FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization and WF, WorldFish and DU, Duke University (2022) Advance copy of illuminating hidden harvests: The contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development (Executive summary), COFI/2022/SBD.10. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), WorldFish, Duke University, Rome, Italy, p. 18.
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This study, Illuminating Hidden Harvests: the contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development (hereinafter Illuminating Hidden Harvests, or IHH), uncovers the contributions and impacts of small-scale fisheries through a multidisciplinary approach to data and analysis. The study provides information that quantifies and improves understanding of the crucial role of small-scale fisheries in the areas of food security and nutrition, sustainable livelihoods, poverty eradication and healthy ecosystems. It also examines gender equality as well as the nature and scope of governance in small-scale fisheries, and how this differs between different countries and fishery units. The IHH study was carried out in support of the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines), themselves developed in recognition of the plight of small-scale fishers, fishworkers and associated communities. The SSF Guidelines provide advice and direction for the enhancement of responsible and sustainable small-scale fisheries, through the development and implementation of participatory, ecosystem-friendly policies, strategies and legal frameworks. The e purpose of this report, therefore, is to contribute to a more holistic understanding of what small-scale fisheries are, their importance, and why they are essential to efforts to achieve the SDGs. By using this knowledge wisely within a human rights-based approach in line with the SSF Guidelines, and by empowering small-scale fishers and fishworkers, a more inclusive, equitable, sustainable and resilient small-scale scale fisheries subsector can be achieved. Realizing this goal would benefit hundreds of thousands in fishing communities and society at large.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Keywords: | Small-scale Fisheries, Sustainable Fisheries, Food Security, Livelihoods, Fisheries Development, Fishing Communities, Sustainable Development Goals, FAO |
| Subjects: | SSF Guidelines |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2025 12:10 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2025 12:10 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/20953 |
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