Adaptive social protection and effective fisheries management can be the best approach to move towards climate-resilient fisheries.

Livelihoods and jobs based on small-scale fisheries are the most vulnerable to climate-driven changes in marine resources and ecosystem services, observes the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report 2022 (SAR 2022). They would, as a result, face the risk of reduced ability to provide food security and social well-being. It is pertinent, therefore, to reduce this vulnerability through responsive early warning systems, improved sea safety, better adaptation measures, secure access to fishing grounds and effective fisheries management. In this backdrop, the Early Warnings to All Initiative by 2027 of the United Nations needs to be upheld by all stakeholders, and fishing communities are to be brought under its coverage.