The average small-scale fisher in rural coastal Thailand earns probably half of the income of the average Thai citizen. He is from one of the almost 50,000 households in Thailand fishing with a vessel that weighs less than 10 tons. He lives in one of the 2,500 rural fishing villages around the country, 80 percent of which are located beyond municipalities, without basic infrastructure such as roads and electricity (World Bank 2004:17).The average small-scale fisher in rural coastal Thailand earns probably half of the income of the average Thai citizen. He is from one of the almost 50,000 households in Thailand fishing with a vessel that weighs less than 10 tons. He lives in one of the 2,500 rural fishing villages around the country, 80 percent of which are located beyond municipalities, without basic infrastructure such as roads and electricity (World Bank 2004:17).