Area-based management measures by any sector can deliver outcomes that collectively align with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO) Strategy on Mainstreaming Biodiversity across Food Production Sectors. “Other effective area-based conservation measures” (OECMs) offer a novel opportunity for the fisheries community to demonstrate their efforts in the mainstreaming of biodiversity.