These guidelines are for use in post-emergency damage and needs assessment. The guidelines provide advice and a structure for assessing the requirements of relief and rehabilitation relating directly to fisheries and aquaculture. The situation and exact timing of when the subsectoral assessment of fisheries and/or aquaculture is undertaken will vary. However, the process of identifying these sectoral requirements must be set in the holistic context that is the wider livelihoods of the affected communities. Therefore, it is critical that the assessment team endeavour to link up with other assessment missions