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      Shellfishing on foot and the road to defeminization in Galicia (Spain)

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          Fishing resources, as well as fishing activities and policies, are in a state of permanent change, therefore transforming the living and working conditions of coastal and fishing populations. The gender perspective is relevant to understand the challenges faced by men and women in the fishing sector. Galicia (Spain) is one of the main fishing regions in the EU and with the largest number of women working in the fishing sector, especially in shellfishing on foot. Shellfishing on foot, an artisanal and traditional activity for the cultivation and extraction of mainly bivalve molluscs, represents 7% of gross value added (GVA) and 17% of the employment of the Galician fishing sector as a whole. Since the 1960s, a process of regulation and modernization of shellfishing on foot—more than 95% of which is carried out by women—has led to a sharp decrease in the number of shellfish gatherers. The regulatory processes and the professionalization of the sector have resulted in a strong decline in female employment, but, at the same time, women feel empowered and regard their jobs as dignified work. Our objective—through the analysis of the local permits granted to carry out this activity—focuses on the study of the consolidation of this process and has tried to highlight the ways in which patriarchy perpetuates the hegemonic position of men evidenced, for example, by a progressive masculinization of this activity with increasing economic profitability and social prestige.

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                Contributors
                xosemanuel.santos@usc.es
                Journal
                Maritime Studies
                Maritime Studies
                Springer Berlin Heidelberg (Berlin/Heidelberg )
                1872-7859
                2212-9790
                15 July 2021
                15 July 2021
                : 1-14
                Affiliations
                GRID grid.11794.3a, ISNI 0000000109410645, Department of Geography, , University of Santiago de Compostela, ; Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8837-989X
                http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8088-7454
                Article
                228
                10.1007/s40152-021-00228-z
                8280606
                35299594
                1105cfd1-4d1f-4cbf-b728-8dbe7299cd2c
                © The Author(s) 2021

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                : 21 September 2020
                : 16 June 2021
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                empowerment,fishing sector,galicia,professionalization,shellfish harvesting on foot,women

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