Fishery

The livelihoods of about200 million people rely on fisheries, aquaculture and associated activities andover 20% of the world’s 38 million full-time fishers earn less than US$1 perday. Many fishers live in the world's poorest countries where their communitiesare often marginalized and landless. As fishing is often the livelihood of lastresort and fish often the only source of animal protein for the poor, the stateof the world's fisheries can be critical in the fight against poverty in manyparts the developing world.

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Selected links:

• Website of the WorldFish Center, an international, non-profit and non-governmental organization, which is part of the CGIAR network