Scientific Certification Systems, Inc.
2200 Powell Street, Suite 725
Emeryville, CA 94608
Tel: 510.452.8000
Fax: 510.452.6884
http://www.scscertified.com
***ADVISORY***
HIMI TOOTHFISH FISHERY
Assessment Team Confirmed for Reassessment of the HIMI Toothfish Fishery
Two independent scientists are confirmed to work along with Scientific Certification Systems, Inc. (SCS) to assess whether
the Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) Toothfish Fishery is in compliance with the Marine Stewardship Council’s
(MSC) Principles and Criteria for sustainable fisheries management.
The MSC website may be found at www.msc.org
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SCS is confirming the following persons:
Role in Assessment
Name
Affiliation
Team Leader and Assessment Team Member
Assessment Team Member
Dr. Sabine Daume
Mr. Alex “Sandy” Morison
SCS
Morison Aquatic Sciences
Assessment Team Member
See the following page for short biographies:
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Ms. Mary Lack
Shellack Pty. Ltd.
Assessment Team Short Biography
Dr. Sabine Daume – Scientific Certification Systems (SCS)
Dr Sabine Daume is responsible for leading SCS’s Sustainable Seafood Certification program, which includes both fishery
and chain of custody certification under the auspices of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), using the MSC methodology
and standards. Dr. Daume has been involved and/ or lead numerous pre and full assessments, Dr. Daume has been involved
and/ or lead numerous pre and full assessments, including the Western Australian Rock Lobster fishery, Mexican Spiny Rock
Lobster fishery, Mexican Sardine fishery, the Australian Lakes & Coorong fishery and the North Pacific Halibut fishery and
the North Pacific Sablefish (Black Cod) fishery. In addition Dr. Daume has been trained by the MSC to use the Risk Based
Framework (RBF) of the new Fisheries Assessment Methodology for data deficient fisheries. She is a Lead Auditor under
the ISO 9001:2001 standard. Dr Daume is a marine biologist with special expertise in the biology and ecology of exploited
marine resources. She has over 10 years experience working very closely with the fishing and aquaculture industry in
Australia. In her role as the Senior Research Scientist at the Department of Fisheries in Western Australia, she lead research
projects related to fishery and fisheries habitats of temperate and tropical invertebrate species.
Alexander “Sandy” Morison – Morison Aquatic Sciences
Mr. Alexander Morison is a consultant for Morison Aquatic Sciences, Private consulting firm specializing in fisheries and
aquatic sciences. Sandy has over 10 years experience working at the state and national level where he was responsible for
management and conducting research on marine fisheries. Sandy also brings over ten years experience as a scientific officer
for the Fisheries & Wildlife service where he was responsible for the planning and implementation of a broad range of
research projects related to freshwater systems. Mr. Morison has been the principle scientist for demersal fishery resources
in the Australian Fishing Zone and has chaired fishery assessment groups for the Australian South East Scalefish and shark
fishery. He was also the program leader at the Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute. Most recently, Sandy has
participated as a Principle 1 expert in teams undertaking Marine Stewardship Council pre-assessment for Australian
Commonwealth-managed fisheries (including the HIMI toothfish fishery). In addition, he completed the Australian
mackerel icefish (icefish) MSC 4th annual surveillance and is the P1 expert for the re-assessment of the icefish fishery. This
icefish fishery has many features in common with the HIMI toothfish fishery, including area of operations, the fishing fleet,
the management authorities, and the fishery-independent surveys used in the respective assessments. Mr. Morison was also
a co-investigator on a project investigating the biology of the Patagonian toothfish in the HIMI area.
Mary Lack – Shellack Pty. Ltd.
Ms. Mary Lack has qualifications in agricultural and resource economics and has over 25 years experience in Australian and
international fisheries management. She has been Director of Shellack Pty. Ltd., a consulting company, based in Canberra
Australia, specializing in fisheries management and trade and working with government, non-government and
intergovernmental organizations for the past 10 years. Prior to her work with Shellack Pty. Ltd., Ms. Lack worked in various
senior fisheries management roles in the Australian Government. During that time she has developed strong skills in
fisheries management, domestic and international fisheries governance and fisheries trade analysis. In recent years her work
has focused on sustainability and governance issues in Australian fisheries and in regional fisheries management
organizations. Mary has extensive relevant experience with MSC methodology, particularly in the Austral-Antarctic region.
She has been involved in pre-assessments, annual surveillances and re-assessments under the MSC standard. Most recently,
Ms. Lack completed the Australian mackerel icefish (icefish) MSC 4th annual surveillance and is the Principle 3 expert in the
re-assessment of the icefish fishery. The icefish fishery is intimately incorporated with the HIMI toothfish fishery. They
are both under the same Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and Convention on the Conservation of
Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMCLR) management schemes. Ms. Lack is also very familiar with issues of illegal,
unreported and unregulated fishing in the area and key personnel in the fishery.
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