Principal Scientist, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Weymouth, United Kingdom)

Frederico is a molecular biologist working primarily on diseases of marine bivalves. With over 17 years of postdoctoral experience, his work has focused on the development of diagnostic tools, host–parasite interactions, and the characterisation of pathogens affecting bivalve molluscs and other aquatic species. Since 2018, he has led the Molluscan Health Theme within the WOAH Collaborating Centre for Emerging Aquatic Animal Disease.

Researcher, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) in Montpellier, France.

Philippe is interested in using DNA markers to uncover the population genetic structure, the taxonomy, the distribution, and the demographic history of marine species. His model organisms mainly include echinoderms, teleost fishes and stingrays from the tropical Indo-West Pacific.

Professor at Saint Mary’s University in the School of the Environment and the School of Business (Halifax, Canada).

Anthony is a transdisciplinary researcher on fisheries, coasts and oceans, covering such themes as ecosystem-based management, sustainability, marine protected areas, community-based management, and climate change adaptation. He leads the Community Conservation Research Network (www.CommunityConservation.Net), a global initiative conservation and sustainable livelihoods within local communities. He has authored/co-authored several books, including Sustainable Fishery Systems; Governance of Marine Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation; Governing the Coastal Commons; and The Future of Ocean Governance and Capacity Development.

Researcher at the Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Climate and Energy Transformations at the University of Bergen (Bergen, Norway).

Dorothy has a PhD from the University of Bergen in Fisheries Biology and Management Her interdisciplinary background includes expertise with Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) theory and methods as applied in marine and systems biotechnology. She also has specialized in the fields of science for policy and post-normal science.

Leading the Economic Analyses Unit at the Thuenen-Institute of Sea Fisheries (Bremerhaven, Germany).

Ralf is a natural resource economist specialised in fisheries economics. He advises the German government and the European Commission in economic aspects of fisheries policies. His areas of expertise include fisheries management, economic impact assessment of management measures, ecosystem based fisheries management and sustainability economics.

Research scientist, INRAE UR EABX (France).

Hilaire Drouineau develops models to study the impact of global change on fish and aquatic ecosystems, especially on diadromous species such as the European eel and on food webs. He uses these models both to study the functioning of those systems and to support their sustainable management.

Docent at University Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB) affiliated to the Alpine Center for Research on Lake Ecosystem and Food Webs (CARRTEL).

Victor investigates the responses of aquatic freshwater ecosystems to anthropogenic forcings (mainly biological invasion, climate change and organic pollutants) using modeling approaches and field experiments. He has special interests on trophic ecology to determine how species interact within food webs and how stressors affect species interactions.

Research scientist, Wageningen Economic Research (Gravenhage, The Netherlands).

Katell has developed bio-economic models of fisheries to perform impact evaluations for 13 years and is currently focussing on human behaviour, how fishers make decisions and what influences those. Her interest lies mainly in multi-disciplinary collaborations to account for the complexity of human nature in marine models and management advice.

Research scientist, French Research Institute for Development (IRD), MARBEC Laboratory (Sète, France).

My research focuses on assessing the effects of different forms of spatial and non-spatial fisheries management on marine populations. Using the lenses of meta-population modeling, experimental marine ecology, species distribution modeling, analysis of fisheries catch-effort data and oceanography, I am looking at how marine spatial management relates to sustainability, conservation and community structure of marine populations with distinct dispersal and reproductive potentials. Recent work has included studies on the implications of offshore marine protected areas for mobile demersal and pelagic species, as well as work on tropical tuna purse seine fisheries in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. I am also studying the effects of oceanographic processes on temporal and spatial patterns of larval settlement.

Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia (Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic).

Dr. Roy Koushik is an assistant professor and deputy head of laboratory of nutrition in the University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters. He is a fisheries and aquaculture professional by training. He works on aquatic animal nutrition and bioenergetics, nutritional ecology of freshwaters, nutrient use efficiency in pond and multitrophic systems, eco-intensification of pond farming, valorization of wastes and invasive species, climate change and fishing effects, reproductive phenology, aquaculture-environment interactions, fish farm-to-fork nutritional quality.

Professor at Federal University Sergipe in the Fishery and Aquaculture Department (Sergipe, Brazil).

Alex is a multidisciplinary researcher focused on dynamics of coastal food webs, including multiples issues of the ecology species, fishing impacts, ecosystem management of the small-scale fisheries. In addition, he also has experience in stock assessment with an emphasis on data-poor approaches.

Rich Little is a Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere (Hobart, Australia).

His research specialises in modelling population dynamics, economics, and management decision-making in natural resource and marine environmental science. Much of this work has focused on the Coral Reef Finfish Fishery of the Great Barrier Reef, where he has worked on the development of a computer-based decision support tool called ELFSim. He has published work widely on modelling tradeable permit markets for fisheries quota, artificial intelligence mechanisms (Bayesian Belief Networks) for simulating fishing behaviour, and the economics of marine protected areas. His current research interest has focused on the use of computer-based biophysical process-models for financial risk management purposes, and he is also currently associated with Marine Visual Technologies, an initiative interested in developing solutions to support sustainable fisheries management using advanced computation techniques.

Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics (Frederiksberg, Denmark).

Rasmus have worked for more than 20 years with fisheries and aquaculture. He has extensive experience in applied research within fisheries- and aquaculture economics, environmental economics, production economic modelling, policy and management, and interaction of fisheries and aquaculture on global fish markets. Key interests include incentive based environmental regulation using production economic modelling to improve the management and regulation of global fisheries and aquaculture sectors.

Carlos is a geneticist specialised in population genetics and genomics of marine organisms, with special focus on commercial bivalves. His current research topics include genetics of populations in the Atlantic - Mediterranean transition, genetic and environmental determinants of transcriptomic differences among individuals and populations, and the genomic basis of intra and interspecific differences in individual growth rate.

Associate Professor, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary

Andrew is a natural resource economist whose research focuses on fisheries, aquaculture, and coastal management. He uses econometric, statistical, and simulation modeling approaches to investigate decision-making and behavior in recreational and commercial fisheries; impacts and acceptance of nearshore aquaculture expansion; costs associated with marine debris; and valuation of coastal natural capital.

Research Director at the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Thalassocosmos, Ex-US Base at Gournes Pediados (Heraklion, Crete).

I received a B.Sc degree in Biology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an MSc and a Ph.D in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, from the University of Montpellier II in France (1995-1999). My research interests and expertise include mainly phylogenetics and phylogeography, use of microsatellite and SNP genetic markers, mtDNA sequencing, linkage mapping, comparative genomics, and ploidy evolution in vertebrates.

Satoshi Yamazaki is a resource economist at the University of Tasmania (Tasmania, Australia).

His research focuses on the bioeconomic and empirical analysis of fisheries management, fisher behaviours and development issues in small-scale fishing communities, with a particular focus on the Asia Pacific region.