RT Journal Article
T1 Shellfishing on foot and the road to defeminization in Galicia (Spain)
A1 Piñeiro Antelo, Ángeles
A1 Santos Solla, Xosé Manuel
K1 Empowerment
K1 Fishing sector
K1 Galicia
K1 Professionalization
K1 Shellfish harvesting on foot
K1 Women
AB 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
PB Springer
SN 1872-7859
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/26634
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/26634
LA eng
NO de los Ángeles Piñeiro-Antelo, M., Santos, X.M. Shellfishing on foot and the road to defeminization in Galicia (Spain). Maritime Studies (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-021-00228-z
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026