APEC workshop: Port state measures to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing

Patrick English has been involved in international trade and in particular China, since 1989. He has degrees in Chinese studies, international relations and international management and trade. Patrick is an experienced trade commissioner and diplomat having served in Malaysia and China, most recently in Guangzhou/Southern China as Consul-General. Patrick also represented NZTE on the New Zealand China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations team and led the market implementation programme for the FTA agreement. 

Patrick returned to New Zealand in 2013 to become the first executive director for the New Zealand China Council. He is on the board of Auckland Confucius Institute, is a media, conference and seminar speaker on the New Zealand China trade and economic relationship, as well as contributor to programmes with a number of New Zealand universities. In 2015, Patrick was appointed as the founding chair of the Ministry for Primary Industry's (MPI's) New Zealand Growth Partnership Executive Board and was recently appointed as a chair/moderator for several MPI related working group sessions for APEC 21.

James Brown manages the international fisheries team of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), leading New Zealand's multilateral, regional and bilateral fisheries engagement. He has 20 years' experience in fisheries, trade, agriculture, EU, and development policy. He has represented New Zealand in RFMOs, free trade agreement negotiations and multilateral fora such as the FAO and WTO, including as first secretary and deputy permanent representative to the WTO.

Before joining the New Zealand government, James worked on EU fisheries and environment policy with the Institute for European Environmental Policy, based in London and Brussels, and prior to that on the UK government aid programme in Uganda.

Dr Alicia Gallardo is Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture, SERNAPESCA, Chile which follows 20 years’ experience in public service most as Chile Economy Director of the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service, SERNAPESCA, Chile. 

She leads the control of illegal fishing in Chile, one of the priorities of the government program. In this area, the implementation of reinforced inspection in the pelagic fishery (sardine - anchovy) in the southern zone of Chile has had successful results in recent campaigns. She has also overseen the development of surveillance programs based on technology (implementation of on‑board cameras, remote monitoring, use of satellite images, among others) and the implementation of the landing certification. 

She has extensive experience in aquatic animal health, biosecurity in aquaculture production, disease prevention, control and eradication, risk analysis, import regulations and food safety of animal products, including fishing, as well as in microbiology and food science. She has participated in numerous forums and panels of experts at the economy and international level in these areas. Since 2012 she has been a member of the OIE Aquatic Animals Commission and chair of the OIE ad-hoc group for the evaluation of the performance of veterinary services in aquatic animals, PVS. During 2020 she was appointed Lead Shepherd of the APEC Oceans and Fisheries Working Group (OFWG) for the period 2021-2022. Dr Gallardo is a veterinarian from the University of Chile, with doctoral studies (PhD) in veterinary sciences from the same University.

Duncan Souter is chief executive officer of MRAG Asia Pacific and a fisheries policy and sustainable development specialist with broad fishing industry, policy, and management experience. Since joining MRAG, Mr Souter has developed and led a wide range of projects for governments, intergovernmental agencies, the private sector and NGOs aiming to support the sustainable development of fisheries in the Asia Pacific region. 

Of particular relevance, Duncan led the first attempt to quantify the volume and value of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing in tuna fisheries in the Pacific Islands region in 2016, as well as undertaking reviews of port state measures and transhipment practices in the Pacific Islands region. 

Prior to joining MRAG Asia Pacific, Duncan was the Fisheries Adviser to two previous Australian Government Ministers for Fisheries and prior to that the CEO of the Queensland Seafood Industry Association, the peak representative body for the $300m Queensland seafood industry. He is a past Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for the Great Barrier Reef and has served on numerous fisheries policy and science related advisory committees. He holds a BSc (Hons – 1^st Class) in marine science from the University of Queensland.

Presentation slides

IUU – Economic costs and observations [PDF, 852 KB]

Andy Wright is currently managing a team within the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) that focuses on international fisheries compliance. A large part of Andy and his team's role is to maintain situational awareness of the South West Pacific in order to detect IUU fishing. This is by way of using a range of MCS tools such as Port State Measures, High Seas Boarding and Inspection, VMS, and fisheries data analysis and also observer deployment to name but a few.

Andy's team also focuses on partnering with Pacific Island countries and providing capacity building assistance, particularly in the area of port state measures. Andy is the current Vice-Chair (for the SW Pacific) for the FAO Port State Measures Agreement and also Chair of the Compliance and Technical Committee for the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation.

Julian Tamehana is a fishery officer based in Tauranga, New Zealand. He has been a fishery officer for approximately 14 years.

During this time, he has had a varied career and participated in a number of operations targeting groups that have offended against the New Zealand Fisheries Act. He has been involved in several prosecutions and has also had an active role in training fishery officers in Officer Safety Defensive Tactics.

He has been deployed on Maritime Patrols in New Zealand's EEZ, on the high seas and within the waters of other Pacific Island economies, boarding and inspecting foreign fishing vessels.

