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Illuminating Hidden Harvests Initiative

Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH) is a global initiative by FAO,  Duke University, and WorldFish and since 2025 Stanford University (Center for Ocean Solutions and Environmental Social Sciences Department) and Michigan State University. It aims to generate and disseminate new evidence about the benefits, interactions and impacts of small-scale fisheries to inform management and policies. IHH also aims to develop capacities at national and regional levels to support the uptake and use of the new evidence and approaches towards small-scale fisheries sustainability.

The IHH initiative helps to inform all levels of policy-making processes and contributes to empowering fishing communities, their organizations, and advocates to make a strong case for productive, sustainable and equitable small-scale fisheries.  In this way, the IHH initiative supports the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication and progress towards the UN’s  Sustainable Development Goals. 

A key output of the IHH initiative was a major report, which provides a snapshot of the diverse contributions of small-scale fisheries globally. The report—which draws on diverse data sources, 58 country case studies, and 104 government questionnaires—represents a novel, multidisciplinary approach to assess and understand small-scale fisheries. The report is complemented by peer-reviewed papers compiled in a Nature collection on small-scale fisheries. To facilitate national and regional uptake, the IHH initiative supports, among other, the production of national infographics, policy briefs, additional research and organizes capacity development workshops.   

For more information and updates on the IHH initiative, please contact me or any of our partners.

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