Brittany Derrick
At the Sea Around Us, Brittany leads the catch reconstruction team. She is in charge of executing and verifying the annual updates to the catch reconstruction data of all sectors in all Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) or EEZ-equivalent waters of the world (247), plus the catch of tuna and other large pelagic fishes in the High Seas. She also authors or co-authors papers documenting these reconstructions.
Peggy Homan
Peggy Homan
Administrative Coordinator, Centre for Indigenous Fisheries
Email: p.homan@oceans.ubc.ca
Leah Isfeld
Leah is a research assistant supporting the unit’s work on global marine catch reconstruction updates.
Vicky Lee
Vicky is a Research Assistant with the Sea Around Us lab. She is in charge of the reconstruction of freshwater fishery catches.
Roshni Mangar
Roshni is a Researcher at the Sea Around Us, where she focuses on fisheries catch reconstruction in the Western Indian Ocean. Her work covers Mauritius (including the Chagos Archipelago), Madagascar, Comoros, Réunion, and Mayotte.
Camins Martinez, Elsa
Elsa is a Research Assistant with Project Seahorse working with Miguel Correia. She is conducting Red List assessments for syngnathid species and providing valuable support to the community science iSeahorse project. She is also part of the IUCN Seahorse, Pipefish & Seadragon Specialist Group.
Robert Marshall
Robert Marshall
Research Assistant, MMEan Lab
Research Area
Jana McPherson
Jana McPherson
Project Manager – National Wildlife Trade, Project Seahorse
Email: j.mcpherson@oceans.ubc.ca
Dr. McPherson is motivated by a desire to balance the needs of humans and the rest of nature. Her work in conservation has focused on terrestrial as well as marine systems at local to global scales. It has involved scientific fieldwork, traditional knowledge, species distribution models, remote sensing, sustainable development initiatives, and building large collaborations for mutual learning, data compilation, and analysis. As Project Manager – National Wildlife Trade at Project Seahorse, she works with governments in Asia and elsewhere on the creation and implementation of national management plans to ensure the sustainability of trade in seahorses.