Livelihoods & Wellbeing
Find tools to support livelihoods and wellbeing in your fishery
Building resilience must involve not only protecting the health of the marine environment, but also must promote the wellbeing of people and communities. This can include opportunities to bolster local livelihoods beyond fishing, which might include aquaculture, seaweed farming, tourism-related activities such as recreational fishing and other complementary activities. Consideration about human health, in particular to food and nutrition security, is also a critical element of wellbeing. And ensuring more inclusive, equitable, and just participation and decision making processes is also foundational to community resilience.
You can learn more about fisheries livelihoods and wellbeing through our additional learning resources.
EDF has a suite of tools to help you develop a better understanding of the livelihood and wellbeing needs and opportunities in your fishery and community.
Related Tools and Resources
Expand AllFind resources on the topic of social development and employment at the Small-Scale Fisheries Resource and Collaboration Hub
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The NutriCast Tool can help you assess forecasted nutritional gains from marine fisheries and mariculture reforms in a climate-changing world.
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The FishNutrients Tool provides easy access to open-source nutrient data for over 5000 fish species across the world.
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The Blue Foods Assessment provides the scientific foundation for decision-makers to evaluate opportunities, tradeoffs, and implement solutions that will make blue food part of an improved food system at local and global levels.
Additional Resources
Find resources on the topic of Food Security and Nutrition at the Small-Scale Fisheries Resource and Collaboration Hub
Find resources on the topic of Human rights and gender equality at the Small-Scale Fisheries Resource and Collaboration Hub