Matt Broadhurst has worked in several research positions for different agencies throughout the world, including three years with the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco at Recife, Brazil. His current position is Principal Research Scientist with the Fisheries Conservation Technology Unit of Industry and Investment, NSW in Coffs Harbour, Australia. Read More »
Judges 2011
Matt Broadhurst
Matt Broadhurst
Steve Eayrs
Steve Eayrs
Steve Eayrs is a Research Scientist (Gear Technology/Fish Behavior) at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, a non-profit marine science center located in Portland, Maine, USA. Steve works primarily with commercial fishermen and other researchers to reduce the negative impacts of fishing activity, including bycatch, seabed impact, fuel consumption, and green house gas emissions.
He also works to develop Environmental Management Systems - a systematic and holistic process of introducing best-practice to simultaneously improve environmental outcomes and vessel profitability – and conduct energy audits to improve the energy efficiency of fishing enterprises. Read More »
He also works to develop Environmental Management Systems - a systematic and holistic process of introducing best-practice to simultaneously improve environmental outcomes and vessel profitability – and conduct energy audits to improve the energy efficiency of fishing enterprises. Read More »
Chris Glass
Chris Glass
Dr. Glass is Director of the Northeast Consortium and Research Professor in the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space at the University of New Hampshire. A specialist in animal behavior and marine biology, Chris Glass has a long record of conservation gear research in New England’s Fisheries, and has recently been appointed Director of The Northeast Consortium. Read More »
Gary Graham
Gary Graham
Professor Gary Graham, Marine Fisheries Specialist, has served with the Texas Sea Grant/Cooperator Extension Program since 1970. He began his career in fisheries in 1966 when he entered the commercial shrimp industry to supplement funding for his education at Texas A&M University.
Mr. Graham graduated with a B.S. in 1969 and continued to fish commercially until his employment with the university. Since that time, he has been actively involved in research and extension throughout the southeast region of the Gulf of Mexico. He attained Professor with the Texas A&M Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences in 1996. Read More »
Mr. Graham graduated with a B.S. in 1969 and continued to fish commercially until his employment with the university. Since that time, he has been actively involved in research and extension throughout the southeast region of the Gulf of Mexico. He attained Professor with the Texas A&M Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences in 1996. Read More »
Martin Hall
Martin Hall
Dr. Hall has been the head of the Tuna-Dolphin Program of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission since 1984. He has performed original research on dolphin behavior related to bycatch in tuna nets, and his findings have been used in developing methods to reduce dolphin bycatch.
The fishers education program, together with the widespread adoption of improved gear and procedures, resulted in dolphin mortality reductions of close to 99%, without reducing the productivity of the fishery. Read More »
The fishers education program, together with the widespread adoption of improved gear and procedures, resulted in dolphin mortality reductions of close to 99%, without reducing the productivity of the fishery. Read More »
Svein Løkkeborg
Svein Løkkeborg
Dr. Svein Løkkeborg, Principal Scientist, Fish Capture Division, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway.
Dr. Løkkeborg obtained his PhD at the University of Bergen in 1990. He has conducted many behavioural field investigations using underwater camera and telemetry technology to study swimming pattern, activity rhythms and foraging strategies in fishes and crabs. His studies on fish behaviour also include laboratory works and comparative fishing experiments. Read More »
Dr. Løkkeborg obtained his PhD at the University of Bergen in 1990. He has conducted many behavioural field investigations using underwater camera and telemetry technology to study swimming pattern, activity rhythms and foraging strategies in fishes and crabs. His studies on fish behaviour also include laboratory works and comparative fishing experiments. Read More »
Ed Melvin
Ed Melvin
Ed Melvin is the Marine Fisheries Senior Scientist for Washington Sea Grant and an Affiliate Associate Professor, University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences in Seattle Washington, USA. He maintains a program of collaborative research blended with directed outreach education to help solve conservation related problems in the North Pacific commercial fishing industry. Read More »
Andy Revill
Andrew Revill
Dr. Andrew Revill has over 20 years experience in fisheries science and technology. He is currently managing director of the UK based company Revill Nation Ltd.
Dr. Revill specializes in reducing wasteful commercial fishing practices, such as discarding and unwanted by-catches, through the improvement of fishing gear selectivity. Read More »
Dr. Revill specializes in reducing wasteful commercial fishing practices, such as discarding and unwanted by-catches, through the improvement of fishing gear selectivity. Read More »
Kurt Schaefer
Kurt Schaefer
Mr. Schaefer serves as a senior scientist for the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), with his office located at their headquarters in La Jolla, California. He has been conducting research at the IATTC on the life history and behavior of tropical tunas, including bigeye, skipjack, and yellowfin, for about 32 years. Since 2000 he has been in charge of tagging studies and has been utilizing advanced technologies, including various types of electronic tags, to investigate both broad- and fine-scale movements and behavior of tropical tunas throughout the eastern Pacific Ocean. Read More »
John Watson
John Watson
John Watson is retired from NOAA Fisheries where he served as Laboratory Director for the Southeast Fisheries Centre’s Mississippi Laboratories. He was previously the team leader for the NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Centre’s Harvesting Systems and Engineering Branch.
During his 40 year career with NOAA, Watson conducted extensive research on fishing and fisheries sampling gear. He has published over 50 articles and presented over 300 oral presentations on the subject. Read More »
During his 40 year career with NOAA, Watson conducted extensive research on fishing and fisheries sampling gear. He has published over 50 articles and presented over 300 oral presentations on the subject. Read More »
Tim Werner
Tim Werner
Tim Werner is a Senior Research Scientist at the New England Aquarium, and Director of the Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction, a group of engineers, fishermen, and biologists engaged collaboratively in the research and development of alternative fishing techniques that reduce the bycatch of threatened marine species.
Before joining the Aquarium in 2005, Tim served as a senior director at the environmental non-profit organization Conservation International, where he oversaw programs that supported the creation of marine and terrestrial protected areas in Latin America and the South Pacific, and developed “eco-businesses” with rural communities. Read More »
Before joining the Aquarium in 2005, Tim served as a senior director at the environmental non-profit organization Conservation International, where he oversaw programs that supported the creation of marine and terrestrial protected areas in Latin America and the South Pacific, and developed “eco-businesses” with rural communities. Read More »
Paul Winger
Paul Winger
Dr. Winger is the Director of the Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Resources (CSAR) at the Marine Institute of Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. He holds a Ph.D. in fish behaviour and fishing gear technology and has published a number of papers in scientific journals. Read More »