Fisheries are a strategic economic, social and food security asset, supporting livelihoods, economic development and food security across the globe. However, overfishing, habitat destruction, pollution and climate change are threatening fish stocks. These challenges are compounded by vulnerability to corruption and financial crimes which undermine the sustainable management of fisheries resources, distort markets and enable

Against the backdrop of the eleventh Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa, Kenia, leading fisheries economist Rashid Sumaila and Andreas Schaumayer, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), reflect on the state of global fisheries in 2026. From the hidden economic power of small-scale fishing communities to the data gaps that leave millions of fishers uncounted, the two experts discuss what it will take to make fisheries policy work for the people who depend on it most and for the ocean that sustains them all.

Against the backdrop of the eleventh Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa, Kenia, leading fisheries economist Rashid Sumaila and Andreas Schaumayer, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), reflect on the state of global fisheries in 2026. From the hidden economic power of small-scale fishing communities to the data gaps that leave millions of fishers uncounted, the two experts discuss what it will take to make fisheries policy work for the people who depend on it most and for the ocean that sustains them all.

El Estado se sumó a este compromiso internacional que busca fortalecer la transparencia en el sector pesquero.