155 - Who will keep fishing into the future? Dr. López Gómez goes deep into studying recruitment and retention of people in small-scale fisheries

For this week's episode of The Fisheries Podcast, co-host Mirella Leis chats with guest Dr. María Andrée López Gómez about some of the challenges and opportunities to recruitment, training and retention in small-scale fisheries, and the factors that have facilitated or prevented people from entering, staying and thriving as fish harvesters.

Main point: The trajectory of fishing work has changed and continues to change through time, affecting recruitment, training and retention in small-scale fisheries.

To learn more about María's work and get in touch with her, send an email to [email protected] or visit [email protected].

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