Meet our team of industry experts.
Our team has rallied around the FishLAT vision, bringing together a network of academic, non-profit, and for-profit entities, to align the offshore energy and fisheries sectors so that together we can use our oceans, without using them up!
FishLAT Principal Investigators
AMBER SPARKS, BL LLC
Amber Sparks is a marine conservation biologist and co-founder of Blue Latitudes LLC.
EMILY HAZELWOOD, BL LLC
Emily Hazelwood is a marine conservation biologist and co-founder of Blue Latitudes LLC.
FishLAT Project Manager
AMI EVERETT, BL LLC
Ami Everett is a marine conservation biologist at Blue Latitudes LLC. Ms. Everett is FishLAT's Project Manager.
FishLAT Co-Principal Investigators
Dr. MARK BENFIELD, LSU
Mark Benfield is a biological oceanographer and Professor at Louisiana State University. Dr. Benfield is a FishLAT Co-Principal Investigator.
Dr. BENNY GALLAWAY, LGL
Benny Gallaway is a principle at LGL Ecological Research Associates. Dr. Gallaway is a FishLAT Co-Principal Investigator.
DAVID KROODSMA, GFW
David Kroodsma is the director of research and innovation at Global Fishing Watch. Mr. Kroodsma is a FishLAT Co-Principal Investigator.
FishLAT Contributors
TAYLOR BEYEA, LGL
Taylor Beyea is a marine biologist at LGL Ecological Research Associates. Ms. Beyea is FishLAT’s Model Development Coordinator.
PETE DAVIS, GFW
Pete Davis is a data scientist at Global Fishing Watch. Mr. Davis specializes in remote sensing, ecology, and geospatial development.
Dr. NATHAN PUTMAN, LGL
Nathan Putman is a spatial ecologist and senior scientist at LGL Ecological Research Associates. Dr. Putman is FishLAT’s Connectivity Modeling Expert.
EDWARD LAWS, LSU
Ed Laws is a Chemical Oceanographer and Professor at Louisiana State University. Dr. Laws is the FishLAT Outreach Curriculum Coordinator.
DR. MONA AHMADIANI, TAMU
Mona Ahmadiani is an environmental and resource economist and a postdoctoral research associate at Texas A&M University. Dr. Ahmadiani carries out the economic analysis for the FishLAT project.
MORGAN RAITH, BL LLC
Morgan Raith is a graphic designer, illustrator, and science communicator. Ms. Raith serves as FishLAT’s Creative Director.
DR. MASAMI FUJIWARA, TAMU
Masami Fujiwara is a quantitative population ecologist and an associate professor at Texas A&M University. Dr. Fujiwara analyzes fish population dynamics data for FishLAT.
ANNA SANDERS, GFW
Anna Sanders leads the development and management of Global Fishing Watch's innovative products. Ms. Sanders supports the interface development for FishLAT.
DR. RICHARD WOODWARD, TAMU
Richard Woodward is a professor of environmental and resource economics at Texas A&M University and supervises the economic analysis of the FishLAT recreational fisheries model.
DR. GERARD KYLE, TAMU
Gerard Kyle is a social psychologist and professor at Texas A&M University. Dr. Kyle contributes expertise in outdoor recreation behavior and survey research methods for the socioeconomic data presented in FishLAT.