Masifundise Development Trust is an independent, non-governmental organisation working with small scale and traditional fishing and coastal communities in the west and south coasts of the Western Cape, South Africa. Although in the last six months, our fieldwork has taken the organisation into the east coast in areas such as the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal. The organisation is the only non-governmental organisation in South Africa working with fisher and coastal organisations in the region and has been engaged with policy development processes in this regard for the past eight years.