451 S. Jentoft () •฀A.฀Eide Norwegian฀College฀of฀Fishery฀Science,฀University฀of฀Tromsø,฀9037฀Tromsø,฀Norway e-mail:฀svein.jentoft@uit.no;฀arne.eide@uit.no M.฀Bavinck Department฀of฀Human฀Geography,฀Planning,฀and฀International฀Development฀Studies,฀ University฀of฀Amsterdam,฀Nieuwe฀Prinsengracht฀130,฀1018VZ฀Amsterdam,฀ The฀Netherlands e-mail:฀j.m.bavinck@uva.nl Chapter 20 A Better Future: Prospects for Small-Scale Fishing People Svein Jentoft, Arne Eide, Maarten Bavinck, Ratana Chuenpagdee, and Jesper Raakjær S.฀Jentoft฀and฀A.฀Eide฀(eds.),฀Poverty Mosaics: Realities and Prospects in Small-Scale Fisheries, DOI฀10.1007/978-94-007-1582-0_20,฀ ©฀Springer฀Science+Business฀Media฀B.V.฀2011 The call to action and change is compelling. It is to define development as equitable wellbeing for all, to put the bottom poor high on the agenda, to recognize power as a central issue, and to give voice and priority to poor people. It is to enable poor women and men to achieve what they perceive as a better life. These basics underpin efforts to transform the conditions poor people experience, empowering them with freedom to choose and act. Source:฀A฀call฀to฀action:฀The฀challenge฀to฀change฀ (Chapter฀12฀in฀Voices฀of฀the฀Poor:฀Crying฀Out฀for฀Change) Abstract฀ Before฀one฀can฀begin฀to฀create฀a฀better฀future฀for฀small-scale฀isheries฀and฀ those฀who฀depend฀on฀them,฀one฀would฀irst฀need฀to฀ imagine฀it.฀What฀scenarios฀are฀ likely฀and฀which฀are฀preferable฀to฀others?฀One฀would฀also฀need฀to฀think฀about฀how฀to฀ get฀ from฀ where฀ small-scale฀ isheries฀ are฀ now,฀ to฀ where฀ we฀ want฀ them฀ to฀ be.฀ What฀ governance฀initiatives฀would฀be฀needed?฀What฀is฀more฀urgent?฀What฀should฀happen฀ irst?฀This฀inal฀chapter฀synthesizes฀the฀lessons฀for฀policy฀and฀governance฀that฀can฀be฀ drawn฀ from฀ the฀ case฀ studies฀ that฀ have฀ been฀ presented฀ in฀ this฀ volume.฀ All฀ PovFish฀ participants฀were฀invited฀to฀submit฀their฀own฀views฀about฀what฀the฀key฀messages฀from฀ their฀contributions฀are฀and฀what฀others฀should฀learn฀from฀them.฀The฀chapter฀builds฀on฀ their฀ideas฀and฀propositions,฀and฀includes฀excerpts฀from฀what฀they฀formulated.฀It฀also฀ brings฀back฀some฀of฀the฀theoretical฀issues฀that฀were฀discussed฀in฀Part฀1฀-฀Positioning.