Background
Shelley Catherine Clarke (クラーク シェリーキャサリン）
I first acquired an interest in the marine environment while growing up in the lobster fishing town of Winter Harbor, Maine, but an observer assignment aboard a Japanese mothership and a Luce Foundation fellowship took me to Japan and China where I have been based for the last 30 years. My work focuses on shark assessment and management, quantification of illegal fishing, traceability and fisheries governance, and is driven by a desire to elucidate the effect of East Asian fisheries and markets on the world's oceans. My aim is to contribute to a better understanding and dialogue on sustainable utilization of fisheries resources both regionally and globally.
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Qualifications & Awards
Education
PhD Quantitative Fisheries Science, Imperial College London, 2003
MSc Fisheries and Marine Policy, University of Washington, 1988
BA (Hons) Zoology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1986
Other Academic Experience
- Visiting Researcher, Japan National Research Institute for Far Seas Fisheries (2011-2013)
- Editor, Fisheries Science (2009-2011)
- Visiting Researcher, Imperial College London (2008-2011)
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2003-2004)
Awards
- Japan Foreign Minister's Commendation (Sustainable Fisheries) (2024)
- National Gold Medal for Exceptional Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1994)
- Luce Scholars Program (China), Henry Luce Foundation (1993-1994)
- Egtvedt Scholar, University of Washington School of Fisheries (1986-1987)
- Best Undergraduate Honors Thesis in Biology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (1986)
Clients and Projects
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Methodologies and indicators for estimating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
- Guidance for national authorities on catch documentation schemes
- Expert advisory panel for the assessment of proposals to amend CITES appendices
- Studies of global shark fin and meat markets
- Sea turtle, seabird and marine mammal bycatch in longline fisheries
- Analysis of unique fishing vessel identifier options
Regional Fishery Management Organizations
- Shark stock assessment and data improvement studies
- Sea turtle bycatch data meta-analysis
- Market analysis for the verification of catch records
- Rapporteuring for scientific, compliance and Commission meetings
- Historical catch estimate reconstruction for sharks from trade data
- Analysis of the effectiveness of shark finning regulations
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species - Secretariat
- Implementation of CITES listings for teatfish (sea cucumber)
National Governments
- Improving synergies between Regional Fishery Bodies and CITES authorities for the management and conservation of sharks
- Shark management plans and national plans of action formulation
- Shark indicators analysis
- Study of China's fish trade and traceability systems
- Trade in shark products in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand
Non-governmental Organizations
- Marine Stewardship Council stakeholder council, technical advisory board, fishery assessor and peer reviewer
- Responsible Fisheries Management chain of custody assessor
- Analysis of traceability systems documenting the legal provenance of salmon and whitefish through China
- Estimating legal and illegal catches of Russian sockeye salmon from trade and market data
- Implementation of CITES shark listings in Hong Kong
Selected Publications
Indicators of IUU Fishing
Guidance for National Authorities on Catch Documentation Schemes
IUU Fishing Estimation Methodologies
FAO. 2024. Methodologies and indicators for the estimation of the magnitude and impact of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing: 1.4 Developing and using indicators of performance. FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries, No. 9, Suppl. 1, Vol. 4. Rome.
IUU Fishing Estimation Methodologies
Guidance for National Authorities on Catch Documentation Schemes
IUU Fishing Estimation Methodologies
FAO. 2023. Methodologies and indicators for the estimation of the magnitude and
impact of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing: 1.3 A catalogue of examples. FAO Technical Guidelines
for Responsible Fisheries, No. 9, Suppl. 1, Vol. 3. Rome.
Guidance for National Authorities on Catch Documentation Schemes
Guidance for National Authorities on Catch Documentation Schemes
Guidance for National Authorities on Catch Documentation Schemes
FAO. 2022. Understanding and implementing catch documentation schemes – A guide for national authorities. FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries No. 14. Rome.
Southern Bluefin Tuna Catch Verification
Southern Bluefin Tuna Catch Verification
Guidance for National Authorities on Catch Documentation Schemes
Clarke, S. 2022. Report on Verification of All Members’ Catch through Monitoring of Southern Bluefin Tuna Product Distribution. Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna CCSBT-CC17-19. 97pp.
Shark Post-Release Survival
Southern Bluefin Tuna Catch Verification
Global Shark Fin and Meat Markets
Francis, M.P., Lyon, W.S., Clarke, S.C., Finucci, B., Hutchinson, M.R., Campana, S.E., Musyl, M.K., Schaefer, K.M., Hoyle, S.D., Peatman, T. and Bernal, D., 2023. Post‐release survival of shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) and silky (Carcharhinus falciformis) sharks released from pelagic tuna longlines in the Pacific Ocean. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 33(4), pp.366-378.
Global Shark Fin and Meat Markets
Southern Bluefin Tuna Catch Verification
Global Shark Fin and Meat Markets
Dent, F. & Clarke, S. 2015. State of the global market for shark products. FAO Fish. Aquacult. Tech. Pap.. 590.
China Trade and Market Analysis
Population Trends in Pacific Sharks
China Trade and Market Analysis
Eriksson, H. and Clarke, S., 2015. Chinese market responses to overexploitation of sharks and sea cucumbers. Biological Conservation, 184, pp.163-173.
Bycatch in Longline Fisheries
Population Trends in Pacific Sharks
China Trade and Market Analysis
Clarke, S., Sato, M., Small, C., Sullivan, B., Inoue, Y. & Ochi, D. 2014. Bycatch in longline fisheries for tuna and tuna-like species: a global review of status and mitigation measures. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 588. Rome, FAO. 199 pp
Population Trends in Pacific Sharks
Population Trends in Pacific Sharks
Shark Fin Trade-based Catch Estimation
Clarke, S.C., Harley, S.J., Hoyle, S.D. and Rice, J.S., 2013. Population trends in Pacific Oceanic sharks and the utility of regulations on shark finning. Conservation Biology, 27(1), pp.197-209.
Shark Fin Trade-based Catch Estimation
Shark Fin Trade-based Catch Estimation
Shark Fin Trade-based Catch Estimation
Clarke, S.C., McAllister, M.K., Milner‐Gulland, E.J., Kirkwood, G.P., Michielsens, C.G., Agnew, D.J., Pikitch, E.K., Nakano, H. and Shivji, M.S., 2006. Global estimates of shark catches using trade records from commercial markets. Ecology letters, 9(10), pp.1115-1126.
太平洋サメの状況
Shark Fin Trade-based Catch Estimation
太平洋サメの状況
クラークシェリー。2017。本当に「怖い」サメの話ーーさめを恐れる人類こそがサメを脅かしている。EBUCHEB 67：2-6.
Contact Details
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〒428-0211 静岡県島田市川根町笹間上1323
1323 Sasama-kami, Kawane, Shimada, Shizuoka, JAPAN 〒428-0211
Sasama Consulting
Shelley Catherine Clarke クラーク シェリーキャサリン
contact@sasamaconsulting.com +81 547 54-0855 (or 0547-54-0855 within Japan)
