4th World Small Scale Fisheries Congress -Paper presentation

<p>Prior to the 4th World small Scale fisheries congress at South Africa&nbsp;we had submitted an abstract on &Aacute;nchoring small scale fishers in the SWIO towards sustainable fisheries and livelihoods&rsquo;&rsquo; which was approved. As such we were a panel discussant and presented the abstract during the session on Accelerating coastal community led conservation through sustainable blue economy for small scale fisheries. This was featured in the congress <a href="chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https:/www.4wsfcongress.com/_files/ugd/45cb94_3b2afebc1ff64954afa8ba12935b17aa.pdf">proceedings</a>. &nbsp;We shared our experiences on how securing sustainable small-scale fisheries and management of marine resources lies in the way fishers organize to harness and manage the fisheries resources through collective decision-making and voice and the linkage with our work on organizing fisher folks in the South West Indian Ocean (SWIO) region from a local, national and regional level for better representation and engagement in national and regional decision-making processes.</p>