Glossary of terms
Here you will find simple and clear definitions of marine and conservation concepts that we use.
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Voluntary guidelines
Recommendations that, when implemented, acknowledge the role of small-scale fisheries, strengthen the people who practice them, and offer solutions to issues faced by fishing communities.
Value chain
A set of actions and processes within the fisheries sector that intervene in the economic cycle: pre-harvest, harvest, post-harvest, and complementary activities. Each stage adds value, understood as the amount consumers are willing to pay for a product or service.
