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
- Dr Luc Badji | Elasmo Project | Senegal
- Mr Roy Bealey | International Pole & Line Foundation | Kenya
- Dr Rhett Bennett | Wildlife Conservation Society | South Africa
- Mr Markus Burgener | TRAFFIC | South Africa
- Dr Charlene da Silva | Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries | South Africa
- Mr Godefroy De Bruyne | Wildlife Conservation Society | Gabon
- Mr Mamadou Dia | Institut Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et de Pêches (IMROP) | Mauritania
- Mr Abdoulaye Diedhiou | Digérées minister | Senegal
- 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
- Ms Ana-Lucia Furtado Soares | Elasmo Project | Angola
- Mr. Francesco Garzon | MarAlliance | Cabo Verde
- Ms Charmaine Jagger | National Marine Information and Research Center | Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources | Namibia
- Dr Paulus Kainge | Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources | Namibia
- Dr Boaz Kaunda-Arara | University of Eldoret | Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences | Kenya
- Mr Benedict Kiilu | State Department of Fisheries | Kenya
- Dr Baraka Kuguru | Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute | Tanzania
- Dr Ruth Leeney | Ireland
- Mr Guido Leurs | University of Groningen | Guinea-Bissau
- Dr Andrea Marshall | Marine Megafauna Foundation | Mozambique
- Mrs Meaghen McCord | South African Shark Conservancy | South Africa
- Dr Kristian Metcalfe | University of Exeter | Congo
- Mr Kennedy Osuka | CORDIO East Africa | Kenya
- Mr Guillermo Porrinos | Fundacao Principe | Sao Tome and Principe
- Prof Warwick Sauer | Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science | Rhodes University | South Africa
- Mr Issah Seidu | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Ghana
- Mr Bamikole Williams | Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research | Nigeria
- Mr Lionel Yamb | Agricultural Research Institute for Development (IRAD) | Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation | Cameroon
