As an initiation of PacMAN monitoring settlement plates have been deployed to four sites in the Suva harbour. Each site has three sets of three settlement plates at different depths…
PacMAN monitoring activities were officially launched on the morning of 24.11 at 10 am (FJT, UTC+12). This launch was the first step to begin research activities at the harbor site…
The PacMAN team from the Institute of Applied Sciences visited the Biosecurity Authority of Fiji’s technical and laboratory facility based in Koronivia, Nausori. The visit was scheduled following the official…
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OBIS
Ward Appeltans
Saara Suominen
Pieter Provoost
Sofie de Baenst
Project Manager
Scientific Officer
Data Manager
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UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
Joape Ginigini
Project Manager
Dr. Gilianne Brodie
Marine Science Advisor
Miriama Vuiyasawa
Project Assistant
Advisory board of PacMAN
Local stakeholders
Scientific advisory board
Ms Sandeep Singh - Ministry of Environment (MoEnv) - Chair
Ms Neomai Ravitu - Ministry of Fisheries and Forests (MoFF)
Dr. Chaminda Dissanayke - Biosecurity Authority of Fiji (BAF)
Mr. Nitesh Datt - Biosecurity Authority of Fiji (BAF)
Mr. Sesoni Komaisoso - Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji (MSAF)
Mrs. Selai Manuel - Fiji Ports Corporation Ltd and its subsidiaries (FPCL)
Mr. Akila Abeyrathne - Fiji Ports Corporation Ltd and its subsidiaries (FPCL)
Mr. Meuke Finauga - Fiji Ports Corporation Ltd and its subsidiaries (FPCL)
Dr. Katy Soapi - Pacific Community (SPC)
Ms. Molly Powers - Pacific Community (SPC)
Mr. Anthony Talouli - Secretariat of the Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP)
Mr. David Moverley - Secretariat of the Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP)
Dr. Chinthaka Hewavitharane - USP mariculture and aquaculture expert
Mr. Kelly Brown - USP marine collections curator
Mr. Hans Wendt - International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Dr Matthias Obst - University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Dr Craig Sherman - Deakin University, Australia
Dr Neil Davies - Gump South Pacific Research Station in Moorea, French Polynesia
Dr Christopher Meyer - Smithsonian Institution, USA
Dr Pier Luigi-Buttigieg - GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Germany
Dr Pascal Hablützel - Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium
Dr Nic Bax - CSIRO, Australia
Dr Frank Muller-Karger - University of South Florida, USA
Dr John Deck - Berkeley Natural History Museums, USA