Watch Julian explain New Zealand's fisheries inspection process (7.08) – YouTube

Dr Lara Manarangi-Trott is the compliance manager for the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), an international fisheries management organisation that was established in 2004, to conserve, manage and ensure the sustainable use of tuna and billfish in the western central Pacific Ocean. The Western Central Pacific region produces over 50% of global tuna fisheries production and has 26 members and 9 cooperating non‑members. 

Since 2012, Lara has overseen the monitoring and compliance programmes established by the WCPFC and has supported the commission's consideration of how emerging technologies could complement and enhance existing fisheries management tools and approaches. 

Lara is a Cook Islander with a background in marine science, environmental management, and holds a PhD in International Law and Policy (University of Wollongong, Australia).

Presentation slides

Port state measures – The WCPFC minimum standards approach [PDF, 949 KB]

Dr Matthew Camilleri is a Senior Fisheries Officer and Leader of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Fisheries Global and Regional Processes Team and Secretary of the Agreement on Port State Measures. He leads FAO’s capacity-development programme on the implementation of the 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures. 

Matthew joined the FAO in 2007 and his responsibilities have included the promotion and monitoring of the implementation of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and other international fisheries instruments, particularly those aiming to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. 

Matthew served as a fisheries management consultant to the Maltese government and as head of the Malta Centre for Fisheries Sciences between 1998 and 2007. He holds a PhD in fisheries science and ocean science and BSc (Hons) in fisheries management (University of Plymouth, UK) and is a chartered biologist and a member of the Royal Society of Biology (UK).

Presentation slides

Implementation of the PSMA in the APEC region – Preparing for global information exchange [PDF, 4.3 MB]

Alicia Mosteiro is an FAO Fisheries Officer and currently focuses her work in the international fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. She is the Programme Coordinator for the Global Record of Fishing Vessels, Refrigerated Transport Vessels and Supply Vessels. Alicia joined FAO in 2010 and prior to working with FAO, she worked at the EU Commission DG Mare; Marine Lab Aberdeen; Malta Fisheries Ministry; and the Spanish Fisheries Ministry among others.

Alicia holds an MRes on Fisheries Management from Aberdeen University, UK, an MSc in Marine Biology from University of Calais, France and a BSc Marine Sciences from University of Vigo, Spain.

Craig Ellison is the Chief Operating Officer of Ngai Tahu Holdings Corporation, Chair of Wellington Zoo, and the Chair of Seafood New Zealand.

Past roles show a long involvement in the Fisheries and Seafood sector including being the past Chair of the NZ Seafood Standards Council, as well as serving on the boards of Sealord, Aotearoa Fisheries, Moana Pacific, Prepared Foods and the New Zealand Fishing Industry Board. He has been an industry advisor at two WTO Trade Ministerial Summits. 

Craig was Co-chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council Fisheries Development and Cooperation Task Force. He maintains a strong interest in operational excellence, governance, and Maori collaboration, and has previously served as Commissioner (and Deputy Chair) on the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission (Te Ohu Kai Moana).

Presentation slides

Importance for indigenous communities [PDF, 822 KB]

Bubba Cook is an experienced and motivated fisheries professional with an extensive background in fisheries conservation and management spanning across 19 years, 2 hemispheres, and a myriad of fish and invertebrate species. He has a solid background in Rights Based Management (RBM) of fisheries, particularly through the use of Individual Fishing Quotas (IFQ), as well as indigenous fisheries rights. 

Bubba now works as the Western and Central Pacific Tuna Programme Manager for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). This is focused on improving tuna fisheries management at an economy and regional level in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. Most recently, he has been engaged in the introduction and expansion of technology for use in fisheries management as well as monitoring, control, and surveillance. 

Bubba grew up in a fishing family on the Texas coast of the Gulf of Mexico. He spent 6 years with the US Navy before pursuing an education in fisheries science. Bubba holds a BSc in Fisheries (Texas A&M University) and a law degree in Natural Resource Policy and Environmental Law (Northwestern School of Law, Portland, Oregon).

Watch Bubba Cook's presentation on YouTube (29.36)

Presentation slides

Seafood and fisheries emerging technologies [PDF, 2.3 MB]

Chris Wilcox is a research scientist with the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Marine and Atmospheric Research, stationed in Hobart, Tasmania. His research covers a wide range of topics in population management including control of invasive species, conservation of threatened biodiversity, and management of commercial and recreational harvesting. His work integrates field data, statistical analysis and predictive models to synthesize information to support decision-making. 

