Capacity building workshop on Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small‐Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication for Palghar and Thane districts, Maharashtra, India, 4th January 2016 the workshop was held at the Thane Macchimar Samaj Sangha hall, it was attended by 68 participants including 45 women and 23 men from fishing communities, Fisheries cooperatives, community organisations, government bodies and MMKS leaders.