Paige Thanasoulis¹, Justin Belluz², Brandon J. Bethel³, Naomi Boon², Aleisha T. Dennie⁴, Meagan Gary⁵, Agampodi Jagath Mendis Gunasekara⁶, Lindon Havimana⁷, Drew Jordison⁸, Kaitlyn Lowder⁹, Nokubonga Mbandzi-Phorego¹⁰, Mr. Ernest Nomo Ohandja, MSc¹¹, Eric Okuku¹², Francesca Porri¹⁰, Andrew R.S. Ross¹³, Sazlina Salleh¹⁴, Zoe Sandwith¹⁵, Mr. Sheikh Fahim Faysal Faysal Sowrav¹⁶, Andrew Stewart¹⁷, Alexis Valauri-Orton⁹, Tim van der Stap⁸ and Carrie Weekes¹⁸, (1)The Ocean Foundation, Ocean Science Equity (EquiSea) Initiative, Washington DC, United States, (2)Tula Foundation, Victoria, BC, Canada, (3)University of The Bahamas, Small Island Sustainability, Nassau, Bahamas, (4)Institute of Marine Affairs, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, (5)The Ocean Foundation, Ocean Science Equity (EquiSea) Initiative, Washington, D.C., United States, (6)Marine Environment Protection Authority, Colombo, Sri Lanka, (7)Solomon Islands National University, Honiara, Solomon Islands, (8)Hakai Institute, Campbell River, BC, Canada, (9)The Ocean Foundation, Ocean Science Equity (EquiSea) Initiative, Washington, United States, (10)South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda, South Africa, (11)Association of Professionals in Coastal and Aquatics Management, Douala, Cameroon, (12)Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Mombasa, Kenya, (13)Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC, Canada, (14)Universiti Sains Malaysia, Center for Policy Research, Minder, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, (15)350Solutions, Raleigh, United States, (16)Bangladesh Maritime University, Department of Oceanography and Hydrography, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (17)Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa, Canada, ON, Canada, (18)Independent Researcher, Quathiaski Cove, BC, Canada