Experts

• Mark Abbott, President & Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
• Octavio Aburto-Oropeza, Assistant Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
• Olanike Adeyemo, Professor of Aquatic Epidemiology and Toxicology Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Innovation & Strategic Partnerships), University of Ibadan
• Eddie Allison, Honorary Fellow, WorldFish Center
• Kwasi Appeaning Addo, Associate Professor, University of Ghana
• Zainal Arifin, Senior Scientist (Marine Pollution), Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
• Ragnar Arnason, Professor, University of Iceland
• Narcisa Maria Mestre Bandarra, Head of Aquaculture and Upgrading, Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere
• Scott Barrett, Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics, Columbia University
• Tanya Brodie Rudolph, Research Fellow, Centre for Complex Systems in Transition; CEO, Enviromer
• Robert Blasiak, Researcher, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University
• Reniel B. Cabral, Assistant Researcher (Research Faculty), University of California Santa Barbara
• Adelino V. M. Canário, Professor, Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve
• Ling Cao, Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• William W. L. Cheung, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Ocean Sustainability and Global Change, University of British Columbia
• Joachim Claudet, Senior Scientist, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
• Christopher Costello, Professor of Economics and emLab Director, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Anthony Cox, Deputy Director, Environment Directorate, OECD
• Minhan Dai, Professor, College of Ocean & Earth Sciences, Xiamen University
• Kamal Deen-Ali, Executive Director, Centre for Maritime Law and Security, Africa
• Salif Diop, Professor of University, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD)
• Carlos Duarte, Professor, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
• Elva Escobar, Director, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
• Eli P. Fenichel, Associate Professor, Yale University
• Miriam Fernandez, Professor, Department of Ecology, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
• Carl Fiati, Director, Environmental Protection Agency, Ghana
• Steve Gaines, Dean and Distinguished Professor, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Mauricio Gálvez-Larach, Head of Fishery Research Division, Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP)
• Stefan Gelcich, Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
• Yimnang Golbuu, CEO, The Palau International Coral Reef Center
• Kirsten Grorud-Colvert, Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University
• Kelly Hoareau, Director, James Michel Blue Economy Research Institute (BERI), University of Seychelles
• Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Professor and Director, Global Change Institute, University of Queensland
• Sigfried Husak, General Manager, Transporte, Logistica y Comercio Ltda
• Chidi Ibe, Professor of Oceanograpy and the Blue Economy, NUC Distinguished Scholar in Diaspora
• Jenna Jambeck, Professor, University of Georgia
• Gareth Johnstone, Director General, WorldFish Center
• Paulus Kainge, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Namibia
• Brajesh Kr Dubey, Associate Professor-Environmental Engineering and Management, Indian Institute of Technology
• John Kurien, Visiting Professor, Azim Premji University, India
• Glenn-Marie Lange, Senior Economist, World Bank
• Jim Leape, William and Eva Price Senior Fellow, Co-Director of the Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
• Lisa A. Levin, Distinguished Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
• Douglas McCauley, Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara and Director, Benioff Ocean Initiative
• Ben Milligan, Scientia Fellow, University of New South Wales
• Yunus Mgaya, Professor of Aquatic Science, University of Dar es Salaam
• Ellie Moss, Director, Blue Skye
• David Obura, Director of CORDIO East Africa
• Henrik Österblom, Professor of Environmental Science, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University
• Yoshitaka Ota, Research Assistant Professor, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, University of Washington
• Guo Peiqing, Executive Director of the Institute of Polar Law and Policy of the Ocean University of China, Ocean University of China, Qingdao
• Ina Porras, Senior Researcher, International Institute for Environment and Development
• Renato A. Quinones, Professor, Department of Oceanography, University of Concepción Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Aquaculture Research (INCAR)
• Jake Rice, Chief Scientist Emeritis, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
• Alejandro Robles Gonzalez, Executive Chairman and Founder, Noroeste Sustentable
• Julien Rochette, Ocean Programme Director, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)
• Alex Rogers, Science Director, REV Ocean
• Joyashree Roy, Bangabandhu Chair Professor, Asian Institute of Technology
• Mary Ruckelshaus, Director, The Natural Capital Project, Stanford University
• Yvonne Sadovy, Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong
• Hide Sakaguchi, President, Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (OPRI)
• Mas Achmad Santosa, Coordinator for Special Advisors, Indonesia Presidential Task Force to Combat Illegal Fishing
• Alan Simcock, Joint Coordinator, United Nations’ Group of Experts of the Regular Process (World Ocean Assessment)
• Andy Steven, Director of Coasts, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
• Rashid Sumaila, Professor and Director of the Fisheries Economics Research Unit, University of British Columbia, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
• Mark Swilling, Professor, Centre for Complex Systems in Transition, Stellenbosch University
• Siva Thambisetty, Associate Professor of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science
• Vu Thanh Ca, Professor, Ha Noi University of Natural Resources and Environment
• Torsten Thiele, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam
• Dire Tladi, Professor, Institute of Comparative and International Law in Africa
• Jorge Torre, General Director, Comunidad y Biodiversidad, A.C. (COBI)
• Jacqueline Uku, Senior Research Officer, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI)
• Joeli Veitayaki, Associate Professor of Marine Studies and USP Samoa Campus Director, University of the South Pacific
• Niels Vestergaard, Professor of Resource Economics, University of Southern Denmark
• Colette Wabnitz, Research Associate, University of British Columbia
• Melissa Walsh, Manager, Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency and the Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner
• Sjarief Widjaja, Head of the Research and Human Resources Development Department, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia
• Jan-Gunnar Winther, Director, Centre for the Ocean and the Arctic
• Hassan Wirajuda, Chairman, Expert Working Group on IUU Fishing, the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries Affairs, Republic of Indonesia
• Emma Witbooi, Director, PescaDOLAS
• Lucy Woodall, Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford and Principal Scientist, Nekton
• Tony Worby, CEO of Flourishing Oceans, Minderoo Foundation
• Boris Worm, Killam Research Professor in Marine Conservation, Dalhousie University
• Rachel Wynberg, Professor and Bio-economy Research Chair, University of Cape Town

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