What is FishKit?

We developed FishKit, a set of software tools, to tackle the dual challenges limiting sustainability in small-scale fisheries: data gaps and limited know-how among local leaders to use data to design and implement management plans. FishKit makes it easier, faster, and more intuitive for coastal communities to collect and analyze data and transform it into specific management interventions that are proven to work for the majority of small-scale fisheries. Applying FishKit can improve fisheries management in small-scale fisheries, protecting ocean ecosystems while providing food and livelihoods to coastal communities.

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Check out this video to discover how local community members are using FishKit to manage their fisheries and ensure healthy oceans. This video journeys from sunlit fish ponds in Hawai’i to the turquoise waters of French Polynesia where our digital tool is helping people closest to the water collect and analyze the data they need to conserve their resources.

The Toolkit

Stock Health Tracker

Size Limit Builder

Bag Limit Builder

Temporary Closures Tool

Spatial Management Guidance

Data Repository

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Stock Health Tracker

Upload length data from your fishery to understand your catch, and what it means for the long-term health of your fishery.

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Size Limit Builder

Using principles of fisheries biology, evaluate size limits by projecting the tradeoff between fishing yield and fish population health. 

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Bag Limit Builder

Quickly and easily use data on historical take-per-trip to explore patterns and visualizations relative to setting bag limits for species or groups of species. Users can then draft bag limit proposals and predict their potential impacts. 

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Temporary Closures Tool

The Temporary Closures Tool allows users to explore different types of closures, such as lunar phases or months to support community discussions on the design and development of temporary closures.

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Spatial Management Guidance​

The Spatial Management Guidance supports users in thinking through the most important characteristics of designing a spatial management area. It includes: printable guidance and activities, presentation materials, and a table of ecological information for key fish species.

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Data Repository​

Here, with some understanding of fisheries science and the best available data, you can construct life histories for species of interest. This information can then be used in the Size Limit Builder and Stock Health Tracker.

Explore the Data Repository​

FishKit Impact

22

Fishing Communities Engaged

34

FishKit Facilitators Trained

180

Species in the Data Repository

15

Partners and Collaborators
Learn More about FishKit in Action (Coming Soon)