The DecarbonyT Consortium is a multi-disciplinary team comprising of a broad range of scientific disciplines. The scientific experts encompass ecology, ecosystem modellers, fisheries biologist, gear technologists, engineering specialists, and economists. The research institutes building the consortium are all leading in the disciplines required for addressing the call. Principal scientists of these research institutes have pioneered the study of trawling impacts on the benthic ecosystem and energy use in fisheries and have a proven track-record in scientific excellence.