Advisory Board for Empty Oceans, Empty Nets and Farming the Seas

Research and script development for Empty Oceans, Empty Nets and Farming the Seas proceed in close collaboration with our Advisory Board. Our advisors include experts in the fields of marine biology, fisheries ecology, fisheries management, environmental economics, wetlands ecology, and rural sociology.

We are also relying on the research and expertise provided by organizations, including the National Academy of Science, the National Research Council, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the eight regional Fisheries Management Councils, the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM), the Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Center and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

Our Board members:

Richard B. Allen
Commercial Fisherman and Fisheries Consultant
Frmr. Member, New England Fisheries Mgt Council
Wakefield, Rhode Island

Dr. Peter J. Auster
Science Director, National Undersea Research Center
University of Connecticut at Avery Point
Groton, Connecticut

Dr. Steven A. Berkeley
Hatfield Marine Science Center
Frmr. staff scientist, South Atlantic Fishery Mgt Council
Newport, Oregon

Dr. Roy R. Lewis
Professional Wetland Scientist
Lewis Environmental Services, Inc.
Tampa, Florida

Dr. Jim Maragos
President, Coastal Ocean, Reef, and Island Advisors, Ltd.
Senior Fellow, Program on Environment
East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii

Dr. Anne R. Kapuscinski
Professor of Fisheries and Conservation Biology
Aquaculture & Biotechnology Extension Specialist
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota

Dr. Dennis Takahashi Kelso
Professor, University of California at Santa Cruz
Author, Salmon Fishing to Salmon Farming, Net Effects

Dr. Richard B. Norgaard
Professor of Energy and Resources, U.C. Berkeley
President, International Society for Ecological Economics
Berkeley, California

Pietro Parravano
President, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations
Delegate to the World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers

Dr. Yvonne Sadovy
Chair IUCN group on Groupers and Wrasses
Department of Ecology and Biodiversity
University of Hong Kong

Dr. Peter Saenger
Centre for Coastal Management
School of Resource Science & Management
Southern Cross University, Australia

Dr. Carl Safina
Director, Audubon Society's Living Oceans Program
Author, Song for the Blue Ocean
Islip, New York

Dr. Sandra Shumway
Research Scientist
Professor in Residence, focus: Shellfish, Industry and Aquaculture
University of Connecticut
Groton, Connecticut

Dr. Geronimo Silvestre
Research Scientist
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources
Panang, Malaysia

Dr. Samuel C. Snedaker
Professor & Chair, Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Miami, Florida

Dr. Peter Tyedmers
School for Resource and Environmental Studies
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dr. Carl Walters
Fisheries Centre
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada

Dr. Les Watling
Professor of Biological Oceanography
Darling Marine Center, University of Maine
Walpole, Maine

Michael Leo Weber
Fisheries Research Consultant
Author, Fish, Markets and Fishermen
Redondo Beach, California