The Mitigation Strategies project is the central focus of this new organization’s work. The project will address the issue of fisheries bycatch and related mortality in seabird and sea turtle species. Through research, demonstration...
Maille is currently a Patent Examiner in the Biotechnology Tech Center at the US Patent and Trademark Office, in Alexandria, VA. Her specialties include microbiology/molecular biology patents.
Jill currently serves as the Managing Director of the Erol Foundation and 836M. For decades, Jill has been involved in the environmental movement ranging from roles in the NGO, private, and public sectors. She was the Founding Pacific Coast...
I am the ED of the Ocean Knowledge Action Network and the Science Director for the Moonjelly Foundation. I facilitate a close community of people from around the world who want to share knowledge about co-designing ocean science for a healthier and more diverse ocean. At Moonjelly, I work with our Indigenous and local partners to create new ways of applying bottom-up, trust-based philanthropy to fund traditional and local knowledge collection as well as Indigenous researchers and scientists.
Eric is now pursuing full-time commercial fishing, primarily as a hook fisherman working bottom long-lines or 'tub trawls' for cod and haddock out of Harwich, Massachusetts. He is also a fisheries advocate for the Georges Bank Hook sector...
Brian is currently an Professor of Marine Ecology at the University of Maine at Machias where he teaches marine ecology, marine biology, biostatistics, shellfish aquaculture, and fisheries management. His applied research programs focus on...
Andrew Cohen directs the Center for Research on Aquatic Bioinvasions, which focuses on the science and policy of biological invasions. He is currently organizing a national campaign to persuade the US EPA to regulate ballast water...
Karleen graduated from UCLA with a BA in English and a PhD in biology with an emphasis in marine ecology. Karleen's research focused on human impacts in the marine environment. Her dissertation investigated nutrient cycling and the effects...
After obtaining her PhD at Yale University, Syma worked with the Connecticut Fund for the Environment with the generous support of a Switzer Environmental Leadership Grant. In this position she worked on assessing open space acquisition...
