Too Big To Ignore

TBTI Global organization started in 2012 as Too Big To Ignore (TBTI) Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research. The name ‘TBTI’ is known among fisheries actors, including governments and intergovernmental organizations, as the research center and knowledge mobilization hub for all aspects of small-scale fisheries, arguing that they are ‘too big to ignore’.  

TBTI Global’s key mandates are to rectify the marginalization of small-scale fisheries in national and international policies, and to develop research and governance capacity to address global fisheries challenges. It achieves its mission through activities and deliverables such as a comprehensive open-access information system in small-scale fisheries, conducting in-depth social science and interdisciplinary research on topics related to small-scale fisheries; and synthesizing and mobilizing knowledge for policy discussion and capacity development in small-scale fisheries.