This document was prepared as a background paper for the Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (GCP/INT/735/UK) and FAO Advisory Committee on Fisheries Research Joint Working Party on Poverty in Small-Scale Fisheries - Promoting the Contribution of the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach and the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries in Poverty Alleviation, FAO, Rome, from 10 to 12 April 2002. This is a slightly edited version of the draft final paper submitted by the authors under contract to DFID/FAO Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (SFLP) in May 2002.
