Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Saint Bernard
A four-part video series about ecosystem-based adaptation and its importance and application in the coastal communities of Saint Bernard, the Philippines.
What are ways to strengthen the value chain of your fishery and earn more from harvests? Small-scale fisheries are essential to the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, including fishers and fish workers. Supporting the people working along fishery value chains and strengthening infrastructure and processes are critical to the well-being of small-scale fisheries communities. Start here to learn about value chains, post harvest, and trade and explore the sub-categories below.
Resources
Strengthening Conservation Community Enterprises (CCEs) E-Course
CCEs, such as SSF and Aquaculture cooperatives, are small, locally-run businesses providing livelihoods that also support the protection of habitats and biodiversity. However, CCEs often face significant obstacles in trying to make a sustainable living. Whether it’s the administrative challenge of establishing a business or a lack of capital to get things off the ground, these obstacles can prevent many enterprises from reaching their full potential.
To address this, WWF developed a self-paced e-learning course to help NGOs and community-based organizations better support communities in strengthening CCEs
Blue finance guidance notes - Insurance for small-scale fisheries
This brochure describes why insurance is important for the sustainable development and management of small-scale fisheries. It discusses the benefits and challenges of insurance, as well as options for insurance provision to small-scale fishers and what insurance for small-scale fisheries looks like.
The small-scale fisheries and energy nexus
This publication introduces the current situation and proposes a way forward with regard to the use of renewable energy in small-scale fisheries. It provides general guidance for decision-makers and development specialists on the choices, benefits and challenges related to renewable energy use and uptake in small-scale fisheries.
Resultados de la implementación de un piloto de inversión de impacto para incrementar el valor de la pesquería de merluza del norte del golfo de California.
El presente texto es el reporte de resultados del proyecto “Propuesta para implementación de un piloto de inversión de impacto para incrementar el valor de la pesquería de merluza del norte del golfo de California” (Anexo 1) que entregamos en noviembre de 2021. El objetivo del piloto fue demostrar que modificando el manejo post-captura se puede incrementar la calidad del producto y con ello es posible obtener mejores márgenes de utilidad para todos los integrantes de la cadena de valor (i.e., producción, transformación y comercialización).
Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH) Report
The IHH study was carried out in support of the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines), themselves developed in recognition of the plight of small-scale fishers, fishworkers and associated communities and released as a contribution to the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022.
The purpose of this report is to contribute to a more holistic understanding of what small-scale fisheries are, their importance, and why they are essential to efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
IYAFA 2022: Small-Scale Fisheries Summit Report
IYAFA 2022 Small-Scale Fisheries Summit Report
Blue finance guidance notes: Aquaculture insurance for small-scale producers
This brochure describes why aquaculture insurance is important for the sustainable development and management of the sector. It discusses the benefits of aquaculture insurance and challenges in making aquaculture insurance accessible to small-scale producers.
Blue finance guidance notes: Microfinance for small-scale fisheries
This brochure describes why microfinance is important for small-scale fisheries and aquaculture and gives insight in microfinance and how it works.
Financing fisheries in Africa: Case studies from the United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia
This brochure presents two case studies of institutions successfully providing financial services to small-scale fisheries in Africa. The two case studies were identified during a regional market demand and supply survey of financial service provision to small scale fishers, carried out by the African Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (AFRACA) and the Global network for capacity building to increase access of small-scale fisheries to financial services (CAFI-SSF).