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The ACAP Secretariat recently conducted a tendering process for a consultancy to provide advocacy services in support of the implementation of ACAP's strategy to engage with Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs).  The successful tenderer was Ms Jacquelyn Turner.

Ms Turner has 10 years' work experience at the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) where her duties included work in scientific data analysis and compliance, including supporting CCAMLR's Ecosystem Monitoring Program (CEMP), marine debris programme, and with the scheme of international scientific observation and catch documentation scheme.

The focus of Jacque's consultancy will be to assist RFMOs in identifying and collecting data relevant to minimising seabird bycatch in their fisheries.  The consultancy is for an initial period of one year with the option of it being extended for a total period of three years.

Warren Papworth, ACAP Executive Secretary, 4 June 2012