Dr Matt Taylor is Senior Principal Research Scientist and Program Leader—Recreational Fisheries Research with the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. He is a marine recreational fisheries scientist working across a spectrum of contemporary recreational fisheries research areas, but with a career-long specialisation in applied ecological research supporting fisheries enhancement and restoration. He leads a team of 6 Senior Research Scientists, and has authored 223 peer-reviewed contributions to international journals. He is Conjoint Professor with University of Newcastle, and Adjunct Professor with University of NSW and University of Queensland, and has supervised 22 PhD students thus far. His current program of work provides the scientific basis for all evidence-based management of recreational fisheries in NSW.