Schwaab, who was appointed as the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in February 2010, oversees the management and conservation of marine fisheries and the protection of marine mammals, sea turtles and coastal fisheries habitat within the United States exclusive economic zone.

He joins an outstanding line up of speakers at the Congress, including: Professor Sir John Beddington CMG FRS, Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government and Professor of Applied Population Biology at Imperial College London; Professor Ray Hilborn, University of Washington, Seattle, US; Mike Mitchell, Technical Director and Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Youngs Seafood Company, UK; and, Dr Malcolm Beveridge, Director of Aquaculture and Genetics at the international organisation, WorldFish Center.

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