Experience

IMCS Network

• United States
• Fisheries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior MCS Specialist - Projects and Partnerships

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  Develop and manage the Network’s communication and outreach activities and partnerships. Coordinate the activities of the Tuna Compliance Network (TCN) and support the Pan-Pacific Fisheries Compliance Network (PPFCN). Provide technical support to a range of capacity building initiatives including to promote safe, decent and worthwhile working conditions on fishing vessels. Develop and manage the Network’s communication and outreach activities and partnerships. Coordinate the activities of the Tuna Compliance Network (TCN) and support the Pan-Pacific Fisheries Compliance Network (PPFCN). Provide technical support to a range of capacity building initiatives including to promote safe, decent and worthwhile working conditions on fishing vessels.



Global Fishing Watch

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Manager Oceania

  • Aug 2022 - May 2023

  Develop and lead Global Fishing Watch’s program of work in Oceania to advance the goal of increasing transparency of human activity at sea to improve ocean governance. Develop and lead the program of work to support national and regional efforts to promote safe, decent and worthwhile working conditions on fishing vessels and to identify and address forced labour on fishing vessels. Develop and lead Global Fishing Watch’s program of work in Oceania to advance the goal of increasing transparency of human activity at sea to improve ocean governance. Develop and lead the program of work to support national and regional efforts to promote safe, decent and worthwhile working conditions on fishing vessels and to identify and address forced labour on fishing vessels.



Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)

• Consultant

  • Nov 2022 - Feb 2023

  Undertake a review and comparative assessment of existing schemes of sanctions, incentives and other remedial measures currently implemented by other RFMOs and/or other relevant international organisations. Provide recommendations on the development and implementation of mechanisms to encourage and promote compliance in the IOTC. Undertake a review and comparative assessment of existing schemes of sanctions, incentives and other remedial measures currently implemented by other RFMOs and/or other relevant international organisations. Provide recommendations on the development and implementation of mechanisms to encourage and promote compliance in the IOTC.



The Pew Charitable Trusts

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • Mar 2022 - Jul 2022

  Undertake research and analysis of distant water fishing nations (DWFN) operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, including legal and operational frameworks and relationship with Latin American countries. Identify opportunities for Pew to cooperate with DWFN to encourage increased international engagement and active collaboration with Latin American countries. Undertake research and analysis of distant water fishing nations (DWFN) operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, including legal and operational frameworks and relationship with Latin American countries. Identify opportunities for Pew to cooperate with DWFN to encourage increased international engagement and active collaboration with Latin American countries.



New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade

• New Zealand
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Fisheries Compliance Adviser

  • Feb 2019 - Jul 2022

  Provide high-level advice to the Office of the President, the Department of Justice (DoJ), and the National Oceanic Resources Management Authority (NORMA) to evaluate and strengthen the national fisheries compliance regime.Develop and implement the FSM Fisheries Compliance Strategy 2020 - 2025 and the national coordinating mechanism.

• Activity Design Specialist

  • Mar 2019 - Feb 2020

  Undertake research and analysis of factors driving poor labour conditions and human rights abuses on fishing vessels operating in the Pacific and the flow on impacts to Southeast Asian crew source countries and to Pacific Island Countries (PIC).Design a $4.5 million New Zealand Aid Programme investment activity in the fisheries and human rights sectors to support safe and worthwhile employment on fishing vessels in the Pacific to be implemented by the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), the International Organization of Migration (IOM), International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Show less



FAO

• France
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant (ABNJ Tuna Project and and ABNJ Deep Seas Project)

  • Jan 2017 - Jul 2022

  2020 - 2022Undertake a comprehensive analysis of the tuna regional fisheries management organisations (RFMO) compliance assessment processes and trends in compliance with the IMCS Network and the Tuna Compliance Network.Develop recommendations to enhance and strengthen RFMO compliance assessment processes.2017 - 2020Review and analyse international binding and voluntary instruments related to tuna and deep-sea fisheries and biodiversity conservation.Identify successful practices for MCS in tuna and deep-sea fisheries in the ABNJ and develop international MCS guidelines for tuna fisheries in the ABNJ. Show less

• Consultant

  • Dec 2017 - Dec 2018

  Provide support and advice to evaluate and strengthen the national implementation of a range of international instruments including the FAO Agreement of Port State Measures (PSMA), the Voluntary Guidelines for Flag State Performance and the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IPOA-IUU).



