IYAFA 2022 | Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF) Summit 2022: SSF Guidelines implementation – Towards other Regional Plans of Action by ICSF

IYAFA 2022 | Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF) Summit 2022 : SSF Guidelines implementation – towards other Regional Plans of Action  by International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Parallel Sessions: Thematic Deep Dives

SSF Guidelines Implementation – Towards other Regional Plans of Action by N. Venugopalan, Programme Manager, ICSF

The discussion identified the following points:

• Strengthen participatory approaches and inclusion of SSF in government decision-making processes related to policy and legislative development, regional level organizations and other multilateral levels meetings, including CBD, UNFCCC, etc.
• Adopt effective legislation and access arrangements (e.g. licences, permits, etc.) to ensure equitable access to fisheries resources
• Provide preferential access through legislative action towards protecting tenure rights of small-scale and artisanal fishers
• Ensure effective co-management of fisheries resources through devolution of powers to the local level, and improve interface between science and policy to assist local communities to manage their fisheries
• Promote the responsible participation of women and youth in activities related to small-scale fisheries
• Develop strong SSF organizations, collaborating across countries and regions, and facilitate regular in person or virtual meetings
• Support capacity development of SSF organizations, including of women and youth, to emerging demands for effective resource management at the international level
• Ensure decent work and effective social protection of small-scale fishers and fishworkers to deal with all uncertainties arising from pandemics
• Promote learning fishing and marketing of new invasive species
• Protect SSF from the negative impacts of ‘blue economy’.