Overfishing threatens many of the world’s fish stocks — and the millions who rely on fish for their food and livelihoods. Reliably managed fisheries suffer less overfishing, but more than 90 percent of Earth’s fisheries currently lack effective management. Scientists have developed innovative approaches to assess and manage fisheries despite limited data and resources. Managers and scientists need to work together to ensure widespread adoption of these approaches and bring them into the mainstream.

OUR APPROACH: This group assembled fish stock assessors, social scientists, ecologists, and marine conservation practitioners to evaluate the problems of data-limited fisheries and build a framework to solve it.