OCI Grand Bank Yellowtail Flounder Trawl Fishery
Marine Stewardship Council Certification
Certification Body: Moody Marine Ltd
Confirmation of Assessment Team
Based on the technical expertise required to carry out the main assessment of this fishery, Moody Marine is
pleased to confirm the assessment team membership:
• Bruce Atkinson, (Principle 1).
• Rob Blyth Skyrme, (Principle 2).
• John Angel, (Principle 3).
• Paul Knapman, Lead Assessor, Moody Marine, North America.
• Don Aldous, Associate Auditor
Further details on expert team members are provided below.
Team membership (in alphabetical order):
Bruce Atkinson – Bruce is a retired fisheries biologist with more than 30 years experience of groundfish
assessment and management. Bruce had an extended career with Canada’s Department of Fisheries and
Ocean (DFO) resulting in a position of Regional Director of Science. He was also the DFO Head of
Delegation for Canada to the Scientific Council of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)
in the early part of this decade.
Dr Rob Blyth Skyrme - Rob has worked in marine fisheries science, management and policy for more
than 10 years. Prior to becoming a fisheries consultant he was a senior advisor to the UK Government on
environmental and fisheries issues and the Deputy Chief Officer for the largest inshore fisheries
management organisation in England. Rob is now based in Hawaii.
John Angel - John is retired from full time employment having previously John worked with the federal
Department of Justice before moving to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans as head of legal and
regulatory affairs in 1983. His last position in government (1994) was as Regional Director of Fisheries
Management for the Scotia-Fundy Region. He then went on to serve as Executive Director of a Canadian
fishing industry trade association. He has extensive experience in the development of integrated resource
management plans and fishing strategies as well as a background in Canadian fisheries law and is currently
a member of the Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (FRCC), an independent advisory body to the
Canadian Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.
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Paul Knapman - Paul is a lead assessor with Moody Marine and is responsible for Moody Marine
operations in North America. He has extensive experience of the fishing industry in North America and
Europe. He was previously Head of an inshore fisheries management organisation, a senior policy advisor
to the UK government on fisheries and environmental issues, a fisheries officer and a fisheries consultant
working in Europe and Canada.
Don Aldous – Don has been a fishery consultant since 1992 providing fisheries management and
development services to clients in the fishing industry of Atlantic Canada and to fisheries organizations
overseas. Before this he worked for the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans for 13 years on,
among other things, pelagic and groundfish fisheries management plans. He has also worked in the South
Pacific as an advisor on the enhancement of national surveillance programs, the building of regional cooperation and the development of training programs for enforcement officers.
Date: 18th May 2009
Moody Marine Ltd
Moody International Certification
28 Fleming Drive
Halifax
Nova Scotia
B3P1A9
CANADA
Tel/Fax: 902 477 4208
Email: enquiries@moodymarine.com
Web Site: www.moodymarine.com