This “knowledge management brief” provides at a glance the key messages of the publications listed above:

• Small-scale fisheries contribute in many developing countries to food and nutrition security as well as to household, local and national economies.
• Sustainable fisheries can contribute toward sustainable food systems.
• Trade of fish and fish products plays an important role in food and nutrition security in developing countries.
• Unsustainable management of marine stocks, climate change and pollution of waters represent major threats for the sector and could comprise its contribution to food and nutrition security.
• Effective fisheries management has been implemented with success in some locations and can be used as a model.
• The EU promotes worldwide sustainable fisheries and aquaculture through different instruments.
• Exploiting the synergies between aquaculture and agriculture, through an agroecological approach, represents a promising option.