Laura Kaikkonen1,2, Rebecca J Shellock3,4, Samiya Ahmed Selim5, Renis Auma Ojwala6, Beatriz S. Dias7, Shenghui Li8, Charles I. Addey9, Ignacio Gianelli10,11, Katherine M Maltby12, Sara Garcia-Morales13,14, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes15, Shan Jiang16, Marta Albo-Puigserver17, Virginia A. García Alonso18, Chelsey A. Baker19, Colleen B. Bove20, Stephanie Brodie21, Lol Iana Dahlet22,23, Jewel Das22,24, Aislinn Dunne25, Sebastian C.A. Ferse22,26, Ellen Johannesen6, Julia Jung27, Eugenia Merayo Garcia28, Denis B. Karcher29,   Sarah Mahadeo6, Lucia Millan30, Kasali Oladepo Lawal31, Ayodele Oloko32, Kelly Ortega-Cisneros33, Stephanie Otoabasi-Akpan34, Durlave Roy35, Samina Sharmin Rouf36, Szymon Smoliński37, Natasa Vaidianu38,39, Chris Whidden40, Mia Strand41National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New ZealandUniversity of Helsinki, FinlandInstitute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, Tasmania, AustraliaCentre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, AustraliaCenter for Sustainable Development, University of Liberal Arts BangladeshWorld Maritime University-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute, Malmö, SwedenCollege of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USGuangdong Ocean University, ChinaDepartment of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USEqualSea Lab-CRETUS. Department of Applied Economics, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, SpainSouth American Institute for Resilience and Sustainability Studies (SARAS), UruguayGulf of Maine Research Institute, Maine, USMarine Environmental and Sciences Centre (MARE-ARNET), University of Lisbon, PortugalEcology and Biodiversity Institute (IEB), ChileInstitute for the Oceans and Fisheries, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver CanadaState Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, ChinaCentro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO‑CSIC), Ecosystem Oceanography Group, Palma, SpainInstituto de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental y Aplicada (IBBEA, CONICET-UBA)National Oceanography Centre, Marine Systems Modelling, Southampton, UKUrsinus College; Biology Department; Collegeville, United StatesEnvironment, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaLeibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), GermanyInstituto de Estudos Costeiros, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Bragança, BrazilInstitute of Marine Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chattogram, BangladeshRed Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Marine Ecology, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, GermanyCobra Collective, Egham, United KingdomJoint Nature Conservation Committee, UKAustralian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaInstitut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC, Barcelona, SpainDepartment of Marine Science and Technology, Federal University of Technology Akure, NigeriaInstitute for the Oceans and Fisheries, The University of British Columbia,CanadaDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaFederal University of Technology, AkureBangladesh Open UniversityBertarelli Foundation’s Marine Science Programme, Zoological Society of London, UKNational Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Gdynia, PolandFaculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Ovidius University of ConstantaInterdisciplinary Center of Advanced Research on Territorial Dynamics, University of Bucharest, RomaniaFaculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie UniversityDepartment of Development Studies, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa