their significant role in this region is well known despite in some cases limited available data for this sector since millennia the smallscale fishing sector has supported livelihoods within coastal communities the role it plays in sustaining economic activity and ensuring food security within vulnerable coastal communities is not to be overlooked particularly in the current context of everincreasing rural to urban migration furthermore ssf play a key role in maintaining local traditions and culture creating added value for other sectors such as the restaurant and tourism industries