Abstract:

In November 2022, the city of Kochi in the southern Indian state of Kerala, marked a milestone in the history of gender and fisheries when it played host to the 8th Global Conference on Gender in Aquaculture & Fisheries- Shaping the Future: Gender Justice for Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries (GAF8). Organised by Gender in Aquaculture & Fisheries Section of the Asian Fisheries Society (GAFS of the AFS) in collaboration with the ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (ICAR-CIFT), Kochi and the Society of Fisheries Technologists (India) (SOFTI), Kochi, GAF8 took place in Kochi during 21-23 November 2022. Several national and international institutions and organisations supported the historic event.