellfish collectors in Galicia (Spain)”
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X07001145
All the best
Dear Rebecca, Candace, Cervera e Hugo,
many thanks for all your answers and contributions. I´ll take a careful look at each of these. I ´m working a lot and reading / writing a lot too, in order to better delineate my research topic. I´m getting closer to an analysis related to fishing territorialities and gender concerns, as well as different ways for legitimizing fishing performance narratives, again concerning gender issues. I ´m still working on my theoretical review, but I soon as I can I will bring you more news. Thanks a lot!!
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