Indicator 14.b.1 - Degree of application of a legal / regulatory / policy /institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small-scale fisheries
The indicator is a composite indicator calculated on the basis of the efforts being made by countries to implement selected key provisions of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines). This indicator measures the “access rights” aspect of the SDG Target 14.b.
Target 14.b
Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets.
Indicator 14.b.1: Progress Assessment
Impact
Together with the other indicators under SDG 14, it will form a picture of marine activity giving countries intelligence on optimum levels of fishing, aquaculture expansion and fair and secure access to living aquatic resources.
Key results
A decade of SSF Guidelines helps achieving SDG 14.b.
The year 2024 marked the tenth anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines). The first decade has seen increasing levels of uptake and implementation, embedding the SSF Guidelines firmly in global and regional policy processes, within fisheries and beyond. Importantly, chapters 5 and 7 of the SSF Guidelines speak directly to SDG 14.b., which calls to provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets.
For 2024, the global average degree of implementation of international instruments to protect and promote small-scale fisheries was 4/5, which is a slight decline from 5/5 in the previous reporting year (2022), but an overall improvement since 2015, when the global average score was 3/5.Elearning
SDG Indicator 14.b.1 - Securing sustainable small-scale fisheries
01/12/2018
This course has been designed to support countries in their data collection, analysis and reporting of
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Multimedia
SDG 14 - Indicators of fish stocks, sustainability of fisheries, and illegal fishing
An overview of SDG indicators 14.4.1, 14.6.1, 14.7.1, 14.b.1, measuring fish stocks, sustainability of fisheries, illegal fishing and access rights for small-scale fishers.
01/01/2019
Capacity development
Hybrid Event
Launch of the "Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators 2023" report
15/09/2023
The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and FAO Office of Chief Statistician (OCS) launched the "Tracking progress on food and agriculture-related SDG indicators...
Virtual Event
Asia Regional Workshop on SDG 14.b and its indicator 14.b.1
06/07/2021 - 08/07/2021
In response to the request from Member countries of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) to support national-level efforts to achieve and...
Nadi (Fiji)
Pacific Regional Workshop on Exploring SDG Target 14.b and its Indicator 14.b.1
09/04/2019 - 11/04/2019
On April 11, 2019, the Pacific Regional Workshop on Exploring Sustainable Development Goal Target 14.b and its Indicator 14.b.1 was held in Nadi,...
Gaeta (Italy)
Exploring Sustainable Development Goal 14.b and its Proposed Indicator 14.b.1
28/11/2017 - 29/11/2017
FAO organized the first ever workshop on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14.b and its related indicator, for which FAO is the custodian agency, from...
Methodology
Tier: I
Data
Related publications
- The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture
- Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication
- The SSF Guidelines and the Sustainable Development Goals
- Reporting on Sustainable Development Goal Target 14.b and its indicator 14.b.1
- Report of the Asia Regional Workshop on SDG 14.b and its Associated Indicator 14.b.1 Virtual workshop, 6-8 July 2021
- Evaluation of FAO’s support to life below water (SDG 14) (PC 137/3 Sup.1)