List of Signers - Total number: 181

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Name Title Organisation
Dr. Julie Hawkins Research Associate in Marine Conservation Environment Department, University of York, UK
Dr. Caroline A. Karp Senior Lecturer Brown University's Center for
Environmental Studies, USA

Signed on behalf of the Rhode Island Chapter of Sierra Club
Dr. Melanie Bergmann Postdoctoral Research Officer School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales-Bangor, UK
Dr. Roger Coggan Marine and Fisheries Biologist Signed independently
Dr. Herman Cesar Environmental Economist/ Lecturer Institute of Environmental Studies, Free University, The Netherlands
Dr. Fiona Gell Marine Biologist/Lecturer Port Erin Marine Laboratory, University of Liverpool, UK
James R. Stevenson Research Associate Department of Agricultural and Food Economics, University of Reading.
Dr. Guy Jobbins Research Fellow in Environmental Informatics and Social Learning Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology, Department of Mathematics, University College London, UK
Dr. Micha Ilan Researcher/ Lecturer Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Dr. Nicholas Polunin Reader in Tropical Marine Ecology School of Marine Science and Technology, University of Newcastle, UK
Professor Mark Hixon Professor of Marine Ecology and Conservation Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, USA
Dr. Sascha K. Hooker Researcher Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St. Andrews, UK
Professor Charles H. Peterson Alumni Professor Institute of Marine Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Dr. Kenneth Smith Research Biologist / Senior Lecturer Scripps Institution of Oceanography, CA, USA
Dr. Les Watling Professor



Member, National Research Council Committee on Marine Biodiversity 		Department of Oceanography, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, USA
Professor P. Dee Boersma Professor of Biology Department of Biology, University of Washington, USA
Marino Gatto (President), Almo Farina (Vice-president), Ferdinando Boero (Secretary General), Anna Alfani, Alberto Castelli, Guiseppe Crosa, Carlo Gaggi, Luciano Onori, Pierluigi Viaroli (members).

9 signers in total 		The Executive Committee of the Italian Society of Ecology (Societa Italiana di Ecologia) Professor Ferdinando Boero, DiSTeBA (Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnolgie Biologiche e Ambientali), Universita di Lecce, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
Professor William A. Newman Professor of Biological Oceanography Scripps Institution of Oceanography, CA, USA
Dr John R Turner Senior Lecturer School of Ocean Sciences
University of Wales, Bangor, UK
Dr Steffan Howe Conservation Biologist (Eritrea's Coastal, Marine and Island Biodiversity Conservation Programme, Eritrea, NE Africa) Signed independently
Dr. Jeremy Kemp Technical Advisor (Eritrea's Coastal, Marine and Island Biodiversity Conservation Programme, Eritrea, NE Africa) Signed independently
Biniam Asfaha National Scientific Co-ordindator (Eritrea's Coastal, Marine and Island Biodiversity Conservation Programme, Eritrea, NE Africa) Signed independently
Dr. Ross Robertson Staff Scientist Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
Dr. Mark Huxham Senior Lecturer in Ecology School of Life Sciences, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
Professor Callum Roberts Professor of Marine Conservation Environment Department, University of York, UK
Professor Erdal Ozhan Chairman MEDCOAST, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Dr. Boris Worm Marine Biologist Institute for Marine Science, University of Kiel, Germany
Dr. Mike Kaiser Lecturer in Marine Benthic Ecology School of Ocean Sciences University of Wales, UK
Professor Paul Dayton Professor of Oceanography Scripps Institution of Oceanography, CA, USA
Professor Alex Aguilar Professor of Animal Biology

Pew Fellow, Marine Conservation Programme 		Department of Animal Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain
Monica Revelles Conde Biologist Department of Animal Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain
Victoria Tornero Alvarez Biologist Department of Animal Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain
Luis Cardona Biologist Department of Animal Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain
Asuncion Borrell Biologist Department of Animal Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain
Professor John Ogden Director/Professor Florida Institute of Oceanography, University of South Florida, USA
Professor Robert Francis Professor/Director Professor of School of Fisheries and Director of Fisheries Research Institute at the University of Washington, USA
Professor David Wilcove Professor Professor of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Public Affairs at Princeton University, USA
Dr. Alasdair Edwards Senior Lecturer, Tropical Coastal Management School of Biology, University of Newcastle, UK
Professor Tony J. Pitcher Visiting Scientist


