Haenyeo, Woman Diver Of Jeju Island, South Korea (IMAGE)

University of British Columbia

Haenyeo, Woman Diver Of Jeju Island, South Korea

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Fishing (particularly commercial fishing) is considered a male-dominated realm but it turns out that the 3 million tonnes of fish per year that women catch add up to $5.6 billion or the equivalent of 12% of the landed value of all small-scale fisheries catches globally.

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Andrew Trites

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