The FAO Innovation for Blue Transformation Series introduces relevant policy initiatives, mechanisms, and tools available to promote innovation and technical solutions that can accelerate aquatic food system transformation. The series shares brief and practical knowledge needed for sustainable and resilient aquatic food systems that can nourish the world’s growing population, providing solutions to the challenges preventing aquatic food systems from delivering their full potential.This brochure describes why aquaculture insurance is important for the sustainable development and management of the small-scale aquaculture sector. It provides information about types of aquaculture insurance products, their benefits and challenges, and presents market trends and options for making insurance products more available to small-scale producers. Case studies from China and Thailand, as well as an innovative approach to bringing insurance services to aquaculture producers through the existing fish feed industry networks, are presented.