North Pacific Fisheries Commission

• Japan
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • May 2019 - May 2021

  Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) Design the NPFC vessel monitoring system (VMS) legal and operational framework, implementation plan and related data and information security policies. NPFC Secretariat Develop and manage the NPFC VMS Request for Proposal (RFP) and provide advice on VMS implementation and operation. Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada Provide specialist policy and technical advice for the design, implementation and management of NPFC VMS including on contractual arrangements and implementation. Show less



Pacific Community-SPC

• New Caledonia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Project Design Specialist

  • Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

  Design a joint proposal to respond to the USAID in Promoting Just, Engaged, Civic-minded and Transparent Governance in the Pacific for SPC’s Human Rights and Social Development Division, the East West Centre and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). Design a joint proposal to respond to the USAID in Promoting Just, Engaged, Civic-minded and Transparent Governance in the Pacific for SPC’s Human Rights and Social Development Division, the East West Centre and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES).



Department of Fisheries

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Consultant

  • May 2019 - Feb 2020

  Provide high-level advice to evaluate and strengthen Thailand’s performance in respect of its port State and market State obligations. Recommend appropriate measures and practices to prevent the importation of IUU-derived fish and fish products into Thailand and to support the implementation of the IUU-free Thailand policy. Provide high-level advice to evaluate and strengthen Thailand’s performance in respect of its port State and market State obligations. Recommend appropriate measures and practices to prevent the importation of IUU-derived fish and fish products into Thailand and to support the implementation of the IUU-free Thailand policy.



Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)

• Solomon Islands
• Fisheries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant

  • Jan 2018 - Jan 2020

  Provide technical support to a range of regional initiatives including the regional Port State Measures (PSM) and Catch Documentation Scheme (CDS) frameworks. Review and evaluate regional and national MCS policies, activities and capacity including to meet regional and international obligations. Develop policy and procedures for implementation national and regional MCS activities and to further develop MCS programs with a focus on electronic reporting (ER), electronic Monitoring (EM) and other emerging technologies. Provide expert review of FFA MCS Data Analysis Guidelines – A Guide for MCS Data Analysis Officers and FFA IUU Fishing and Compliance Risk Criteria for PSM. Show less



CCAMLR

• Australia
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fishery Monitoring and Compliance Manager

  • Mar 2011 - Jan 2018

  Manage fishery monitoring and compliance functions and services to support the implementation of the Commission’s MCS measures and compliance activities. Develop and manage multi-year programmes of work to review and strengthen a range of MCS measures including a SAR satellite trial, trade data analysis, AIS assessment, VMS and CDS review. Undertake the review and evaluation of Contracting Party implementation of, and compliance with, CCAMLR obligations. Provide high-level policy, legal and technical advice and support to the Commission and its subsidiary bodies. Support several Secretariat-wide initiatives including as they relate to information and data management, communications, strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation and recruitment. Invited expert to the FAO Expert Consultation on Catch Documentation Schemes and FAO Expert Workshop on Transhipment and IUU Fishing. Review the FAO Technical Paper Design Options for the Development of Tuna Catch Documentation Schemes. Show less



Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Fisheries Officer (Intelligence and Project Management)

  • Mar 2004 - Feb 2011

  Manage a range of MCS measures used to support State-wide fisheries compliance and enforcement activities. Support compliance risk assessment processes, strategic intelligence framework development, the vessel database and inspection register development. Provide advice as a member of several Ministerial fisheries advisory committees and the National Fisheries Compliance Committee (NFCC) Intelligence and Technologies sub-Committees. Provide operational intelligence and investigative support to significant State and National fisheries enforcement operations. Undertake secondments to the Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council (TSIC) and the Australian Crime Commission (ACC). Show less