大量未受承认和边缘化
世界上90%的捕捞渔民和渔业工作者从事小规模渔业，小规模渔业贡献了发展中国家渔获量的50%以上。然而，小规模渔业社区往往也是经济最贫困、政治和社会最边缘化的社区。这种边缘化通常意味着这些社区不仅无法获得饮用水和住房等基本服务，也难以得到教育和卫生服务。
该部门的大多数工作是非正式的，没有稳定的收入。这当中部分原因在于渔获量因季节而异。某些情况下，缺少渔民和渔业工作者可以参与的社会保障计划；另一些情况下，存在这样的计划，但渔民和渔业工作者无力为此按月支付费用，因而难以加入。
一般来说，捕鱼被认为是一种非常危险的职业，渔业工作者通常必须忍受长时间工作、恶劣的职业安全和健康。暴力、使用童工、强制劳役、性虐待、海上安全等问题在一些情况下会大大加剧小规模渔业行动方的易受害性。
社会发展和可持续渔业管理相结合
为使渔民和渔业工作者的权利得到承认，关键要使渔民和渔业工作者在对其本身及其所依赖的资源产生影响的决策过程中参与磋商。渔业价值链中正式和非正式行业的所有工作者都应有体面的工作条件和良好的收入，也包括迁徙工人在内，他们全球渔业中扮演着重要的角色。必须消除强制劳役、暴力和沦为债奴的现象
鉴于渔民所处的特殊环境，联合国粮食及农业组织（FAO）致力于扩大和完善社会保障计划，以促进渔民的经济融入，提升 生计保障，并增强其韧性。FAO 通过深入研究小规模渔业在获取社会保障方面所面临的障碍，帮助各国提升国家能力。
《小规模渔业准则》要求小规模渔业社区通过社会和经济发展实现人权。政府应当确保在国家法律中纳入国际人权标准，包括享有充足生活水准和体面劳动的权利，以及确保满足卫生、教育和其他基本需求的权利。
《小规模渔业准则》进一步建议各国对小规模渔业社区的人力资源开发进行投资，将职业健康和安全纳入渔业管理。对加强小规模渔业社区建设的另一项重要建议是促进社会保障、支持对信贷和保险计划的获取。各国有责任制定、颁布和实施针对海上安全的法规，提供培训和易于获取的安全设备。
《小规模渔业准则》第6章是关于社会发展、就业和体面劳动的内容。
《小规模渔业准则》 指南视频
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小型渔船 渔民海上安全手册
01/09/2019
小型渔船渔民海上安全手册》旨在帮助渔民建立安全意识， 减少事故的发生，增加事故发生后的生还机会。本手册就小 型渔船安全（例如消防安全、甲板安全、救生设备、照明和 通风）、人身安全和航行安全提供指导。本手册还提供出海 开展捕捞作业前的各项检查和检查步骤信息，以及海上求生 指南。 下载 其他語言版本:...
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by Lena Westlund and Molly Ahern
Small-scale fisheries and aquaculture and related value chains provide employment for millions of people (FAO, 2012; Thompson and Subasinghe, 2011). Fish harvested by small-scale fishers...
The Fisheries and Aquaculture and the Food and Nutrition Divisions at FAO join forces to incorporate fish into home-grown school feeding programmes
10/10/2022
© Nelson Avdalov
The burden of hunger and malnutrition, on school-aged children and adolescents are major constraints in achieving global food security and nutrition. Home-grown school feeding (HGSF) is...
Summary of the chapter on inland fisheries in SOFIA
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Inland fisheries and their associated ecosystem services make valuable contributions to achieving several of the SDGs including SDG 1 (No poverty), SDG 2 (Zero hunger), SDG 14 (Life below water) and SDG 15...
New superheroes in Colombia: The superbagrinos
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The Fisheries and Aquaculture and Forestry Divisions at FAO join forces to implement a series of activities focused on inland small-scale fisheries
28/09/2022
Sustainable inland fisheries rely on healthy aquatic ecosystems for the capacity to deliver the food, water, and habitat. These services cannot be ensured by the fisheries sector alone and managing...
