Africa Regional Group

Regional Vice-Chairs (RVCs)

  • Dr Melita Samoilys | CORDIO - East Africa | Kenya
  • Dr Mika Diop | Secrétariat Permanent de la Commission Sous-Régionale des Pêches (CSRP) | Senegal

Regional Members

  • Dr Luc Badji | Elasmo Project | Senegal
  • Mr Roy Bealey | International Pole & Line Foundation | Kenya
  • Mr. 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