SSF-LEX is a legal and policy database on small-scale fisheries that contributes to the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication. Download PDF

This diagnostic tool advances the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) through policy and legal frameworks. It is a key tool for use by any [...]

In 2014, the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) wereendorsed by the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI). Since then, many steps have been taken to implement the SSF [...]

This report provides the highlights and feedback from the special workshop: "Using Transdisciplinarity for Fisheries Policies and SSF Guidelines Implementation", which brought together about 60 people, including government officials, policy/decision makers, researches, practitioners and others involved in or responsible for [...]

The virtual workshop titled 'Using Transdisciplinarity for Fisheries Policies and the SSF Guidelines Implementation in India' workshop, which took place during April 14-16th 2021, was organized by the Too Big To Ignore project (TBTI, http://toobigtoignore.net/) in collaboration with two other [...]

The primary aim of the workshop was to introduce the participants to the concept and approaches in transdisciplinarity (TD) for fisheries and ocean governance, and how they can be used to facilitate the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing [...]

This report provides the highlights and feedback from the three day-workshop that brought together about 20 scholars and practitioners on small-scale fisheries from North America, Central and South America, Europe, and the Caribbean. The workshop included a number of lectures [...]

The handbook is a joint effort, developed by the TBTI TD course facilitators, guest lecturers, members of the TD research cluster, and with the contributions from those who took part in the TD online course or in the TD training [...]

En el marco del grupo de trabajo, se elaboró el presente documento sobre “La implementación de las Directrices PPE en los países de OSPESCA”, recoge las actividades realizadas a nivel nacional y regional en los países miembros de la Organización [...]

This document summarizes the online consultation How to monitor implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries? held on the FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) from 17 February to 16 March 2020. The [...]