PRESENTATIONS

• Sharma, Chandrika. 2008. Social Dimensions of MPAs: Small-scale Fishing Community Perspective
  Presented on 13 February 2008 at the side event of the Second Meeting of the CBD Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Area held at FAO, Rome, Italy
• Sharma, Chandrika. 2007. Managing coastal areas:A fishing community perspective
  Presented on 25 Feb 07 at the "Media Workshop on Coastal Issues" organized jointly by Kalp Vriksh (India) and PANOS (South Africa).
• Sharma, Chandrika. 2006. Rural communities in a global marketplace--Can fisheries be a part of community sustainability?
  Presented on 21 Sept 07 at the conference "Alaska's Fishing Communities : Harvesting the Future" organized by Sea Grant. The workshop was a forum for coastal residents, fishermen and seafood processors, and federal, State, municipal, and tribal representatives to work together in support of Alaska's coastal fishing economy.
• Sharma, Chandrika. 2006. Marine Protected Areas and Impact on Small-scale Fisheries: Who decides, Why, What and Where?
  Presented on 25 Oct 06 at the workshop "Marine Protected Areas and the Experiences from Developing Countries" organized by Norwegian Fisheries Forum (Fiskerifaglig Forum)
• Sharma, Chandrika. 2006. Allocation of Fisheries Resources: A Small-scale Fisheries Perspectives
  Presented on 01 March 06 at the conference "Sharing the Fish 2006" organized by the Western Australian Department of Fisheries (DoF) in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and supported by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries.

PAPERS

• Mathew, Sebastian. 2001. Small-scale Fisheries Perspective on an Ecosystem-based Approach to Fisheries Management
  The paper suggests that there is an urgent need for the State to take up fisheries management measures for greater equity and sustainability through consultative mechanisms. In this context, greater recognition should be given to small-scale rather than large-scale fisheries. The emphasis has to change: away from increasing fish production, toward conservation and management goals.
• Mathew, Sebastian. 2001. Shell Out: The Shrimp-Turtle Dispute at the WTO; Conserving Sea Turtles and Protecting Livelihoods (Draft, Not to be Quoted)
  The paper suggests that a single-species agenda for protection and conservation—in this instance, of sea turtles—is bound to be counterproductive if adopted in isolation especially in a multi-species, multi-cultural context with numerous fishing gear and fishing methods, and with varying dependence on the fishery for life and livelihood.