Brugère, C.; Holvoet, K. & Allison, E. 2008. Livelihood diversification in coastal and inland fishing communities: misconceptions, evidence and implications for fisheries management. Working paper, Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (SFLP). Rome, FAO/DFID. 1 LIVELIHOOD DIVERSIFICATION IN COASTAL AND INLAND FISHING COMMUNITIES: MISCONCEPTIONS, EVIDENCE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (working paper) by Cécile Brugère, Katrien Holvoet & Edward H. Allison (June 2008) Cécile Brugère: Economics and Policy Division, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy cecile.brugere@fao.org Katrien Holvoet: GCP/INT/735/UK, c/o FAOR Cotonou, Benin kholvoet@hotmail.com Edward H. Allison: WorldFish Center – Malaysia Office, Jalan Batu Maung, Batu Maung, 11960 Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malasya, Mail: P.O. Box 500, GPO 10670, Penang, Malaysia E.Allison@cgiar.org