The Illuminating Hidden Harvests study will provide critical knowledge and information on small-scale fisheries globally, informing the way forward for sustainable development of the sector. This vital contribution was acknowledged in the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food report released on 25 January 2019. The study, due out in late 2020, will make headway toward identifying ‘the specific needs of small-scale inland and capture fisheries’, which are often overlooked in policy.