APFIC/FAO regional consultative workshop
Best practices to support and improve the livelihoods
of small-scale fisheries and aquaculture households
13–15 October 2009, Manila, Philippines
RAP PUBLICATION 2009/01
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
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APFIC. 2009. APFIC/FAO Regional consultative workshop. Best practices to support and improve
the livelihoods of small-scale fisheries and aquaculture households, 13–15 October 2009, Manila,
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Abstract
Ensuring that fisheries and aquaculture are undertaken sustainably and equitably lies at the heart of
the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF). Although the CCRF offers some
suggestions as to the major areas where this should be applied, it does not offer specific guidance
on best practice. It is the function of working arrangements such as the Asia-Pacific Fishery
Commission (APFIC) to develop this sort of guidance, applicable to the local context of the region
and, as part its advocacy role, to bring to the attention of policy-makers,
governments, regional organizations and non-governmental organizations, those approaches and
practices which offer the best opportunities for improving livelihoods and building resilience in
communities. Too often, well intentioned policies are implemented that result in unintended outcomes
such as environmental degradation, marginalization of small-scale producers and their families or see
benefits captured by other interest groups or elites. It is through taking stock of such lessons of success
and failure that we can offer guidance on future efforts and draw attention to those policies or
interventions that may not be achieving their intended outcomes or are even creating more problems
than they solve. This report contains a set of recommendations developed from an APFIC Regional
Consultative workshop that indicate those areas of best practice and policies that support coastal
community livelihoods. It also contains advice on practices and policies that are to be avoided. The
purpose of the workshop was to generate a greater sense of where Asia-Pacific countries and
organizations should be directing their efforts to improve livelihoods and the resilience of communities
dependent on fisheries and aquaculture and to set the stage for future dialogue on policy planning and development in the region.