During this breakfast meeting, held as a side-event to the UN Ocean Conference (Lisbon, June 2022), twenty men and women living from small scale fishing in Africa, Indonesia, Central and South America, Pacific and Europe shared their common perspective on challenges and priorities for establishing sustainable small-scale fisheries and resilient coastal communities.

To build resilient small-scale fishing communities by developing national strategic plans to implement the following actions by 2030:
• Urgently secure preferential access and co-manage 100% of coastal areas
• Guarantee the participation of women and support their role in innovation
• Protect SSF from competing blue economy sectors
• Be transparent and accountable in fisheries management
• Build resilient communities to face climate change and offer prospects to youth

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