The TBTI@MARE meeting took place on June 23^rd 2015 in Amsterdam, prior to the MARE ‘People and the Sea VIII’ conference. The meeting included presentations about the twelve TBTI research clusters and was open to all TBTI members and other interested people. Among other things, the meeting was an opportunity to discuss synergies among and integration across the different clusters as well as to receive feedback about the clusters (e.g. objectives, work plan, impact, integration with other clusters etc.). A part of the meeting was allocated for the discussion about the upcoming FAO Policy Forum as well as any other ideas about what TBTI can do to influence policy and affect change at all levels.