Sustainable Finance of Small-Scale Fisheries in the Face of the COVID-19 Crisis
Greta Swanson and Xiao Recio-Blanco Share: Small-scale fisheries (SSF) have the potential to achieve true sustainable development for participants in the sector. SSF encompasses fisheries that are generally run by households using relatively small vessels, limited investments, and small amounts of energy. They usually make short fishing trips near to shore for fish that are consumed or sold locally. United Nations, Fisheries and Their Contribution to Sustainable Development: Small-Scale and Artisanal Fisheries 2 (2020). Worldwide, SSFs land half of all fish used as human food. Id. at 4...