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Fishermen weigh a basket full of fish off the Indian ocean’s archipelago of Lamu on Kenya’s coast. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images

January 13, 2022

How COVID affected markets and livelihoods in Kenya’s fisheries sector

Mbaru Emmanuel, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute; Jacqueline Lau, James Cook University, and Sarah Ruth Sutcliffe, James Cook University

COVID-19 greatly disrupted local market dynamics at landing sites, within the communities, and connections to more distant markets.

Dan Peled/AAP

August 26, 2021

‘Do‑gooders’, conservatives and reluctant recyclers: how personal morals can be harnessed for climate action

Jacqueline Lau, James Cook University; Andrew Song, University of Technology Sydney, and Jessica Blythe, Brock University

Understanding the moral dimensions of climate decisions could help promote fairer and more effective climate action

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May 5, 2021

Ini cara usaha makanan laut skala kecil bertahan selama pandemi

Sahir Advani, University of British Columbia; Hannah Bassett, University of Washington; Jacqueline Lau, James Cook University, and Sharon K Suri, University of Amsterdam

Pembeli dan jaringan lokal yang fleksibel membantu rantai pasokan makanan laut skala kecil yang menghadapi dampak COVID-19.

Mobile traders, or pedagang along-along, in Langkat, Sumatra, were able to continue selling fish despite COVID-19 disruptions. Sharon K. Suri

April 30, 2021

How small‑scale seafood supply chains adapt to COVID‑19 disruptions

Sahir Advani, University of British Columbia; Hannah Bassett, University of Washington; Jacqueline Lau, James Cook University, and Sharon K Suri, University of Amsterdam

Local, flexible buyers and networks helped support small-scale seafood supply chains coping with COVID-19 disruptions.

WorldFish/Mike Lusmore

March 4, 2021

4 assumptions about gender that distort how we think about climate change (and 3 ways to do better)

Jacqueline Lau, James Cook University; Pip Cohen, James Cook University, and Sarah Lawless, James Cook University

Experts reviewed the literature on climate change and gender in developing countries, and found many unhelpful, outdated assumptions are still kicking around.

Dean Miller

December 16, 2020

‘We didn’t have money or enough food’: how COVID‑19 affected Papua New Guinean fishing families

Jacqueline Lau, James Cook University and Sarah Ruth Sutcliffe, James Cook University

Decision-makers, locally and globally, must balance management of pandemics with a recognition that fish and fishing communities are essential to local well being.

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