The document Towards gender-equitable small-scale fisheries governance and development: A handbook was developed based on a participatory process and following a series of regional consultations on the implementation of the SSF Guidelines during which a request for more information on how to address gender issues, in particular women's empowerment in...

Latin American and Caribbean Parliament passed a law that provides guidelines and recommendations to countries in the region to strengthen small-scale fishing. The model law is a legal framework reference that countries can use as a basis to develop their national policies and laws, to support millions of people who depend...

In 2012, the World Bank, FAO and WorldFish Centre published Hidden Harvest: The Global Contribution of Capture Fisheries. This was a review of the economic importance of fisheries and while providing essential information and estimates that are still valid, the analyses would benefit from being refined and updated and including...

The 41st annual forum of the NGO Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), placed SDG 14 and 16  in focus. Over 100 parliamentarians gathered in Praia, Cabo Verde, and the forum ended with the adoption of a Plan for Action that, among other things, set out to build sustainability in small-scale fisheries by "Promoting the adoption of legislation that...

The Costa Rican government showed keenness to implement the SSF Guidelines from day one by signing a national decree that called upon Costa Rican institutions to support small-scale fisher organizations and the Costa Rican Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture (INCOPESCA) in their efforts to implement the SSF Guidelines at the national level.