Fisheries

Using economic instruments, we work to address threats faced by marine fisheries, and the people who depend on them, and help to shape policy options for realising the global goals

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Sustainable fisheries

Economic incentives for marine and coastal conservation

Marine conservation

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Making global trade rules work for small-scale fisheries

Annabelle Bladon
28 October 2026

Boat of fisherman returning to shore in Ghana

Rebuilding trade rules through WTO reform: what next for sustainable development?

Anna Ducros and Laura Kelly
09 April 2026

Fishers on small boats have their belongings searched while the boats are afloat.

Rights and housing justice for urban small-scale fishing communities

Began October 2025

Thousands of fish are caught in a net off the side of a large trawler ship.

IIED at the World Trade Organisation Public Forum 2026

Event on 15 September 2026

Team of small-scale fish farmers in a boat, casting a net in the water.

Cutting edge work puts local people at the heart of policy and practice

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Solidarity, collaboration and justice – the future of food systems: Make Change Happen podcast episode 36

18 September 2025

Inclusive blue economy

A programme of work supporting resilient marine and coastal ecosystems and the millions of people who depend on them to thrive by aligning incentives with investments

Publications

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What about seafood? The role of seafood in UK food systems transformation

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Philanthropy’s role in sustaining fisheries for people and nature

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Sustainable seafood and small-scale fisheries

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Connecting social protection and fisheries management for sustainability

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Climate change and aquatic food systems

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The contribution of small-scale artisanal fisheries and aquaculture to food systems

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Payments for ecosystem services in developing world fisheries

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Regional hilsa knowledge-sharing workshop (Bangladesh-Myanmar): lessons for incentive-based hilsa management

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Leave no one behind: Power and profits in hilsa fishery in Bangladesh: a value chain analysis

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The business case for investing in Myanmar’s artisanal hilsa fishery

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Fishermen hauling in a net

Accounting for small-scale fisheries and the ocean

Active Project

Fishing boats

Delivering sustainable fisheries through fiscal incentives

Active Project

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Monitoring and evaluation guidance for SDG14

Archived Project

Two fishermen cast their nets from a small boat

New guide to monitoring progress on SDG14

News, 08 July 2019

A man casting a net

Achieving transformational change for the ocean

Insight, 11 June 2019

A fisherman looks at his latest huge catch of fish caught in nets

It is time to control fishing on the high seas to protect the life of the ocean and coastal people who depend on it

Insight, 08 June 2019

Women pulling fishing nets through shallow water

Steering gender to the centre of the blue economy

Insight, 06 June 2019

A group of fishermen on a boat in Bangladesh

Leave no one behind: assessing policy choices

Archived Project

Fishing boats on the Bay of Bengal

Cooperation vs. competition over shared fish stocks

Insight, 23 April 2019

Fishing the ocean

Action for an ocean for all

Long read, 25 March 2019