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Fremantle, Wa, Au

Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

This role is designed to maintain and increase support for the MSC program across a broad range of interest groups in the Asia Pacific region. Within this role, I'll be looking to support Asia Pacific stakeholders involved in the MSC program, both through improvement pathways and via the certification program.I'll also lead Asia Pacific Fisheries Outreach team engagement with MSC global teams collaborating with the organisation’s Fisheries, Research and Program Development teams.

Fremantle, Wa

Supporting sustainable fisheries across Australia, NZ and South East Asia.Day to day duties include the communication of the MSC program to engaged stakeholders - industry, markets, governments, academic and eNGO interests.Supporting the MSC Pathway to Sustainability concept in Western Australia and Indonesia. Supporting MSC with policy development, the strategic development of the MSC program and supporting the program with its vision of healthy oceans and sustainable seafood.

Fremantle, Western Australia

Working closely with Western Australian stakeholders to ensure the successful implementation of the Department of Fisheries 2012 3rd Party Certification Initiative.Core tasks and duties:• Help to provide public confidence that WA’s commercial fisheries deliver sustainable seafood,• To meet the retail trend to only serve fish from fisheries either independently assessed or in a fishery improvement project,• To assess WA’s commercial fisheries against a credible, third party, science based standard

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for implementing and delivering Project Inshore, the Seafish led initiative demonstrating environmental sustainability for English inshore fisheries.

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Enforcement of EU and UK marine fisheries legislation across the south of England. Covering compliance issues including minimum size of marine organisms, catch composition legislation, gear and effort legislation. These duties covered; working from the quayside, enforcement at sea and investigative work in the office.Advisor to the fishing industry with guidance on legislation, funding opportunities and ways in which to diversify in order to increase profits.Line management of permanent staff member and mentoring other Marine Officer’s through their probation period.

London, United Kingdom

Responsibilities include; development and maintenance of database systems key for tracking fishery assessments, traceability of ecolabeled products through a supply chain and client requirements.Liaising with stakeholders from fishery assessments, chain of custody assessments and from MSC governance bodies.Collating fisheries management information, TAC data and other information relating to global fisheries for internal reports and information found on the MSC website.Other duties include the management of biannual stakeholder meetings with (budgets circa £40k), internal and external training and other logistical challenges.

St Albans, United Kingdom

Compiling an online database of scientific (physiotherapy and electrotherapy) for educational purposes.Cataloguing data using appropriate software alongside physical copies in the relevant library. This was then made available to staff.

Master'S Degree, Sustainability And Climate Policy

Activities and Societies: This degree develops knowledge, understanding and appreciation of, sustainability and climate policy issues.

Bachelor'S Degree, Oceanography And Physical Geography

Modules covered (amongst others) included: • Fisheries and Aquaculture • Climate Change • Physical Oceanography • Chemical Oceanography •.