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[smartslider3 slider=2]<\/div>\r\n\r\nWorldwide, 500 million people depend on small-scale fisheries for their livelihoods, food security and cultural identities. This global community is made up of thousands of smaller communities, each different from one another with a diversity of experiences of living with the ocean. Yet one thing connects them all: the deepening environmental crisis that is impacting their way of life and further marginalising their communities.<\/span>\r\n\r\nDespite being on the frontlines of this crisis, small-scale fishers\u2019 voices are rarely heard in discussions on how to tackle it. 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