In this International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture, the focus should now turn to developing coherent and meaningful policies and legislation for small-scale artisanal fisheries. The International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022) provides a great opportunity to proclaim to the world the diversity and richness of the small-scale artisanal fisheries subsector—both marine and inland— and its contribution to food security and poverty alleviation. Women and men in the sector work with an amazing repertoire of knowledge, skills and practices in fishing, processing and marketing, and are engaged in every link in the complex fisheries value chain.