He has worked with NGOs, government and private enterprise over a 25-year career as a professional biologist to develop cost-effective solutions to natural resource management problems. Chris has been in Australia for 15 years, joining CSIRO in 2005. His research has included biodiversity offsets, population estimation, analysis of satellite tracking data, optimization of invasive species eradication, management of fisheries, reserve design and management, and most recently understanding the impacts of marine debris. Currently, his research is focused in 2 primary areas:

• evaluation of sources, impacts and solutions for plastic pollution in the ocean
• development of improved analytical tools for addressing illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing. 

Originally from the USA, he has PhD and MSC in ecology and conservation biology (University of California, USA) and a BSC and BGS (General Studies (University of Kansas, USA).

Presentation slides

Emerging technologies to support fisheries MCS – Part 1 [PDF, 10 MB]

Emerging technologies to support fisheries MCS – Part 2 [PDF, 25 MB]

Dr Jessica Ford is a senior research scientist with CSIRO Data 61, based in Hobart, Tasmania. Jess’s research focuses on developing analytical tools to support key challenges faced by fisheries agencies in trying to tackle illegal fishing. Her current research focuses on developing economy relevant risk assessments and prioritisation of vessel inspections at sea and in-port, the issue of flag state liability in IUU, the role of bunker vessels in the fishing fleet, and profiling and link analysis for vessels, companies and persons of interest. Prior to joining CSIRO, she worked at Novatis, Switzerland, as a statistician and with the University of Queensland as a research assistant. 

Jess holds a PhD and Grad Cert (Marine Sciences) from the University of Tasmania and an MSc (Medical Statistics) and BSc (Neuroscience and Mathematics) from the University of Queensland.

Watch Dr Ford's presentation (42.03) – YouTube

Presentation slides

Emerging technologies to support fisheries MCS – Part 1 [PDF, 10 MB]

Emerging technologies to support fisheries MCS – Part 2 [PDF, 25 MB]

Francisco Blaha is widely experienced in an extensive range of fisheries and all its component parts having started out as fishing crew, then fisheries observer, fisheries researcher, advisor, fisheries officer, trainer and teacher and fisheries consultant. He has worked around the globe in over 55 economies (he is fluent in four languages) and for a wide range of organisations including the European Commission, FAO, South Pacific Commission, Pacific Islands Fisheries Forum, UN Development Program, NZAID, AusAID, USAID, South African Development Community, German Agency for Technical Cooperation and the Asian Development Bank. He has also worked for several commercial companies both in fishing and in technology and equipment. 

Francisco has direct experience in institutional strengthening and capacity building and is a strong proponent of the Port State Measures Agreement. He has a keen interest in cleaner technologies, efficient resource management and the value of data. He won the 2019 Seafood Champion Awards from the Seaweb Summit for his advocacy work. 

Francisco holds two MSc degrees, one in Food Science (University of Auckland, New Zealand) and one in Fisheries Science (Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina) and a 2nd Mate (Fishing Vessel) qualification (National Fisheries School, Mar del Plata, Argentina). He lives on Waiheke Island in New Zealand.

Watch Francisco Blaha's presentation on YouTube (35.06)

Presentation slides

PSM implementation in the Marshall Islands [PDF, 3.1 MB]

Alois Kinol has been the Manager of Papua New Guinea's Catch Documentation and Certification Unit (CDCU) since 2013. He has an active role in administering the EU Catch Documentation System to Combat IUU and is involved in the operational implementation of the Port State Measure Agreement. This includes authorisation of all fishing vessels leaving and entering the main fishing ports in Papua New Guinea, including Port Moresby, Madang, and Wewak.

Watch Alois Kinol's presentation on YouTube (27.31)

Presentation slides

Papua New Guinea port state measures – Implementation updates [PDF, 3 MB]

Caleb Blackbeard is a policy analyst for New Zealand's Ministry for Primary Industries and is the head of the New Zealand's OFWG delegation. He has a background in strategic studies and is passionate about international cooperation to combat IUU fishing. Caleb looked forward to workshop participants learning about the experiences of port state measure implementation from the perspectives of different economies. 

Carole Inkster is the Services and the Food System Workshop Coordinator and a Consultant, with MCM Consulting, New Zealand. She has been consulting to the food and agriculture industry and governments since 2011 and since that time has been Regulatory & Policy Director with the New Zealand Food & Grocery Council (NZFGC) and, since 2012, Principal Regulatory Adviser with the Infant Nutrition Council Australia and New Zealand (Inc). This followed over 25 years' experience in government policy, strategy and legal areas in both Australia (in the primary industries/fisheries/agriculture portfolios) and New Zealand (in the agriculture, health and food portfolios). In the period 2002-2010, Carole was a senior executive in the New Zealand Food Safety Authority. 

Carole has extensive experience in all aspects of regulatory policy, legislative development, standards development and systems design, industry impacts, whole of government requirements and international policy as it affects and interfaces with the agriculture and food industries. She has coordinated workshops for APEC in Papua New Guinea (2018) and Chile (2019).