ICLARM is initiating the creation of an international Network of Tropical Fisheries Scientists to enhance communication between fisheries scientists working on aspects of management-oriented research. Basically, this would include those who are engaged in studies of the scientific aspects of assessment, conservation and management of tropical stocks. More specifically, it would include anyone with an interest in estimating the various biological, fishery and socioeconomic parameters which determine the magni-tude of harvests and in the application of those parameters to models, with the final objective of arriving at scientifically sound management measures for tropical stocks.