Among the poorest in many countries are artisanal coastal fishermen who own little primitive capital equipment and must live from hand to mouth on the basis of each day's catch. Similarly, as far as inland fishing goes, the very poor also lack the land, water, or capital resources to practice aquaculture. This does not, however, imply that the poor majority, as opposed to the poorest of the poor, cannot benefit from the practice of aquaculture in certain circumstances. Nonetheless, a fundamental finding of this appraisal is that aquaculture is only one of the tools which AID should use in its fisheries program.