Improving the livelihoods and wellbeing within small scale fisheries in Bangladesh

Due to climate change, people working within small scale fisheries in Bangladesh need to sail longer distance to catch fish to sustain their livelihoods. Very often the vessels are unseaworthy, lack c

Despoina Andrioti Bygvraa is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Department of Medicine Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg Her work focuses on improving the health and working conditions within the maritime sector.

She has been working in Bangladesh since 2018 to help small scale fishermen improve their livelihoods and wellbeing. In this Sea and Society Talk she will present the outcome of her research.