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The forty-second session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean as well as the ninth session of the Committee on Administration and Finance was attended by delegates of 22 contracting parties, as well as of four cooperating non-contracting parties [...]

This special issue which aims to enrich knowledge of the sector all over the African continent, covers the value and contributions of diverse aquatic systems to food security, nutrition and livelihoods. The editorial quantifies the significance of the potential of [...]

This conference, FishAdapt: the global conference on climate change adaptation for fisheries and aquaculture, held in Bangkok from 8 to 10 August, 2016, provided a forum for scientists, development professionals and natural resource managers working in the context of fisheries, [...]

This document includes eight studies showcasing good practices in support of sustainable small-scale fisheries. FAO commissioned these studies aiming to share experiences and promote the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food [...]

This publication is a report of the proceedings of the National Workshop on Small-scale Fisheries, Cyclone Ockhi and Disaster Risk Management, held from 29 to 30 May, 2018 at Thiruvananthapuram, India. The workshop brought together 68 participants from India representing [...]

"Fisheries provide an important livelihood base for millions of people in terms of employment and in terms of providing food security." Nicole Franz, UN FAO, says. UN FAO is part of a global project that aims to promote human rights [...]

Between 29 November and 3 December, 2017, Cyclone Ockhi devastated hundreds of lives and livelihoods of coastal fishing communities in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India. This study assesses the impacts of the cyclone on fishing communities and the mechanisms in [...]

The Regional Conference on “Building a future for sustainable small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea” was held in Algiers, Algeria, from 7 to 9 March 2016. This event was organized by the General Fisheries Commission for the [...]

Dr. Xavier Basurto presentation of the project "Illuminating Hidden Harvests: The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development" at WorldFish’s headquarters in Penang, Malaysia. His talk introduced the process and methodology to develop this new study that seeks to answer [...]