This book is one of the first attempts to examine the issue of poverty in small-scale fisheries from a multi-disciplinary perspective. It represents a state-of-the-art collation and synthesis of the experience of nineteen international experts in fisheries management, planning, economics and other social-sciences, including several senior officers from the Department of Fisheries of the UN-FAO. The book offers a new perspective on the problem of poverty in small-scale fisheries, introducing innovative concepts and ideas and drawing upon recent knowledge generated by in-depth empirical case studies and makes explicit connections with the Sustainable Livelihood Approach and the CCRF. The book also represents a key source of up-to-date information and reference material for anyone working in the fields of poverty and fisheries management in Developing Countries.