By merging our specialization silos, fisheries professionals can expand the options that are available to them to address difficult fisheries and aquatic conservation problems, which require an understanding of spatial patterns in geographically large systems. Our purpose is to start a profession-wide conversation about additional ways to think about and use spatial data. We use case studies to illustrate how identifying and merging multiple specialized approaches (e.g., fish tracking, fish surveys, geomorphology, social science, jurisdictional viewpoints) can create an ensemble that has advantages over the use of any single approach alone. Thus, our perspective is not about solving a specific technical problem with a new tool, but about the benefits of identifying gaps in data from one specialized approach, and filling those gaps with data from other specialized approaches. If multiple approaches are coordinated through a larger, problem-specific planning strategy, the result can be better outcomes for difficult problems through creative integration. We encourage others to add constructive ideas to the views initiated here.

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合并科学孤岛：整合思考和使用空间数据的专业方法，为持久性渔业问题提供新方向

通过合并我们的专业筒仓，渔业专业人士可以扩大他们可用的选择，以解决困难的渔业和水生保护问题，这需要了解地理大系统中的空间模式。我们的目的是开始一场关于思考和使用空间数据的其他方式的全行业对话。我们使用案例研究来说明如何识别和合并多种专业方法（例如，鱼类追踪、鱼类调查、地貌学、社会科学、管辖观点）可以创建一个比单独使用任何单一方法具有优势的集合。因此，我们的观点不是关于使用新工具解决特定技术问题，而是关于通过一种专门方法识别数据差距的好处，并用来自其他专业方法的数据填补这些空白。如果通过一个更大的、针对特定问题的规划策略来协调多种方法，那么通过创造性的整合，结果可能是解决困难问题的更好结果。我们鼓励其他人在此处提出的观点中添加建设性的想法。