Skill Mismatch and Reskilling Pathways for Fisheries Workers in Developing Countries under Digital Transformation

DOI

10.2991/978-2-38476-553-9_38How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Digital Transformation; Fisheries Sector; Gender Equity

Abstract

The major part of the research focus is the demand-supply incongruity experienced by the labor market of fisheries in the developing nations during the era of digital transition. They have up to now been relying on time-consuming manual operations done by low-skilled labor. Now, owing to the digitalization of the industry, waves of attractive technologies such as blockchain, smart sensors, mobile payments, and e-commerce are being adopted. Moreover, the process leads to enhancement of efficiency. On the other hand, those workers who lack digital skills are in a job insecurity group, and it looks as though they are falling into the digital poverty background. Cases in Indonesia, the Philippines, Nigeria, and Bangladesh show the growing digital reliance. However, the pandemic is the continuing factor for its uneven responses in many areas of the world. Skill gaps endure in the areas of documenting, tracing, cold chain logistics, and information technology, and at the same time, the requirements for building capacities involve blockchain, cloud computation, and mobile reporters. Governments, private companies, and international organizations need to join forces to launch inclusive retraining programs, provide mobile-based learning, and offer gender-sensitive tutoring services if they want to deal effectively with the problem. Fisheries digitation does not only imply advanced technology selling, but also socially and institutionally reforming. Bridging the digital gap entails a variety of solutions, which should be continued, localized, and inclusive, with the aim of reaching marginalized groups, women, older workers, and migrants.

Copyright

© 2026 The Author(s)

Open Access

Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Shiwen Chen
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/03/25
TI  - Skill Mismatch and Reskilling Pathways for Fisheries Workers in Developing Countries under Digital Transformation
BT  - Proceedings of the 2025 4th International Conference on Educational Science and Social Culture (ESSC 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 327
EP  - 336
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-553-9_38
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-553-9_38
ID  - Chen2026
ER  -