Ability to make development sustainable to ensure that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
Brundtland Commission Report (1987)
Poverty eradication is an indispensable requirement for sustainable development
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992)
Integrating economic, social and environmental aspects and their linkages are necessary to mainstream sustainable development at all levels
Rio+20 Outcome Document (2012)...

FAO estimates that about 35–36 percent of total world fish production of 172.2 million tonnes in 2016 (about 62 million tonnes in live-weight equivalent) was exported at a value of US$143 billion
Aquaculture exports are estimated to contribute 27 to 29 percent of volume (about 18 million tonnes) and 36 to 38 per cent of value (about US$54.34 million)
The contribution of wild capture fisheries production to total exports would be 44 million tonnes at a value of US$89 billion (FAO Sub Committee on Trade, 2017)...

International Conference of Fishworkers and their Supporters, Rome, 1984, after preparatory meetings in Africa, Asia and Latin America - 100 fishworkers from over 34 countries participated in this conference - Held parallel to the FAO World Conference on Fisheries Management and Development (fishworkers not having formal relations with FAO were excluded from the FAO Conference).....

 The fisheries sector, particularly SSF, is the largest employer of men and women in the maritime sector.

 84% of all people employed in the fisheries and aquaculture sector were in Asia, followed by > 10% in Africa (> 32 % of all people employed in the sector were engaged in fish farming, concentrated primarily in Asia)

 The traditional, small-scale sector accounts for about 70% of fisheries production – vital for food security and nutrition...

The objectives of the SSF Guidelines are to be achieved through the promotion of a human rights-based approach (HRBA) by empowering small-scale fishing communities to participate in decision-making processes and to assume responsibilities for sustainable use of fishery resources

HRBA: Furthering the realization of human rights principles and standards as laid down in UDHR and in other international human rights instruments

International human rights principles: All human rights are universal and inalienable, indivisible and interdependent and interrelated; equal and without any discrimination; full participation and inclusion; transparency, accountability and rule of law; respect of cultures

Enhancing Capacities of Fishing Communities: ICSF-BOBLME Sub-regional Dialogue on Labour, Migration and Fisheries Management, 11-13 December 2013, Maha Chulalongkorn Building, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Sustainable Development Foundation, Action Network for Migrants, Chulalongkorn University, ICSF, GEF and the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) Project of the FAO...