The Meloy Fund is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rare, a global conservation organization dedicated to helping communities around the world protect and maintain their natural resources in harmony with their environment. The Meloy Fund partners with Rare’s global fisheries recovery program, Fish Forever, to break apart the tragedy of the commons which, under open-access regimes, has led to rampant overfishing and destructive fishing for decades. As a result of placing local ownership of fisheries in fishers' hands for the first time, financial incentives can be directed to safely motivate the adoption of sustainable behaviors.