Rashid Sumaila
The world’s most cited fisheries economist. Tyler Prize Laureate 2023.
When industrial fishing strips everything of value from the sea, there's nothing left for locals who rely on fish for their livelihood.
Rashid Sumaila has witnessed this problem occurring on coastlines from Norway to Namibia, and recognized the catastrophic economic and social impacts of overfishing - particularly on the world's most vulnerable people.
One of the first to apply economic ideas like Game Theory to fisheries, Sumaila has shown the financial benefits of rebuilding fish stocks, and helped create international management policies than benefit all of humanity - not just the wealthy.