The Advisory Committee was established at the First Meeting of Signatories, September 2012. The tasks of the Committee include:

  • Providing expert advice and making recommendations including suggestions on new initiatives and on the implementation of the MoU to the Secretariat and the Signatories
  • Analyzing scientific assessments and making recommendations on the conservation status of shark populations listed in Annex I
  • Preparing a report on its activities for each advisory session of the Meeting of Signatories
  • Recommending to the Secretariat the convening of an urgent session of the Meeting of Signatories in view of emergencies which may arise

The members of the Committee are appointed as representatives of the Regions by the Signatories from each Region. Annex II sets out the Regions and the number of representatives for each Region (Africa: 2; Asia: 2; North America: 1; Europe: 2; Oceania: 1; South, Central America & the Caribbean: 2).

Appointed Advisory Committee members (last updated April 2023):

 

Region

AC member

Africa

Dr. KIDÉ Saïkou Oumar
Chargé de Recherches
Institut Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et des Pêches
Laboratoire Biologie et Écologie des Organismes Aquatiques

sokidefr[a]yahoo.fr

SAID, Mohamed Omar, Ph.D.
Principal Scientist
Marine and Coastal Research Center
Wildlife Research and Training Institute, Kenya

msaid26474[a]me.com

Asia

Rima Jabado, Ph.D.
Founder Elasmo Project
Deputy Chair IUCN Species Survival Commission
Chair IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group
Scientific Councilor for Fish, Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)

Rimajabado[a]gmail.com

MOONYEEN NIDA R. ALAVA
Technical Advisor, Save Sharks Network Philippines
Sharks and Fisheries Specialist, Marine Wildlife Watch of the Philippines

mnralava[a]gmail.com

Europe

Dr. Jim Ellis
Fisheries Biologist,
CEFAS Lowestoft Laboratory, United Kingdom

Jim.ellis[a]cefas.gov.uk

Dr. Matthias Schaber
Fisheries Biologist / Research Unit Leader Operational Observation Systems
Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries, Germany

matthias.schaber[a]thuenen.de

North America

John Carlson, Ph.D.
Research Fish Biologist
NOAA Fisheries Service-Southeast Fisheries Science Center, USA

john.carlson[a]noaa.gov

Oceania

Lesley Gidding-Reeve
Director, Marine and Freshwater Species
Biodiversity Conservation Division
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia

Lesley.Gidding-Reeve[a]dcceew.gov.au

South and Central-America & the Caribbean

Carlos Julio Polo-Silva. Ph.D.
Marine Science and Limnology
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

carlosj.polos[a]utadeo.edu.co

 

Mario Espinoza, Ph.D.
Profesor / Investigador
Escuela de Biología – CIMAR
Universidad de Costa Rica

mario.espinoza_m[a]ucr.ac.cr