# Memberships of scholarly committees

* Appointed to FutureEarth [Earth Commission](https://earthcommission.org/commissioners/) (2025-Present)
* Appointed to the IUCN Task Force on Reducing the Impacts of Fisheries on Marine Biodiversity. 2024-Present.
* Appointed to the Executive Committee for the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. 2024 – Present.
* Executive Committee Member, International institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, 2013 – Present.
* Chair of the selection committee for Best Student Paper Award of the 2009 North American Association of Fisheries Economists Forum.
* Scientific Committee of the 2008 International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET), July 2008, Vietnam.
* Member MMAS Advisory Committee: NOAA/Conservation International Economic Incentives Research Programme, October 2007 – present.
* Scientific Committee of the 2007 North American Association of Fisheries Economists (NAAFE), March 2007, Merida, Mexico.
* Scientific and Organizing Committee for the 6th Meeting On Game Theory and Practice Dedicated To Development, Natural Resources And The Environment, Zaragoza, Spain, June/July 2006.
* The Scientific Committee for the year 2000 International Institute for Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET) Conference, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
* Leader of the Scientific Committee for Oceanic Research (SCOR) team on closed areas (1997 - 1999): Team reviewed and extended the current state-of-the-art literature on the use of marine protected areas to mitigate the ecosystem effects of fishing. The work of the group was presented at a conference in Montpellier, France, March, 1999.