Liesbeth Van Der Meer

iesbeth van der Meer is a doctor of veterinary medicine and earned her degree with a focus on salmon aquaculture at the University of Chile. She quickly became disillusioned with the salmon farming industry, which inspired her career in conservation. Liesbeth earned her master’s degree in natural resource management and environmental sustainability with a focus on fisheries economics at the University of British Columbia, one of the most respected centers of fisheries research in the world.

Liesbeth began to work alongside leading scientists Dr. Daniel Pauly (Oceana board member) and Dr. Rashid Sumaila, contributing to the “Fisheries Economics Research Unit” (FERU) and the “Sea Around Us Project.” Liesbeth participated in research covering sustainability and fisheries management, illegal fishing and the historical reconstruction of fisheries statistics in the Dominican Republic and Chile.