A large study on small-scale fisheries is currently being undertaken by FAO in partnership with WorldFish and Duke University. The study goes under the name Illuminating Hidden Harvests Project and compiles information and data on small-scale fisheries from around the world. The results, planned to be published in 2020, aim to contribute to...

Representatives of indigenous peoples of Costa Rica, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua form the first Network of Small Scale Fishers of the Indigenous Peoples of Central America, with the support of the FAO, the Central American Indigenous Council (CICA) and the Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples...

A handbook providing guidance on developing, implementing, evaluating and sustaining fisheries learning exchanges. More...

The theme for this Symposium is "Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries: Expanding the Horizons". The journey of the GAF network over 20 years has been slow but steady and has partnered with the Asian Fisheries Societies Triennial Forum throughout its evolution. Today the GAF is a formal Section of the...

Around 20 participants from both the FAO and from delegations attending the ongoing Committee on Food Security (CFS) in FAO in Rome, Italy, came to listen and learn about how important small-scale fisheries and aquaculture are to food security and nutrition in developing regions especially.  Fisheries and aquaculture are often left...