Authority Meetings

Mr C Brock

I applied to be on the IFCA to ensure that fishers across the south coast who fish in the Southern IFCA district are represented and have input to the management and byelaws that governs them.
I hope to provide industry knowledge on the following matters;
1) Commercial fishing (both static and towed gear).
2) Information on shore-based operations needed by the fishing industry, including marketing, sales and reporting requirements at local and national level.

3) The practical applications of both of the above with consideration of possible unintended consequences of proposed IFCA management interventions.
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Ms E Bussey-Jones

My previous lengthy career was as a barrister, conducting criminal and regulatory cases in Crown Courts. Pursuing a life-long interest in marine matters, I undertook a Masters in Maritime Law at Southampton University. My particular interests are maritime conservation and preservation of the marine environment. I am currently a visiting research fellow at Plymouth University where I am concerned with academic research and projects relating to topics such as sustainable fisheries, marine protected areas, and conservation of underwater cultural heritage. My plan is to pursue further academic research on topics connected to the legal landscape as it impacts upon marine spaces.

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Dr S Cripps

I am an oceanographer having worked at all levels in marine conservation and fisheries management including field surveys, academic research, consultancy and international programme management. Locally I have served as a Poole Harbour Commissioner, Chair of the Dorset Local Nature Partnership and CEO of Dorset Wildlife Trust. Internationally I have worked as Chief Scientist of a large Norwegian consultancy, and led the global programmes for WWF and WCS. I have been a commercial inshore fisherman for a short time and grew up in and around Poole Harbour.

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Mr C Francis

As an active club angler and freelance angler I feel I am well positioned to be a voice for recreational sea angling.
I am a retired army musician, on retirement I took up a post as a peripatetic music teacher with Dorset Music Service, retiring in 2012.
Whilst serving I was a member of the Army Shore Fishing Team and represented the army at tri-service level for a number of years.

My wife and myself own a cheetah catamaran and are very keen anglers. We fish two or three days a week on average, ranging from The Needles to The Shambles.
I am a life member of the Angling Trust and am active member of two local (Poole) angling clubs.

Cllr Mr P Fuller

I have served as a Councillor on the Isle of Wight since 1995, and am currently the Isle of Wight Cabinet Member overseeing Planning, Coastal Protection and Flooding.

Since I was first appointed to SIFCA in 2016, it was an honour to be appointed as Chair for this coming year.

My passion as a representative is to strengthen community involvement and engagement from stakeholders, whilst ensuring that feedback is not only listened to but incorporated within our decisions and policy making.

Mr N Hornby

I have worked in a range of roles on marine and environmental policy in government over the last 20 years. Much of my career has been spent developing marine and fisheries policy in Defra, before I recently moved to the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) based in Weymouth.

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Cllr Mr R Hughes

Independent member of Dorset Council since the new Unitary Council was formed in 2019.

I'm also a Town Councillor for Portland Town Council.

In May this year after the elections I was appointed by the new Council to the role of Chairman of the Harbours Advisory Committee for the Dorset Harbours after spending the previous 4 years as vice chair and as a member of the EAP on Climate Change and Ecological Emergency that the Council declared in 2019.

I am so pleased to have been appointed by SIFCA to the role of Vice Chair in June. Marine conservation has always been important to me and I fully support all the good work that SIFCA is involved in both off the Dorset Coastline and nationally.

As a scuba diving instructor I have seen all too often the damage that has been done to our marine environment and the loss of fish stocks around our coast.

Outside of my council roles I am a trustee of Portland Museum.

Ms R Irish

Rachel’s background is in marine & environmental science and she has worked at the MMO for a number of years as a Marine Enforcement Officer. Her current role as Principal Marine Officer involves overseeing the coastal operational business for the MMO’s South Team (Dorset and South/North coast of Devon). This includes two offices at Poole and Brixham where she is responsible for H&S and HR/wellbeing team management as well as business objectives (compliance & enforcement of fisheries, marine works and grant funding, also fishing vessel licensing and liaison with the fishing industry, other marine agencies and enforcement bodies).

Dr A Jensen

Marine ecologist working within Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. Research interests include coastal fisheries, benthic ecology and artificial reefs. Working with Southern IFCA has allowed me to place data into policy discussions, in turn research has developed from questions posed at Southern IFCA meetings.

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Dr Heidi Guille

My career in marine ecology started at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, and fisheries science became my passion when I was fortunate to gain my PhD in Iceland focused on Atlantic cod. Returning to the UK some years later, I gained over a decade of experience advising UK Government bodies and marine stakeholders on how to operationalise UK and EU fisheries and marine conservation policy and regulations at a local and national scale. During that period, I really enjoyed working with SIFCA and the other IFCAs and always hoped to continue that again in the future. I’m now a fisheries consultant, with experience of small-scale fisheries development, fisheries policy and management across the world. Having aligned my career with living in my favourite place, I jumped at the chance to support SIFCA, sustainable local fisheries and protection of this beautiful piece of the UK’s coastline.

Dr R Morgan

I am a Marine Lead Adviser within Natural England’s Wessex Team, with responsibilities including leading on the team’s fisheries work; marine licensing casework; and managing marine monitoring and research projects. Prior to joining Natural England in 2013, I completed a PhD at the University of Portsmouth which investigated the economic challenges and response strategies of inshore fishermen in the English Channel. I am interested in contributing to the development of fisheries that deliver both economic and environmental sustainability.

Mr R Stride

I am an inshore static gear fisherman operating an 8m boat from Mudeford. I returned to commercial fishing in 1993 after a career in Fisheries Development in a variety of roles, in projects in Latin America and Africa.

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