Financial benefits and political interests are often the primary motivating forces of marine and coastal management. We aim to prioritize people via capacity sharing and community-led initiatives through the inclusion of a multiplicity of backgrounds and knowledge to prevent ongoing marginalization and dispossession of the ocean space from people. Equitable marine and coastal management implore the recognition of the intersections of systems of power and oppression and the unification of the natural and social sciences.

This introduction was written by Cinda Scott.