Small-scale fisheries account for at least 40 percent of the global wild catch and, when processing and related activities are factored in, provide employment for some 60 million people. But the economic value of these fisheries is only part of their importance. Through a multidisciplinary approach, this study uncovers the less obvious contributions and impacts of ...

Ports are considered the main drivers of the blue economy, thanks to their capacity to influence social, economic, and environmental realities. This guidance is a tool that helps authorities to gain a better understanding of the process of transformation that is required to become a blue port. It provides advice and tools to fishing ports on how they may become blu...