Our sustainable fishing experts

  • Battista, Willow
    Senior Manager, Climate Resilient Food Systems

    Areas of expertise: Food systems; Aquatic foods; Climate-resilient fisheries; Data-limited scientific assessment (stocks and ecosystems) and adaptive management; Designing equitable management systems; Effective governance for sustainable management; Principles for scaling successful solutions; Designing behavioral science-based interventions for marine conservation problems

  • Boné, Eduardo
    Senior Manager, Cuba Fisheries & Oceans

    Areas of expertise: Fisheries bio-economic modelling, Latin America & the Caribbean, Community-based Resource Management, Learning Networks.

  • Bonzon, Kate
    Vice President, Climate Resilient Fisheries

    Areas of expertise: Oceans Program, renewing fisheries

  • Calderón, Juan Manuel
    National Policy Director, Mexico Fisheries & Oceans

    Areas of expertise: Public policy design and implementation, public finance, public affairs and strategic management.

  • Chen, Fenjie
    Senior Manager/Representative, Japan Fisheries & Oceans

    Areas of expertise: Fisheries policy, sustainability evaluation, fishery improvement.

  • Colson Leaning, Dustin
    Senior Specialist, Fisheries Innovations and Policy

    Areas of expertise: Technologies for fisheries management, fisheries policy and management

  • Cusack, Christopher
    Director, Oceans Technology Solutions

    Areas of expertise: Fisheries Economics, Technologies for Fisheries Management, The Blue Economy, Fisheries Science

  • Eurich, Jacob
    Small-Scale Fisheries Solutions Scientist

    Areas of expertise: Climate change and fisheries, indicators of ocean health and fisheries status, sustainable and resilient blue food systems, applied marine ecology, Asia-Pacific

  • Fujita, Rod
    Associate Vice President, Research & Development, Lead Senior Scientist II

    Areas of expertise: Oceans Program, marine ecology, aquaculture, fisheries science, fisheries management, catch shares, marine protected areas, resilience, climate change

  • Haukebo, Sepp
    Senior Manager, Global Fisheries Initiatives

    Areas of expertise: Fisheries management, marine science policy, marine conservation, environmental education

  • Jud, Shems
    Director, Japan Fisheries & Oceans

    Areas of expertise: Oceans Programs, catch shares, renewing fisheries

  • Karr, Kendra
    Senior Scientist II, Ocean Research & Development

    Areas of expertise: Marine protected areas, ocean conservation, food systems, climate-resilient fisheries, data-limited scientific assessment (stocks and ecosystems) and adaptive management, ecosystem-based management, designing equitable management systems, effective governance for sustainable management, scaling successful solutions, designing behavioral science-based interventions for marine conservation problems

  • Kelso, Karly
    Director, Climate Resilient Food Systems

    Areas of expertise: Blue foods, food systems, Asia-Pacific, fishery management design, small-scale fisheries, rights-based management

  • Kleisner, Kristin
    Associate Vice President, Oceans Science

    Areas of expertise: Climate change and fisheries, bio-economic modeling, indicators of ocean health and fisheries status

  • Litsinger, Emilie
    Associate Vice President, Asia Pacific Oceans

    Areas of expertise: Oceans Program, catch shares, marine protected areas

  • Miller, Valerie
    Director, Cuba Fisheries & Oceans

    Areas of expertise: Shark Conservation, Latin America & the Caribbean, Cooperative Resource Management

  • Mimikakis, John
    Vice President, Asia-Pacific Fisheries & Oceans

    Areas of expertise: Oceans Programs, catch shares

  • Ortiz, Rafael
    Senior Director, Mexico Fisheries & Oceans

    Areas of expertise: Fisheries, Ocean Conservation, Stakeholder Engagement, Research and Analysis, Ecophysiology

  • Poon, Sarah
    AVP, Fishery Solutions Center

    Areas of expertise: Fisheries management, training and capacity development

  • Ruiter, Pamela
    Senior Manager, SSF Initiatives

    Areas of expertise: Oceans program, Seafood markets, catch shares, renewing fisheries, EU Fisheries policy, TURF Reserves