Seize the day: The International year of artisanal fisheries and aquaculture (IYAFA 2022) is a rare opportunity to promote much-needed transdisciplinary research into small-scale fisheries

Jentoft, Svein and Chuenpagdee, Ratana (2022) Seize the day: The International year of artisanal fisheries and aquaculture (IYAFA 2022) is a rare opportunity to promote much-needed transdisciplinary research into small-scale fisheries. Samudra Report (87). pp. 49-51. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

This is a special year for small-scale fisheries. The International Year for Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022) brings more attention to the sector as also to the people who draw their livelihood both from life below and above water. Their well-being depends on healthy ecosystems, sensible government policies and well-functioning communities. IYAFA 2022 is an opportunity for States to reconfirm the commitment they made in 2014, when they endorsed the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (the SSF Guidelines). There are thus reasons to be hopeful that positive change will come to small-scale fisheries around the world and that they will no longer be ignored or marginalized as in the past. IYAFA 2022 is a window of opportunity for real action in several arenas, not the least of which is research and knowledge production.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM1305
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA), Small-scale Fisheries, Livelihoods, Policy, Fishing Communities, VGSSF, SSF Guidelines, Food Security
Subjects:	SSF Guidelines
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	02 Jun 2022 11:15
Last Modified:	02 Jun 2022 11:15
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/16928

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