Fishing industry assessment and certification expert with over a decade of experience developing and applying assurance solutions at all levels of the seafood supply chain.Key Skills: • Assessment of fisheries • Creation and review of assessment and certification methodologies • Design of ISO17065-compliant Quality Management Systems • Information analysis and report writing • Benchmarking of standards • Management, planning and delivery of stakeholder engagement activities • Technical proofreading and editing Consultancy Highlights:MarinTrust (MT) Fishery Assessment Version 2• Lead consultant during the creation of an updated fisheries standard for the MT Responsible Sourcing standard.• Designed a new assessment methodology for reduction fisheries, which has been applied to nearly 300 Units of Assessment in 22 countries worldwide.Responsible Fishing Ports Standard (RFPS)• Lead consultant during the creation of the Seafish RFPS, including conducting scoping exercises; drafting the standard, guidance and QMS; stakeholder management; carrying out pilot audits; and management of the public consultation.• The standard was successfully launched and the first port – Peterhead – was certified in 2019.Fishery Assessment• Lead auditor on over 50 MT whole fish assessments, and hundreds of by-product assessments.• Lead or supporting auditor for many fishery assessments using various methodologies, including: