In 2011 the FAO Committee on Fisheries recommended the development of
international guidelines on small-scale fisheries based
on the increasing recognition of small-scale fisheries as a principal
contributor to poverty alleviation and food.
The objective of the guidelines is to provide information, advise and recommendations and to
establish principles and criteria to assist states and stakeholders to
achieve secure and sustainable small-scale fisheries and related
livelihoods. The guidelines are developed through a consultative process
involving governments, regional organisations, civil society
organisations, small-scale fishers, fish workers and their communities.
In February 2012 FAO convened an expert workshop on International
guidelines on securing sustainable small-scale fisheries and workshop
participants were asked to talk about the importance of small-scale
fisheries in their country/for their institution and about the relevance
of the new Guidelines.
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