Robin Pelc

Robin, an accomplished Fisheries Expert, is the founder and principal of SeaChange Scientific Consulting LLC. In this role, she collaborates with leading sustainable seafood organizations, providing technical writing, data analysis, project management, and scientific evaluations for fisheries sustainability projects. Collaborating with ForSea Solutions since 2018, Robin takes part in MSC pre-assessments and supports full assessments, as well as provides technical support to fishery improvement projects (FIPs) for Pacific Salmon, pollock, cod, flatfish and crab species. Robin has a Master’s of Science in Earth Systems from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she studied the effects of marine protected areas. In addition, she teaches marine science and biology at California State University Monterey Bay. Prior to starting SeaChange Scientific Consulting, Robin was the Fisheries Program Manager at the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch Program. There, she developed the scientific criteria used to assess worldwide fisheries operations and managed the development of Seafood Watch assessments that form the basis of the program’s wild seafood purchasing recommendations. She has also conducted field research in Marine Protected Areas in South Africa, worked as a Coastal Resource Manager for the Pacific island nation of Palau, and published an analysis of renewable energy from the ocean for the Environmental Defense Fund.