Strengthening organizations and collective action in fisheries: a way forward in implementing the international guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries

Strengthening organizations and collective action in fisheries: a way forward in implementing the international guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries

Year of publication 2013

Pages 179 p.

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series number P32

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Strengthening organizations and collective action in small-scale fisheries is crucial to safeguard fishers’ livelihoods and food and nutrition security as well as to fight poverty and vulnerability. The crucial role of organizations in small-scale fisheries was underscored during the 2008 Global Conference on Small-scale Fisheries held in Bangkok, Thailand, and the consultative workshops and related events supporting the development of the international guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries (SSF Guidelines). The United Nations declared 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives with the theme Cooperative Enterprises Build a Better World. This provided a further impetus for championing fishers’ organizations and collective action as important instruments and drivers in promoting responsible fisheries and achieving the twin objectives of human and ecosystem well-being. In this context the workshop on Strengthening Organizations and Collective Action in Fisheries: a way forward in implementing the SSF Guidelines was convened in FAO, Rome, Italy, on 18–20 March 2013. It was attended by 26 small-scale fisheries experts representing civil society organizations (CSOs), governments, and academia. The workshop anticipated the implementation of the SSF Guidelines by looking at the diversity of existing organizations and collective action in small-scale fisheries, discussing their strengths and weaknesses, and proposing elements for a capacity development strategy to strengthen organizations and collective action in small-scale fisheries to reduce poverty while promoting responsible fisheries. The workshop identified challenges and opportunities and examined alternative pathways on how organizations and collective action in fisheries can strengthen and be strengthened by the SSF Guidelines. This report summarizes the workshop results and intends to provide a useful reference document that will feed into the process of implementing the SSF Guidelines which are envisaged to be endorsed by the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) during its session in 2014.

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Strengthening organizations and collective action in fisheries – a way forward in implementing the international guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries. FAO Workshop, 18–20 March 2013, Rome, Italy. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Proceedings No. 32. Rome, FAO. 168 pp.

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Following the endorsement of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) by the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) in June 2014 and in line with paragraph 13.6 of the document itself referring to promoting the development of regional plans of action,, a regional workshop was held in South Asia to discuss implementation of the SSF Guidelines. The overall objective of the workshop was to raise awareness and support the implementation of the SSF Guidelines in the region. The workshop noted that, across the region, small-scale fisheries contribute to livelihoods, food security, and local and regional economies. There are encouraging developments in the region in relation to legal reforms, strengthening participation of small-scale fisheries actors and co-management approaches. On the other hand, many challenges persist, including heavily exploited fishery resources in coastal area, poo r infrastructure facilities and services, increased risks from disasters and climate change, competition from other sectors ,insufficient operationalization of fisheries management plans and institutionalization of the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) in national fisheries governance frameworks. There is therefore a strong need to move from theory to practice and to link policy and actions in the spirit of the SSF Guidelines.

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