Key features of small-scale / artisanal fisheries

FAO Glossary indicates that artisanal fisheries are: ""traditional fisheries involving fishing households (as opposed to commercial companies), using relatively small amount of capital and energy, relatively small fishing vessels (if any), making short fishing trips, close to shore, mainly for local consumption. In practice, definition varies between countries, e.g. from gleaning or a one-man canoe in poor developing countries, to more than 20-m. trawlers, seiners, or long-liners in developed ones. Artisanal fisheries can be subsistence or commercial fisheries, providing for local consumption or export. They are sometimes referred to as small-scale fisheries"".

Author: Jan Johnson

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Keywords: ARTISANAL FISHERIES, SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES

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Related Topics: Types of fisheries

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