Dr. Anna Schuhbauer

About Me

I am an independent scientific consultant working on fisheries and ocean science. My expertise spans transdisciplinary research approaches — on-the-ground interviews and workshops with fishers, managers and policymakers — through to high-level theoretical frameworks that assess fisheries from local to global scales. I am highly experienced in compiling and assessing quantitative and qualitative data in data-poor situations, and in building analytical models focused on economic and socio-economic datasets. My professional experience spans NGOs, philanthropic funders, academia and government.

Before establishing my consultancy I held postdoctoral fellowships at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia, most recently with the Fisheries Economics Research Unit, where I worked on the global fisheries subsidies dataset. I hold a PhD in Resource Management and Environmental Studies from UBC and an MSc in International Studies of Aquatic Tropical Ecology from the University of Bremen.

I work with NGOs, philanthropic foundations, Indigenous governments and First Nations organisations, research institutes and intergovernmental bodies. Recent clients include the Oak Foundation, the Perry Institute for Marine Sciences, The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Transform Bottom Trawling Coalition, The Nature Conservancy, Oceana and Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative.