The development of small-scale fishing and the communities that support it is essential, in the sense that, in most of the countries with a maritime tradition, the small-scale fisheries are the base of a whole "ecosystem" which, for matters of fisheries and social sustainability, must be supported.
Razvoj malega ribolova in skupnosti, ki ga izvajajo, je bistvenega pomena, saj je v večini držav s pomorsko tradicijo ta sektor temelj celotnega „ekosistema“, ki ga je treba podpreti zaradi ribištva in socialne trajnostnosti.