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Author Bios
Patrick McConney is Senior Lecturer in Marine Resource Management Planning
at the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES),
The University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus in Barbados. His work
covers many aspects of small-scale fi sheries and marine protected areas, but especially governance, livelihoods, socio-economics and developing capacity.
Paul Onyango is lecturer at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. His research focuses on fi sheries management, governance challenges of poverty alleviation among small-scale fi shers, optimal fi shing and socio-economic aspects of aquaculture. Paul has 18+ year’s research
experience in small-scale fi sheries in East Africa.
José J. Pascual-Fernández is Professor Titular of Social Anthropology at the
University of La Laguna (Tenerife) since 1993. Since the 1980s, his research has
been related to fi sheries, focusing most recently on governability and MPAs in
Spain. He is currently the Director of the Institute of Social and Political Sciences
at the same University.
Roger Pullin lectured in Marine Biology for the University of Liverpool and was
Senior Scientist at the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
Based in Manila, Philippines, he is currently a Consultant for responsible aquaculture development, conservation and sustainable use of aquatic biodiversity, and oil
spill damage assessments.
Joeri Scholtens holds an MSc in Environment and Natural Resource Management
from the VU University Amsterdam. He currently conducts his PhD at the Centre
for Maritime Research, University of Amsterdam. His research revolves around
governance arrangements for fi sher and resource con fl icts, with a regional focus on
South Asia.
Andrew Song is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography, Memorial
University of Newfoundland, Canada. His research interest lies in governance and
institution with regard to natural resources, with particular attention to fi sheries.
He holds some familiarity with several fi shery settings including the Philippines,
Malawi, and most recently South Korea.
U. Rashid Sumaila , Professor and Director, Fisheries Centre, the University of
British Columbia, has authored over 125 journal articles; won awards including the
Leopold Leadership Fellowship and the Pew Fellowship for Marine Conservation;
and given talks at the UN, the White House, the Canadian Parliament and the British
House of Lords.
Author Bios
Patrick McConney is Senior Lecturer in Marine Resource Management Planning
at the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES),
The University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus in Barbados. His work
covers many aspects of small-scale fi sheries and marine protected areas, but especially governance, livelihoods, socio-economics and developing capacity.
Paul Onyango is lecturer at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. His research focuses on fi sheries management, governance challenges of poverty alleviation among small-scale fi shers, optimal fi shing and socio-economic aspects of aquaculture. Paul has 18+ year’s research
experience in small-scale fi sheries in East Africa.
José J. Pascual-Fernández is Professor Titular of Social Anthropology at the
University of La Laguna (Tenerife) since 1993. Since the 1980s, his research has
been related to fi sheries, focusing most recently on governability and MPAs in
Spain. He is currently the Director of the Institute of Social and Political Sciences
at the same University.
Roger Pullin lectured in Marine Biology for the University of Liverpool and was
Senior Scientist at the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
Based in Manila, Philippines, he is currently a Consultant for responsible aquaculture development, conservation and sustainable use of aquatic biodiversity, and oil
spill damage assessments.
Joeri Scholtens holds an MSc in Environment and Natural Resource Management
from the VU University Amsterdam. He currently conducts his PhD at the Centre
for Maritime Research, University of Amsterdam. His research revolves around
governance arrangements for fi sher and resource con fl icts, with a regional focus on
South Asia.
Andrew Song is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography, Memorial
University of Newfoundland, Canada. His research interest lies in governance and
institution with regard to natural resources, with particular attention to fi sheries.
He holds some familiarity with several fi shery settings including the Philippines,
Malawi, and most recently South Korea.
U. Rashid Sumaila , Professor and Director, Fisheries Centre, the University of
British Columbia, has authored over 125 journal articles; won awards including the
Leopold Leadership Fellowship and the Pew Fellowship for Marine Conservation;
and given talks at the UN, the White House, the Canadian Parliament and the British
House of Lords.