Lead fisheries governance research program, including:- develop and implement research and development programs with tangible impacts- develop funding and grant opportunities and networks - manage project teams and mentor early career researchers- produce high quality research outputs with global impact

Dr Hanich has an extensive research and consulting track record in fisheries governance and development. Much of this work was funded by commercial research and policy contracts and research grants. He has written over 80 peer reviewed papers, book chapters and research reports and is regularly interviewed in Australian and international media as a regional expert on fisheries and marine conservation matters. His publications have been cited widely in regional development and governance literature, and increasingly in research literature. For example Closing the Gaps, was cited by the Australian Government Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee in 2009, Managing Fisheries and Corruption was cited by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in 2011, and Mapping the Distribution of the Conservation Burden was cited by the 2012 Scientific Committee to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) with a recommendation that the WCPFC address the issues raised in the paper. In 2013, the WCPFC subsequently adopted two conservation measures tabled by the Pacific island States that explicitly addressed these issues.Dr Hanich has developed and taught professional short courses on international natural resource negotiations, and legal frameworks for fisheries management. In addition, he regularly lectures to professional and post-graduate audiences on oceans governance, marine conservation, and fisheries governance and development.

Marine Policy is the leading journal that specializes in ocean policy studies and contains important and relevant articles on a broad array of ocean-related topics that include domestic and international marine policies, management and regulation of marine fisheries and shipping, marine pollution, conflict resolution, and many others. Contributors to the journal comprise of marine economists, ecologists, international lawyers, marine resource managers, anthropologists, political scientists, and other related disciplines.

Advised Australian Aid Program on pacific fisheries, provided technical assistance to institutional strengthening projects, coordinated policy workshops, and supported internal policy development.