This diagnostic tool advances the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) through policy and legal frameworks. By using this tool, users are able to recognize the national policy and legal instruments that are relevant to small-scale fisheries in a country, consistent with the SSF Guidelines.
Tenure rights
Tenure rights protect fishers and fishworkers’ secure access to the resources upon which they depend. Learn more about securing rights over a fishery and fishing ground and what systems can be used to protect those rights.