The National Inshore Fisheries Workshop 2015 was facilitated to allow a wide range of fisher interests from across Australia with small scale inshore fisheries to identify their issues and areas of common interest.  Participants were exposed to the experiences of international, national and state industry leaders. The National Inshore Fisheries Workshop provided information regarding how other inshore fisheries have responded to a range of threats and limitations to their fisheries. It also provided examples of how individual fisheries improved their capacity to deliver local safe seafood to consumers, while engaging communities in their role as a key food producer.