What is FishKit?

FishKit is a publicly available, online suite of tools that supports coastal communities in designing effective, science-based management measures. Tailored for small-scale, coastal fisheries, FishKit makes sustainable practices more accessible and actionable— leading to healthier ocean ecosystems while strengthening food security and livelihoods.

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

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.

Size Limit Builder

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

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.

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.

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.

Data Repository

Here, with some understanding of fisheries science and the best available data, you can construct life histories for species of interest and upload fisheries data for use in the FishKit tools.