What I have done

Having worked at the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Bergen, Norway for over 20 years, I reached retirement age in the autumn 2010.

After that, I have established a one-man business, and can offer my experience to those who may find it useful.

Previous work experience includes:

• Fish stock assessment, including chairing several ICES assessment working groups.
• Development and evaluation of several management plans, as well as co-chairing the ICES Study Group on Management Strategies.
• Surveys (acoustic and bottom trawl).
• Fish tagging studies.
• Monitoring epizootics.
• Stomach sampling and analysis of stomach data.
• Teaching assessment methods, both at ICES and at IMR.
• Development of software for stock assessment and management plan evaluations (SXSA, Fleksibest, AMCI, TASACS, STPR, HCS).

Since retirement in 2010, I have

• chaired or participated in various assessment and benchmark working groups, including

  • the GFCM Assessment Working Group on Small Pelagics in the Mediterranean,

  • review of the assessment of Canadian 4VWX herring

  • benchmark review of demersal stocks West of the British Isles (ICES)

  • North Sea and Western Baltic herring management plans (ICES)

  • benchmark review of various Nephrops stock (ICES)

  • benchmark review of assessment and management plans for sardine (Biscay and Iberia - ICES)

• taken part in the project ENAC at IMR on fish stock management in a changing environment

• served as consultant for Global Trust Inc, Det Norske Veritas and BV Iberia on certification of various fisheries (MSC and FAO criteria)

• contributed to the Blue whiting focus group of the Pelacic RAC

• served as consultant for Fiskebåt (The Norwegian Fishing Vessel Owners Association) on research priorities and on stock assessment issues

• given lectures and training courses in various fora.

• and done several smaller jobs for various clients.

Before entering fisheries science, I had my education in medicine and mathematics, and worked in medicine, in cell biology and cellular kinetics and as university teacher in internal medicine.