Fig. 1: SSF multidimensional contributions to sustainable development.
From: Illuminating the multidimensional contributions of small-scale fisheries
a, Global absolute contributions of SSF, including a catch of around 37 million tonnes (95% CI, 27 million–53 million), micronutrient supply for 2.3 billion people within 20 km of a coastline or large water body (10–30 km, 1.5–3.0 billion), employment for 21 million women (95% CI, 18 million–24 million), total employment for 60 million people (95% CI, 52 million–68 million) and livelihoods (part or full dependency) for 492 million people (95% CI, 447 million–535 million). Regional contributions by marine and inland sector, when possible, are shown as pie charts. Global micronutrient supply to local diets is quantified as the number of people within 20 km of a coastline or water body for whom SSF catches could contribute an average of 20% of their dietary intakes of six key micronutrients (calcium, iron, selenium, zinc, vitamin A and omega 3). Although fatty acids are not defined as micronutrients because the recommended intake for omega 3 fatty acids that are concentrated in aquatic foods (EPA and DHA) is within the micronutrient range, here we refer collectively to all six nutrients as micronutrients. Total and women’s employment include pre-harvesting, harvesting and post-harvesting activities. Livelihoods include employed and subsistence fishers plus members of their households. Here n indicates the number of countries with data available for each metric. b, Proportion of SSF catch, micronutrient supply, women employed, total number of people employed and livelihoods relative to the total fisheries sector (comprising large-scale and small-scale fisheries) at global (vertical red line) and regional (black circles) scales, highlighting the distribution of proportions across countries (violin plots). Further details are found in Supplementary Section C1, including 95% CIs for catch, employment and livelihoods, maximum and minimum values for micronutrients (Extended Data Table 1), uncertainty in coastal population size (Extended Data Fig. 1) along with details per country case study, extrapolated countries, sample size and data sources (Supplementary Tables C1, C2 and C3).
