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Contact:
mhall665@gmail.com 30 years working on Bycatch
The School of Aquatic Fisheries and Sciences (SAFC) was founded in 1919, and is dedicated to the study of marine and freshwater ecosystems.
Above is a link to the SAFC site featuring a biography of Martin A. Hall (Ph.D.), a school alumnus. RedCID is an Ibero-American network for the study of bycatches and discards.
Above is a link to their Youtube page where they discuss vital issues in this field. A complete collection of videos from the graduate course
“Bycatch: problems and solutions” at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) |
2020 - Founding organizer of the RedCID (red para el studio de capturas incidentals y Descartes) an Ibero-American network for the study of bycatches and discards. 2020 - Guest Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography – Univ. of California, San Diego of a graduate course titled “Bycatch: problems and solutions” 2020 - Member of the Working Group on Fish Technology and Fish Bevavior - International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 2019 - Participated in Fisheries Improvement Projects workshops to improve sustainability for purse seine and longline fisheries May 2011 - Member of the Steering Committee of the Circle Hook Symposium – Miami Since 2009, Member of the Scientific Committee on Bycatch – International Seafood Sustainability Foundation December 2009 - FAO Expert Consultation on "International Guidelines for Bycatch Management and Reduction of Discards" November 2009 - Chair of the Steering Committee, International Seafood Sustainability Foundation Meeting to reduce bycatch in the tuna purse seine fisheries on Fish Aggregating Devices 2005 - Now Member of the Jury “Smart Gear” awards 2003 - 2005 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, Seafood Watch (continued since 2014) 2006 - 2009 Member of the Technical Advisory Board, Marine Stewardship Council 2002 - 2006 Member of the Scientific, Academic and Resource management section of the Stakeholder Council, Marine Stewardship Council (continued since 2011) 2001 - Now Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Fundacion Vida Silvestre Argentina (WWF Partner Org.) 2001 - Member of the Standards Committee, Marine Stewardship Council Member of the Board of Directors of the National Fisheries Conservation Center 1994 - 1995 Member of the Steering Committee of the Solving Bycatch National Workshop, and Convener of the Management Solutions (International) Session 1989 - 1992 Member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Reducing Porpoise Mortality from Tuna Fishing. Since 1984, Head of Bycatch Programs and Agreement for the International Dolphin Conservation Program - Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission IATTC 1983 - 1984 Researcher, Centro Nacional Patagónico, Puerto Madryn, Argentina 1977 - 1982 Fulbright Fellowship, Univ. of Washington, Seattle 1973 - 1977 Head of the Seaweed Resources Program, Puerto Madryn, Argentina 1972 - 1973 Fellowship for Advanced Training in Biometry and Biostatistics, Institute of Neurobiology, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1970 - 1972 Teaching Assistant, Univ. of Buenos Aires 1970 - 1972 Researcher on Ecology of Seaweeds/Benthic Communities, Centro de Investigaciones de Biología Marina, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
ACHIEVEMENTS
Tuna-dolphin issue:
Tuna-dolphin issue:
- Expansion of international observer program from 3% to 100% between 1984 and 1992, and adherence of all nations fishing in the region.
- Management of the second largest observer program in the world.
- Identification of the major factors causing or increasing dolphin mortality in the fishery.
- Development and implementation of a fishers training program to improve performance in reducing dolphin mortality.
- Reduction of dolphin mortality from over 130,000 in 1986 to less than 900 in recent years, while maintaining the fishing operations at a high level.
Other fisheries issues: - Development of strategies for bycatch reduction programs, and provision of technical and managerial advice to fisheries facing bycatch problems (e.g. bycatches on Fish Aggregating Devices).
- Initiation of a multinational artisanal fishers program to reduce sea turtle bycatch along the Pacific Coast of America.
- Development and implementation of the first bycatch management system based on individual vessel quotas.
- Development and implementation of the Agreement for the International Dolphin Conservation Program (AIDCP), a 19-nation treaty.
- Development and implementation of the first transparent mechanism to monitor compliance with fisheries: the International Review Panel of the AIDCP.