The SSF Guidelines are a tool for delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the 108 million people working in small-scale fisheries, and for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable...

Safety at sea for small-scale fishers 2019 The manual provides guidance on safety matters related to the work on a small-scale fishing vessel, personal safety and navigation safety. Guidelines for increasing...

Contents of the August 2019 issue: SSF Guidelines at the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) Training workshop in Cabo Verde: using the SSF Guidelines in the Coastal Fisheries Initiative (CFI) Ecosystem approach...

Is your organization working to secure sustainable small-scale fisheries? Share your work with the world by registering a voluntary commitment online with the UN Ocean Conference. © FAO Simply fill...

Globally, relatively few data are available about women's role in small-scale fisheries, despite their active participation as fishers, processors, traders and marketers. This calls for greater efforts by researchers, national...

A majority of small-scale fishers, farmers, and rural communities in general lack access to credit, savings and insurance services, even though accessibility has been increasing over the last decades. FAO...

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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...

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

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing a "High-level Conference on Sustainable...

On 5 December 2017, the UN General Assembly declared 2022 as the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture, which will help focus attention on the small-scale fishermen...

In November 2017, FAO has released an e-learning course designed to support countries in their data collection, analysis and reporting of SDG Indicator 14.b.1 - Securing sustainable small-scale fisheries: "Progress...

The 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress (3WSFC), which will be held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on October 22nd-26th, 2018, is now calling for abstracts. The 3WSFC is a transdisciplinary forum for...

This study is the result of a socio-economic livelihoods and food security assessment of fisher households along the Nile River in Sudan, conducted in October 2015, the analysis of the...

To commemorate the 5th Anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure (VGGT), FAO, organized a technical thematic forum from 5-6 October 2017. A dedicated session on fisheries...

The Committee on World Food Security invites you to share experiences and good practices on the use and application of the Voluntary Guidelines for the Right to Adequate Food in...

The Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean (FILAC), through its flagship program Indigenous Intercultural University, together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of...

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...

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...

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...