World Bank2013-07-082013-07-082004-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14391This Fisheries Sector Approach Paper has been written in recognition of the mounting challenges that the World Bank and the developing world face in meeting the fishery sector-related Millennium Development Goals and the outcomes of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development. It augments the Bank's Rural Strategy, Reaching the Rural Poor, which advocates a holistic approach to rural poverty reduction, and support for equitable growth. The paper also builds on the World Bank's Environmental Strategy, Making Sustainable Commitments, a major pillar of which is the protection of the regional and global commons, in addition to the improvement in the quality of life and the quality of growth of the World Bank's clients. The paper treats the needs of the sector in greater depth, focusing in particular on the improvement of the livelihoods of the millions of poor fishers, and the sustainability of the inland and marine regional and global commons, which define the quality of life of their users. Also, public and international awareness has been raised by an ever increasing stream of evidence that many of the world's fisheries are over-fished, catches are declining, and fishers' livelihoods are degrading along with the natural ecosystems they exploiten-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTUREANCHOVIESANCHOVYAQUACULTUREAQUACULTURE OPERATIONSAQUATIC ECOSYSTEMSAQUATIC RESOURCESBILATERAL DONORSBIOMASSBOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHYCAPACITY BUILDINGCATCH VALUECATFISHCLIMATE CHANGECLIMATIC CONDITIONSCOASTAL AREASCOASTAL FISHERIESCOASTAL MANAGEMENTCOASTAL REGIONSCOASTSCODCOD FISHERIESCOMMODITIESCORAL REEFSCORALSDECENTRALIZATIONDIETECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PROCESSEMPLOYMENTENDANGERED SPECIESEXPLOITATIONEXTENSIONFAOFAUNAFISHFISH FARMINGFISH PRODUCTIONFISH PRODUCTSFISH STOCKSFISHERIESFISHERIES DEVELOPMENTFISHERIES MANAGEMENTFISHERIES ORGANIZATIONSFISHERIES PORTFOLIOFISHERIES RESOURCESFISHERIES SECTORFISHERSFISHERYFISHERY STATISTICSFISHESFISHINGFISHING FLEETFISHING METHODSFISHING VESSELSFISHMEALFLORAFOOD CHAINFOOD POLICY RESEARCHFORESTRYGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGEGLOBAL WARMINGICLARMIFADIFPRIIMMATURE FISHINCOMEINCOMESINLAND FISHERIESINTEGRATIONINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LIVING AQUATIC RESOURCES MANAGEMENTINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTINVERTEBRATESIRRIGATIONLAND USELEGISLATIONLIVELIHOODSMACKERELMARINE ECOSYSTEMSMARINE FISHMARINE FISHERIESMARINE MAMMALSMARINE PROTECTED AREASMAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELDMICROFINANCEMSYNATURAL RESOURCESNGOSNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSOCEAN FLOOROCEANSOILOVERFISHINGPACIFIC ISLANDSPELAGIC FISHERIESPOLLUTIONPOPULATION GROWTHPOULTRYPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIVATE SECTORPRODUCERSPRODUCTIVITYPROPERTY RIGHTSQUOTASRESOURCE USERESOURCES MANAGEMENTRIVER FISHERIESRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL POVERTYSARDINESSEA TURTLESSHARKSHRIMPSOUTH ASIANSQUIDSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE FISHERIESSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTTOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCHTOTAL ALLOWABLE COMMERCIAL CATCHTRAWLERSTUNATURTLESUNDPUNEPUNITED NATIONSUNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMEUNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMMEWATER LEVELSWHALESR&DWorld Bank10.1596/14391