The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020

participatory multi-stakeholder framework 
to redress this issue (FAO, 2015). The SSF 
Guidelines have the goal of supporting the 
development of small-scale fisheries and fishing 
communities through a human-rights-based 
approach to fisheries that is socially, economically 
and environmentally sustainable. Achieving this 
goal will require substantial support and 
collaboration from a variety of partners, 
including governments, small-scale fisheries 
organizations, development partners, research/
academia and NGOs. A key element in building 
the case for this support is better illuminating 
the diverse contributions and impacts of these 
fisheries, and providing credible evidence in a 
way that communities and advocates can use 
to make a strong case for support to the sector, 
also supporting the achieving of the SDGs, in