Extrapolating from 58 country and territory case studies (CCS), the average annual landed economic value of the global small-scale fisheries catch during 2013–2017 was estimated to be almost USD 77.2 billion in nominal terms, including more than USD 58.1 billion from marine small-scale fisheries and over USD 19.0 billion from inland small-scale fisheries. This estimate is approximately 49 percent higher than the figure obtained in the initial Hidden Harvest study in 2012, though different sources and methods were used.
The estimated total revenues from the harvesting segment of small-scale fisheries are comparable to the total revenues generated by some of the largest industries in the ocean economy.
In comparison with large-scale fisheries, for the 68 CCS (representing 70 percent of the global catch reported in FAO FishStat [FAO, 2020a]), small-scale fisheries generated 44 percent of the total landed
economic value of the catch. This share reflects the significant portion of catch value generated by small-scale fisheries in many countries worldwide.
