Zanzibar

These photographs are part of work to document efforts to improve seafood production and provide economic opportunities for underprivileged women who grow and harvest shellfish in East Africa. Island Creek Oysters Foundation and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are working with women in coastal villages on the Tanzanian Island of Zanzibar to use sustainable aquaculture to replenish local shellfish stocks for protein consumption and commerce. Motivation and background for the shellfish farming work is explained by illustrating life and culture on the island of Zanzibar, centered on women shellfish farmers and their families.