Trond Bjørndal is a world leading expert on fisheries economics and management. He is a visiting professor at Imperial College and Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Fisheries Economics SNF, Norway. He is former chairman of the board of the World Fish Centre and past president and chairman of the executive committee of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade. He has been professor/visiting professor at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, and University College London. He has been guest or associate editor of several journals, has been a consultant to the FAO, the OECD, the Export Council of Norway, and various government ministries. He has written textbooks on fisheries and aquaculture economics and has published extensively in scientific journals including Journal of Environmental Economics and Management and Canadian Journal of Economics.
Gordon Munro is a world leading expert on fisheries economics theory and policy issues. He has been a visiting professor at Univerisiti Sains Malaysia and a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Fisheries Economics SNF. He served on panels established by the National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of Canada. He has undertaken work for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada; Department for International Development, UK; Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; the FAO of the UN; and the OECD. From 1983 to 1996 he led the Fisheries Task Force of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council. In 2006-2007, he served on a panel, based at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, to develop a model for improved governance of Regional Fisheries Management Organisations. He is an editor of Strategic Behaviour and the Environment. In recognition of his contributions to the field, a conference was held in his honour in 2004, leading to the festschrift Advances in Fisheries Economics