Who We Are

TEAM
Pacific Catalyst team members are experts in fisheries policy and management design, economic impact evaluation, fundraising, facilitation, and education and training. Together they work in support of regional organizations such as the Forum Fisheries Agency, Pacific Community, and other established expert institutions.

Transform Aqorau
Legal consultant and CEO iTuna Intel
Solomon Islands

Stuart Kaye
Director & Professor of Law
Australian Centre for Ocean
Resources and Security
University of Wollongong,
NSW, Australia

John Virdin
Director, Ocean and Coastal Policy Program
Nicholas Institute for
Environmental Policy Solutions,
Duke University

Karly Kelso
Senior Manager, Asia-Pacific Oceans
Environmental Defense Fund
New York, NY

Quentin Hanich
Associate Professor and Fisheries Governance Program Leader
Australian Centre for Ocean
Resources and Security
University of Wollongong,
NSW, Australia

Salome Taufa
Resource Economist
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
Suva, Fiji

Stuart Kininmonth
Senior Lecturer, School of Marine Studies
University of the South Pacific
Suva, Fiji
ADVISORS
Pacific Catalyst advisors have extensive experience in nearshore and offshore Pacific fisheries, and share a common vision to support future leaders and innovations in fishery management. Advisors guide the work of Pacific Catalyst in their individual capacities, not as representatives of affiliated organizations.

Tim Adams
Director, Fisheries Management Division
Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency

Brett Haywood
Managing Director, Sea Quest & Managing Director, Sealand Processors (Fiji) Limited
Suva, Fiji

Lara Manarangi-Trott
Compliance Manager
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) Secretariat
Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia

Anne-Maree Schwarz
Team Leader
Programme Mekem Strong Solomon Island Fisheries
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources
Honiara, Solomon Islands

John Hampton
Chief Scientist and Acting Director Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Ecosystems
The Pacific Community (SPC)
Noumea, New Caledonia
Fellows
Pacific Catalyst Fellows represent a new generation of fisheries leadership in the Western and Central Pacific. Under the guidance of both USP instructors and Catalyst team members, they carry out original research with the potential to influence not only decision-makers, but the future of their communities as well.

Moses Mataika
School of Marine Studies
University of the South Pacific

Siale Suamalie
School of Marine Studies
University of the South Pacific
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