A hybrid event on the contributions of smallscale fisheries to sustainable development will be held on 16 March 2023 at the FAO headquarters. The webinar will happen twice and both will be in English, with interpretation into French and Spanish.
Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH) is a global initiative of FAO, Duke University, and WorldFish to generate and disseminate new evidence about the importance of small-scale fisheries to inform policy and practice. A major output is the Illuminating Hidden Harvest: The contributions of smallscale fisheries to sustainable development (IHH) report, which assesses the current environmental, economic, gender, food security and nutrition, and governance dimensions of small-scale fisheries globally. Over 800 authors and experts worldwide contributed to the report.
The IHH report will be launched through a hybrid webinar on Thursday,16 March 2023 to recap key findings and tie them to recommendations of the report. In a conversation with small-scale
fisheries stakeholders from government, small-scale fisheries organizations and research, the launch will explore how the methods and findings can transform understanding of national small-scale
fisheries and contribute to improvements in policy, legislation, statistics and monitoring as well as targeted support and recognition of small-scale fisheries.