Fish is an important dietary form of protein that is necessary in achieving the required daily protein intake by every person. It is pervasive in nature in rural areas in that it is easily accessed by the poor for consumption.Primarily due to it being a form of business and employment in rural areas and thereby constitutes a large percentage of the income for the poor who are employed in these areas.Fish is also known as one of the cheapest of meats available to the poor owing to its abundance and the beneficiaries social relations with the seller or patron. With this in consideration, the attempt of implementing the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries plays an important role in outlining what is needed to improve the small-scale fisheries and give persons involve in the fishing industry insights in relation to the maximization of this resource.
Despite fish being cheap, easily accessible and available in large quantities for the poor, they are purchased in small quantities at low prices where as other forms of protein are very expensive and in most parts difficult to access. The underpinning argument behind them being able to purchase fish in small quantities in rural settings is that most fishermen are from rural areas. After their catch, they return home to sell to their counterparts at low prices for their subsistence consumption and the excess are sold on the local market at going local market prices. The access to fish provides the consumer with a significant source of protein, micro-nutrients, and essentially fatty acids that acts as a complement to the carbohydrate-based diet of the poor in developing countries.Therefore, the ability of small –scale fisheries plays a vital and indispensable role of supplying the poor with an easily available and cheap source of protein providing that they do not overexploit their privilege in doing so. More importantly, their involvement in improving food security plays a crucial role.
Given the necessity for fish as a form of protein and its importance in achieving food security in this form, an implementation of the guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries must consider how fisheries can be controlled through managed exploitation, enhancement to increase production and must be able to manage conflict over access to resources as pointed out by Fisheries Management Science Programme(FMSP) Policy Brief, Fisheries and Food Security outline. [1]
[1] FMSP Policy Brief 3, Fisheries and Food Security
Dear All,
Fish is an important dietary form of protein that is necessary in achieving the required daily protein intake by every person. It is pervasive in nature in rural areas in that it is easily accessed by the poor for consumption.Primarily due to it being a form of business and employment in rural areas and thereby constitutes a large percentage of the income for the poor who are employed in these areas.Fish is also known as one of the cheapest of meats available to the poor owing to its abundance and the beneficiaries social relations with the seller or patron. With this in consideration, the attempt of implementing the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries plays an important role in outlining what is needed to improve the small-scale fisheries and give persons involve in the fishing industry insights in relation to the maximization of this resource.
Despite fish being cheap, easily accessible and available in large quantities for the poor, they are purchased in small quantities at low prices where as other forms of protein are very expensive and in most parts difficult to access. The underpinning argument behind them being able to purchase fish in small quantities in rural settings is that most fishermen are from rural areas. After their catch, they return home to sell to their counterparts at low prices for their subsistence consumption and the excess are sold on the local market at going local market prices. The access to fish provides the consumer with a significant source of protein, micro-nutrients, and essentially fatty acids that acts as a complement to the carbohydrate-based diet of the poor in developing countries.Therefore, the ability of small –scale fisheries plays a vital and indispensable role of supplying the poor with an easily available and cheap source of protein providing that they do not overexploit their privilege in doing so. More importantly, their involvement in improving food security plays a crucial role.
Given the necessity for fish as a form of protein and its importance in achieving food security in this form, an implementation of the guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries must consider how fisheries can be controlled through managed exploitation, enhancement to increase production and must be able to manage conflict over access to resources as pointed out by Fisheries Management Science Programme(FMSP) Policy Brief, Fisheries and Food Security outline. [1]
[1] FMSP Policy Brief 3, Fisheries and Food Security