Explore our curated collection of Food for Thought articles written by distinguished luminaries in the field of Marine Science.

Paul Snelgrove
Looking back in awe: spectacular advances in the marine biodiversity toolbox to support sustainable oceans 

David O Conover
The extraordinary Atlantic silverside and me

Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad
A career working on fish

Verena M Trenkel
Contributing to ecosystem-based management: a personal scientific journey

Abigail M Smith
Places to go, people to know, things to learn

Oscar Schofield
Watching the sunrise on our ocean planet in a new era of marine science 

Ole Arve Misund
Why should scientists lead? To underpin policy on marine and polar ecosystems 

Dag O Hessen
Why we do science—marine ecosystems in context

Richard C Brusca
A personal reflection on changes in marine science education over the past sixty years

Jan A Pechenik
Maybe it’s good to not have too much focus

Richard Beamish
I think that I will just sit here and wait

Sue E Moore
Chasing inter-species communication: what marine mammals are telling us about our oceans

John C Montgomery
What will the future make of our discoveries?

Edward E DeMartini
Responses to unexpected events; folk-rock-blues anthems; memes and other non-genetically inherited traits

John G Field
Was this career shaped by people or by chance

David C Schneider
Becoming an ocean scientist: learning from surprise

Steve Murawski
When you come to a fork in the road – take it!

W Stewart Grant
My life with the Red Queen in fishery genetics

Louis Legendre
The pleasure of writing, being published, appealing to readers, and contributing to the advancement of knowledge

Julian Anthony Koslow
Discoveries and challenges: navigating the oceanic great unknown

Åsmund Bjordal
Fisher or fisheries scientist? 

Usha Varanasi
Casting a wide net and making the most of the catch

Marianne V Moore
Career advice for those who cannot walk on water—build bridges!

Cornelius Hammer
A life in science—a way to conquer your demons (but maybe not the best way)

Arthur N Popper
Colleagues as friends

Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow
Ingredients to become a scientist: curiosity, enthusiasm, perseverance, opportunity, and a good pinch of luck

Robin S Waples
Serendipity and me

Paul K Dayton
Adventures scaling the realized niche, saving the world, and searching for values

Milton S. Love
A 45-year career in marine science—better than a sharp stick in the eye

Sidney J. Holt
Becoming a marine scientist: helped by a daily quota of three lumps of coal

Jake Rice
What a long, strange trip it's been

Philippe Cury
Obstinate nature

Jennifer R. Ovenden
Breaking the myths (or how to have a successful career in science)

Randall M. Peterman
Continuous learning, teamwork, and lessons for young scientists

Thomas P. Quinn
From magnets to bears: is a career studying salmon narrow or broad?

Keith M. Brander
Seeing through

Rosemary E. Ommer
Curiosity, interdisciplinarity, and giving back

Jennifer E. Purcell
Of jellyfish, fish, and humans

M. Joanne Morgan
Understanding biology to improve advice for fisheries management

Theodore T. Packard
From Thoreau's woods to the Canary Islands: exploring ocean biogeochemistry through enzymology

Colin W. Clark
Modelling the behaviour of fishers and fishes

Beatriz Morales-Nin
Dealing with time: a career in fish and fisheries

Gustav-Adolf Paffenhöfer
How cooperation contributes to scientific advances

Steven E. Campana
Twelve easy steps to embrace or avoid scientific petrification: lessons learned from a career in otolith research

François Gerlotto
Sixteen lessons from a 40-year quest to understand the mysterious life of the grey triggerfish

Brian Rothschild
On the birth and death of ideas in marine science

Emory Anderson
Lessons from a career in fisheries science

Ken Able
Natural History: An approach whose time has come, passed, and needs to be resurrected

Ken Sherman
Sustaining the world's large marine ecosystems

Daniel Pauly
Having to science the hell out of it

Ray Hilborn
Of mice, fishermen, and food

Kevern Cochrane
An integrated view of fisheries: tunnelling between silos

Marc Mangel
Know your organism, know your data

Malcolm Jobling
More than a fair share of good luck

Lawrence Dill
Behavioural ecology and marine conservation: a bridge over troubled water?

David MacLennan
Reflections on technology and science in fishery research