The official SSF Summit 2024 proceedings have now been published and are available in English, French, and Spanish. These comprehensive documents capture the key discussions, case studies, and policy recommendations that emerged from the Summit...

11 April 2025, Bangkok: Small-scale fisheries (SSF) are the backbone of many coastal and inland communities in Asia, supporting the livelihoods of approximately 46 million people. Women represent 40 percent of those involved in the sector, which contributes nearly half of the region’s total fi...

A Stakeholder’s Conference on Uganda’s National Plan of Action for Sustainable Small- Scale Fisheries (NPOA-SSF) was held on 14th March 2025 at the Serena Conference Centre in Kampala....

In Ifaty, a small tourist village near Toliara in Madagascar, a group of determined women has taken control of their future. Their story is one of solidarity, mutual support, and hope for a better tomorrow—not just for themselves but for their entire community...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Monterey Bay Aquarium today inked a deal that will kick off a collaboration to improve social protection for small-scale fishers in Tunisia.

The agreement signed at FAO headquarters in Rome will see the California-...

From 11-13 December 2024, FAO, in collaboration with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Provincial Fishery Office of Misamis Occidental,conducted a  training on Values Formation and Team Building for the “Women in SSF of Libertad Bajo Association”...

FAO and Fisheries Comission train stakeholders on participatory management of small-scale fisheries infrastructures. By the end of the workshop, each community group had mapped relevant stakeholders, developed the structure of their management committees, assigned roles...

At FAO headquarters, the Small-Scale fisheries team develops activities and projects related to the implementation of the SSF Guidelines. The team comprises individuals from diverse backgrounds and cultures, each contributing unique expertise...

From September 30 to November 3, 2024, 510 leaders and members of the Tanzania Women Fishworkers Association (TAWFA) were trained on Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLA) and Village Community Banks (VICOBA), a key community-based microfinance model...

From 25 to 27 November 2024, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), in collaboration with Fisheries Commission and African Skill Hub foundations (ASH foundation), organized a training for 35 participants to enhance essential business skills, focusing on entrepreneurship, financial management, and record-keeping—key areas for managing processing operations...

From November 4 to 7, the Tanzania Women Fish-workers Association (TAWFA) held its General Assembly in Kigoma, accompanied by a capacity-building workshop focused on gender equality. This was followed by a meeting of the National Task Team (NTT) on November 8...

The evening of Friday, 25^th October 2024, marked a remarkable way to end the week for the staff, non-staff, students, researchers, and the community friends of the ocean in Halifax to celebrate the 10^th anniversary of the SSF Guidelines... 

A side event held during the 52nd session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 52) highlighted the importance of sustainable small-scale fisheries and resilient aquatic food systems in advancing the right to food globally...

On October 21, 2024, the government of the Philippines, through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) under the Department of Agriculture (DA) and with support from FAO, launched the country’s first National Plan of Action for Small-Scale Fisheries (NPOA-SSF)...

The First Philippines Small-Scale Fisheries National Symposium (PSSFNS 1) was held on 16-18 October 2024 at the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) in Iloilo City. With the theme of “Small-scale fisheries in the Philippines are too big to ignore”, the symposium was organized by the Too Big Too Ignore (TBTI) Philippines...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) held a one-day workshop on 15 October 2024 to validate the results of a Training Needs Assessment (TNA) and market assessment for Namibia’s small-scale fisheries (SSF) sub-sector...

In an effort to strengthen Uganda's small-scale fisheries sector, women and youth from selected groups in Masaka, Buikwe, and Mukono districts successfully completed a two-day practical training on fish handling, hygiene, processing, value addition, and marketing.

FAO promoted a 5-day capacity development workshop for 45 fisheries officers and other stakeholders working in the small-scale fisheries subsector. The workshop, held from 9 to 13 September, aimed to build capacity of participants on general principles of food hygiene...

The ministerial declaration, a key output of the event, highlights OACPS's commitment to strengthen ocean governance, foster sustainable development, and safeguard the rights and livelihoods of small-scale fishing communities—essential to promote food security, economic resilience, and biodiversity protection...

Madagascar's Ministry of Fisheries and the Blue Economy (MPEB - Ministère de la Pêche et de l’Économie Bleue), supported by FAO, officially launched the National Plan of Action for Small-Scale Fisheries (NPOA-SSF or PAN-PP in French: Plan d’Actions National pour la Petite Pêche)...