2018-10-292018-10-292008p. 67-84. In: Westlund, L., Holvoet, K., Kébé, M (eds.) Achieving poverty reduction through responsible fisheries: lessons from West and Central Africa. FAO fisheries and aquaculture technical paper 513. FAO, Rome. [open access]2070-7010https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/1538The chapter discusses the SELP (Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme)'s co-management experiences-both in inland water areas in West Africa and on the Atlantic coast, and underlies the importances of addessing social exclusion and vulnerability factors as well as creating incentives to enable poor people to take part in resource management.application/pdfReport