A research agenda for small-scale fisheries

WorldFish concentrates its research activities most heavily in three regions:

• Africa, where the need to reduce high levels of hunger and poverty is the greatest;
• Asia, where small-scale fisheries are particularly important to the food and economic security of huge numbers of people;
• and the South Pacific, where island nations have high rates of poverty and a heavy dependence on coastal-based livelihoods.

WorldFish has singled out four categories of research aimed at improving the resilience and productivity of small-scale fisheries in developing countries.

1) Including small-scale fisheries in national and regional development policies

2) Integrating assessment and advisory systems for small-scale fisheries management

3) Improving management and governance of small-scale fisheries

4) Building institutional capacity for adaptive learning among small-scale fishers

A WorldFish Center publication on small-scale fisheries is in preparation.

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