Regional Vice-Chairs (RVCs)

  • Dr Rhett Bennett | Wildlife Conservation Society | South Africa
  • Dr Issah Seidu | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Ghana
  • Ms Ghofrane Labyedh | Manta Trust | Cameroon

Regional Members

  • Dr Luc Badji | Elasmo Project | Senegal
  • Mr Markus Burgener | TRAFFIC | South Africa
  • Ms Estelle Crochelet | Agence de Recherche pour la Biodiversité à La Réunion | Reunion Islands
  • Dr Charlene da Silva | Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries | South Africa
  • Dr Ryan Daly | Oceanographic Research Institute | South Africa
  • Mr Godefroy De Bruyne | Wildlife Conservation Society | Gabon
  • Mr Mamadou Dia | Institut Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et de Pêches (IMROP) | Mauritania
  • Dr Mika Diop | Secrétariat Permanent de la Commission Sous-Régionale des Pêches (CSRP) | Senegal
  • Mr Baudelaire Dissondet | Wildlife Conservation Society | Congo
  • Dr Phil Doherty | University of Exeter | Congo
  • Mr Mathieu Ducrocq | IUCN | Mauritania
  • Mr Michael Farquhar | Two Oceans Aquarium  | South Africa
  • Mrs Stela Fernando | National Institute of Fishery Research | Mozambique
  • Dr Omolara Fola-Matthews | Fisheries Resources Department, Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research | Nigeria
  • Ms Ana-Lucia Furtado Soares | Elasmo Project | Angola
  • Ms Charmaine Jagger | National Marine Information and Research Center, Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources | Namibia
  • Mr Stiven Jorge Delgado Pires | Biosfera CV | Cabo Verde
  • Dr Boaz Kaunda-Arara | University of Eldoret Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences | Kenya
  • Ms Bigeyo Neke Kuboja | Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute | Tanzania
  • Dr Ruth Leeney | University College Dublin | Ireland
  • Dr Guido Leurs | University of Groningen | Guinea-Bissau
  • Dr Kristian Metcalfe | University of Exeter | Congo
  • Ms Fetra METIEGOUM | African Marine Conservation Organization (AMCO) | Cameroon
  • Dr Houangninan Emmanuel Midinoudewa | Centre de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin | Benin
  • Dr Youri Mvomo Minko | Wildlife Conservation Society | Gabon
  • Mr John Neville | Seychelles Seatizens | Seychelles
  • Dr Segun Oladipo | Howard University | Nigeria
  • Mr Guillermo Porrinos | Fundacao Principe | Sao Tome and Principe
  • Mr Josh Rambahiniarison | CORDIO | Comoros
  • Ms Christelle Razafindrakoto | Wildlife Conservation Society | Madagascar
  • Dr Melita Samoilys | CORDIO – East Africa | Kenya
  • Mr Moro Seidu | AquaLife Conservancy | Ghana
  • Ms Naseeba Sidat | Wildlife Conservation Society | Mozambique
  • Mr Gilles Soro | West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use | Ivory Coast
  • Mr Dave van Beuningen | Wildlife Conservation Society | South Africa
  • Mr Bamikole Williams | Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research | Nigeria
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