Far from the miserable images often portrayed, artisanal fishing can represent a dynamic sector, capable of innovation and, if given appropriate attention and support, could represent the best option for the future as much in the North as in the South. This was the subject of the article published in Samudra 44 on the revival of the line fishery for tuna in the Bay of Biscay.
Two privileged observers of the evolution of the artisanal fishing sector, Ahmed Mahmoud Chérif1 from Mauritania and Marc Allain2 from Canada, react to the issues raised in that article, and, based on their respective experiences, discuss the opportunities offered by artisanal fisheries given the challenges of the new millennium.