(Former Director of Fisheries Centre) 		Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome

Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia Fisheries Department (FIRM), Canada
Professor Daniel Pauly Professor

Principal Investigator of the Sea Around Us Project 		Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Reg Watson Senior Research Fellow Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Canada
Professor John Musick Professor of Marine Science Virginia Institute of Marine Science Faculty, VA, USA
Dr. Georgi Daskalov Fisheries Ecosystem Scientist Signed independently
Professor Evelyn Pinkerton Associate Professor (Maritime anthropologist) School of Natural Resource & Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Dr. Poul Degnbol Director Institute for Fisheries Management and Coastal Community Development North Sea Centre, Denmark
Professor Frances Gelwick Associate Professor Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Texas A&M University, USA
Dr. David Dudgeon
Professor & Head Department of Ecology & Biodiversity The University of Hong Kong, China
Dr. Robin Mahon Senior Lecturer Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES)
University of the West Indies, Barbados
Professor Frank V. Paladino Jack W. Schrey Distinguished Professor of Biology

Vice President 		Indiana - Purdue University, Indianapolis, USA


Leatherback Trust (Registered NGO USA/ Costa Rica)
Professor Kevin Hovel Assistant Professor Department of Biology, San Diego State University, USA
Dr. Ana Parma
 Research Scientist Centro Nacional Patag�nico, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient�ficas y T�cnicas, Argentina
Professor Eugene N. Anderson Professor of Anthropology University of California, USA
Dr. Philippe Cury Research Associate Institut de Recherche pour le D�veloppement/France (IRD) and UCT and MCM UCT Oceanography Department, South Africa Part of the French-South African Scientific and Technical Co-operation Research Programme
Dr. T Spencer Director Cambridge Coastal Research Unit, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, UK
Professor David Suzuki Professor Emeritus Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Yvonne Sadovy Researcher/ Lecturer Department of Ecology and Biodiversity, University of Hong Kong, China
Dr. Steve LeGore Executive Director (Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean) Signed independently
Dr. Moira Brown Senior Scientist Center for Coastal Studies Provincetown, MA, USA
Professor Svein Jentoft Sociologist Institute of Planning and Community Studies, University of Troms�, Norway
Dr. Peter Auster Science Director


Assistant Professor

Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation 		National Undersea Research Center, University of North Carolina, USA

Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, USA
Professor A.H.A Soons Professor of International Law Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS) of the Faculty of Law of Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Mr. Arie Trouwborst Research Associate Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS) of the Faculty of Law of Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Dr. Erik Jaap Molenaar Research Associate in International Law of the Sea Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS) of the Faculty of Law of Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Dr. A.G. Oude Elferink Senior Research Associate Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS) of the Faculty of Law of Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Professor Larry Crowder
 Stephen Toth Professor of Marine Biology Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University Marine Laboratory, USA
Dr. Dennis Thoney Director

Adjunct Professor in Fisheries Biology 		Humboldt Marine Laboratory, Humboldt State University, USA
Dr. Kirsty Dernie Benthic Ecologist (Countryside Council for Wales, UK) Signed independently
Dr Andrew Cornish Lecturer and Honorary Associate Professor of Marine Science Department of Ecology and Biodiversity, University of Hong Kong, China
Professor John Kurien Professor


Chief Consultant, FAO (Study on the Impact of International Trade in Fishery Products on Food Security) 		Centre for Development Studies, Kerala State, India

Signed independently
Dr. Amanda Vincent Director

Canada Research Chair in Marine Conservation

Pew Fellow, Marine Conservation Programme 		Project Seahorse

Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Giovanni Bearzi President

Contract professor of Cetacean conservation

Pew Fellow, Marine Conservation Programme 		Tethys Research Institute, Italy

University of Venice, Italy
Dr. Thomas Roedl Postdoctural Fellow Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, USA
Dr. Ellen Hines Assistant Professor Department of Geography & Human Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University, USA
Dr. Peter Hietz Associate Professor Institute of Botany, University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Professor Kevin J. Gaston Professor of Biodiversity and Conservation Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK
Warwick Nash Research Scientist Coastal and Marine Resources Research Program, World Fish Center (Pacific Office), New Caledonia
Dr. Joseph Thorley Fisheries Researcher Signed independently
Dr. Bob Bramblett Assistant Research Professor Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Department of Ecology, Montana State University, US
Dr. Yonat Swimmer Fisheries Biologist NOAA Fisheries, Hawaii, USA
 
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