Financial resources for small-scale fishers
Access to financial resources is critical for small-scale fishers and their contributions to nutrition and food security, livelihoods, and poverty alleviation. Small-scale fisheries are geographically diverse and dispersed, making it difficult to obtain access to standard banking and credit services.
Ensuring the availability of credit to both rural households in general and small-scale fishers, in particular, is crucial for fostering economic development, increasing production, adding value, and improving livelihoods in small-scale fisheries.
At a Glance
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From: Blue finance guidance notes: Microfinance for small-scale fisheries
Funds & Grants
The Meloy Fund
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Rare launched the Meloy Fund for Sustainable Community Fisheries buoyed by the belief that investing in sustainable fishing and seafood-related enterprises would lead to better management and protection of coastal communities and fisheries, while offering an opportunity for local fishers to secure more sustainable livelihoods.
SSF Impact Bond
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Rare publicly unveiled a first-of-its-kind small-scale fisheries (SSF) Impact Bond, the world’s first such bond specifically targeting the small-scale fisheries sector. The SSF Impact Bond will finance the community-led co-management of small-scale fisheries, a proven pathway to meeting the needs of people and nature.
Tenure Facility
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The Tenure Facility provides grants and technical assistance directly to Indigenous Peoples, local communities and their partners, to support their struggle for land reform and secure tenure, with a particular focus on mitigating climate change, reducing conflict and promoting gender equality.
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Learn More
Are you interested in learning more about value-chains, market access, financing and sustainable development?
Explore the offerings of the Resource Library - there you will find case studies on investing in artisanal fisheries , guides on micro-finance in support of small-scale fisheries, information and techniques for handling seafood, and more.
Additional Resources
Policy Brief
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This policy brief aims to inform financial institutions in Thailand about the opportunities and challenges associated with financing small-scale fisheries. It outlines the key findings from a supply and-demand analysis of financial services that was carried out in 2021 among small-scale fishers, fisherfolk organizations and financial service providers in Thailand.
Brochure
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This brochure describes why microfinance is important for small-scale fisheries and aquaculture and gives insight in microfinance and how it works.
Policy Brief
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Philanthropy can provide flexible, patient funds to help local actors implement lasting solutions and showcase what catalytic interventions and thriving communities can look like. It can also stimulate new, innovative financing for SSF through collaborating with public and private institutions and, in doing so, increase SSF’s benefits to society.