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IMAGE: Women 'gleaning'--collecting molluscs, crabs, octopus and reef fish by hand close to shore--on Atauro Island.
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Credit: Ruby Grantham / ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies.
Scientists say stable seafood consumption amongst the world's poorer coastal communities is linked to how local habitat characteristics influence fishing at different times of the year.
In the coastal communities of low-income countries, the seafood people catch themselves is often a main food source. In a new study, scientists focused on an often-overlooked type of fishing called gleaning: collecting molluscs, crabs, octopus and reef fish by hand close to shore.