
The fourth Regional Technical Meeting on Coastal Fisheries and Aquaculture (RTMCFA4) brings together coastal fisheries and aquaculture scientists and technical experts in the Pacific to discuss important technical and scientific gaps, needs, challenges and opportunities. The overarching theme of RTMCFA4 is to discuss and address some of the main technical issues affecting coastal fisheries and aquaculture in support of better science-based resource management and the equitable access to resources, by capturing lessons learned from the “response phase” of the COVID-19 pandemic, and identifying approaches and priorities as the region transitions to the ‘recovery phase’ in 2021–22 and beyond. RTMCFA4 will be the first meeting to include the Community-based Fisheries Dialogue (CBFD) session convened by and focused on civil society organisation (CSO) and other non-state actor (NSA) participation.