Shifting targets: trends in fisheries development and governance as viewed from the top of the world

Kevern Cochrane from the Fisheries & Aquaculture Department of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), based in Rome, Italy will be giving a talk on “Shifting targets: trends in fisheries development and governance as viewed from the top of the world”.

Kevern Cochrane was born in Cape Town, South Africa, but moved to Zimbabwe at an early age. He studied at the University of Zimbabwe, graduating with a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Zoology and Geology in 1973. After a brief spell teaching, he joined the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management in Zimbabwe. His research for the Department was on the introduced freshwater sardine (Limnothrissa miodon) in Lake Kariba and the fishery utilising it. This work led to the award of a M.Phil. degree from the University of Zimbabwe in 1978. In October 1995, Dr Cochrane joined the Fishery Resources Division of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation where he is still based. In this position he is responsible for providing technical support to FAO fishery-related activities in the Caribbean area and the south east Atlantic. He is also involved in FAO activities to implement the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, which task has included the production of technical guidelines for fisheries management in accordance with the Code of Conduct. The combined experiences at FAO and the SFRI have resulted in a particular interest in the improvement of fisheries management in order to be able to optimize consistently the potential benefits from fisheries in a sustainable manner, particularly within developing countries.