Report of the Global Conference on Small-Scale Fisheries Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries: Bringing Together Responsible Fisheries and Social Development. Bangkok, Thailand, 13-17 October 20

Report of the Global Conference on Small-Scale Fisheries Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries: Bringing Together Responsible Fisheries and Social Development. Bangkok, Thailand, 13-17 October 20 Synopsis

This report provides a summary of the presentations, panel statements and working group discussions of the Bangkok Global Conference on Small-Scale Fisheries in 2008. The conference identified several critical ways forward in securing sustainable small-scale fisheries that integrate social, cultural and economic development, address resource access and use rights issues guided by human rights principles, and recognise the rights of indigenous peoples.