Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries

in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication

41st annual forum of the NGO Parliamentarians for Global Action

21/11/2016 - 22/11/2019

The 41st annual forum of the NGO Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), placed SDG 14 and 16  in focus. Over 100 parliamentarians gathered in Praia, Cabo Verde, and the forum ended with the adoption of a Plan for Action that, among other things, set out to build sustainability in small-scale fisheries by "Promoting the adoption of legislation that recognizes, protects, sustains and empowers small-scale fisheries and the communities that rely on them as well as the implementation of the FAO Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries”.

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41st annual forum