IYAFA: Interview with Jeppe Kolding, professor in fisheries science at University of Bergen, Norway
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We sat down with professor Jeppe Kolding to learn more about the relation between Inland fisheries, nutrition and economic development, why we should pay more attention to this sector, and...
Kiribati celebrates the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022
19/09/2022
The Kiribati Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with INFOFISH and The Pacific Community (SPC) joined...
Indigenous women lead research on artisanal fisheries in the Colombian Amazon
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Written by Liseth Escobar- FAO’s Indigenous Peoples Unite. Inputs from Lilia Java, Indigenous leader of the Tikuna, Cocama and Yagua Indigenous Territory.
In the south of the Colombian Amazon, along the...
IYAFA: Interview with Darío José Mejía Montalvo, President, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
26/08/2022
How are artisanal fisheries and aquaculture related to the culture of indigenous peoples and how do these practices contribute to their livelihoods?
For many of our Peoples, the Earth is the...
IYAFA: Interview with Zoila Bustamante Cardenas, President of the Latin American Union of Artisanal Fisheries and of the Confederation National Association of Artisanal Fishermen of Chile (CONAPACH)
26/07/2022
In this interview, Zoila Bustamante Cardenas, a fisherwoman from Chile, explains the fundamental role associations, organisations and fisherfolk groups have to increase the resilience of artisanal fisheries and aquaculture.
The..
Global insurance experiences to increase small-scale aquaculture resilience
15/07/2022
The FAO supported initiative, Global Network for Capacity Building to Increase Access of Small-Scale Fisheries to Financial Services (CAFI-SSF) in association with Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA) organ
FAO takes the opportunity at the 2022 Ocean Dialogue to highlight the high vulnerability of small-scale fishers and fish farmers to climate change
12/07/2022
Climate change is impacting food production from freshwater, coastal and open ocean marine ecosystems, and small-scale fishing and fish farming communities in developing countries are among the most vulnerable. In...
2022 Ocean Conference side event | Small in scale, big in value: Stocktaking, partnerships, and solutions in support of small-scale fisheries
12/07/2022
Lisbon, 27 June 2022 – The side event dedicated to the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA) 2022 at the 2022 UN Oceans Conference brought together different stakeholders...
Representatives from national small-scale fisheries organizations from the Latin America and Caribbean region established an Ibero-American Network of Artisanal Small-Scale Fisheries
07/07/2022
Cadiz, Spain. May 2022 - Small-scale fisheries are a key source of nutrition and employment in many Latin American and Caribbean countries, as well as in the Southern European countries...
Advancing inclusive, sustainable and equitable blue economies at the UN Ocean Conference
04/07/2022
The side-event titled ‘The future and ocean WE (ALL) want: Inclusion and integration for strong, sustainable and equitable blue economies’ was organised on 28th June 2022 at Trivoli Oriente Hotel,...
IYAFA: Interview with Ambassador Peter Thomson, UNSG’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, on the occasion of the 2022 UN Ocean Conference
27/06/2022
We interviewed UNSG’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, ambassador Peter Thomson to understand more about the importance of including people in the discussions related to the ocean and why small-scale...
Promoting fish recipes for better nutrition in Malawi
24/06/2022
Despite the availability of fish in Malawi, fish consumption per capita is still low at 11.6 kg in comparison to the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended 17 kg. Fish, especially,...
Namibia launches national plan of action for Small-Scale Fisheries (2022 TO 2026)
24/06/2022
Hon Derek Klazen, the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources launching Namibia’s National Plan of Action for Small Scale Fisheries on 09 June 2022 in Swakopmund, Erongo Region. ...
Ocean Decade launches new Call for Decade Actions during the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022)
13/06/2022
“The science we need for the ocean we want”.
The proclamation by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2017 of a Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Ocean Decade)...
IYAFA 2022 | Small in scale, big in value: Stocktaking, partnerships and solutions in support of small-scale fisheries
30/05/2022
The IYAFA 2022 UN Oceans side event will provide information to delegates to inform their deliberations on SDG 14.b in particular, but also on 14.4, while emphasizing interlinkages between Sustainable...
