Job Type
Teaching/Education
Research
Operational Support (technical)
Institutional Management
Subject Area
Fisheries, Aquaculture
Pollution
Research Support Services
Activities
Rob launched and/or has coordinated the following Sea Shepherd campaigns:
- Operation GrindStop in the Faroe Islands 2014
- Seal Defence Campaign in Scotland (2014-2015)
- Operation Bloody Fjords in the Faroe Islands (2016-2022)
- Sea Shepherd UK 's Marine Debris Campaign (2008-2022)
- Cove Guardians / Operation Infinite Patience in Japan (2016-2017)
- Operation 404 (2017-2018)
- Sea Shepherd UK's Ghostnet campaign (2018-2022)
- Reconnaissance work by boat and land around Orkney, Shetland and the Faroe Islands (2016-2019)
- Operation Mjolnir in Iceland at Hvalfjordur (2018)
- Sea Shepherd UK's Education Project (2020-2022)
- #StopTheGrind coalition at www.stopthegrind.org
- Operation Northern Exposure on Iceland and at sea (2022)
Sea regions of study
Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
North Sea
North Atlantic Ocean
Skills
Environmental Surveyor
Environmental Auditor
Remote Sensing
Pollution Control
Inorganic Analytical Chemistry
Laboratory Management
Scientific Fieldwork
Marine Conservation
Diving
Photographer
Drone Pilot
Powerboat Driver
Comment(s)
Rob has a Honours Degree in Environmental Science and has previously worked at a major UK postgraduate University for 13 years.
Rob has working experience in fieldwork, surveying, chemical & physical analytical techniques, water quality and affects of contaminants on habitats and species. Rob also has a Masters degree in ‘Archaeology and Heritage’ and researches the historical and cultural aspects of Human settlements including their effects on the environment.
Rob has represented Sea Shepherd at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting on the islands of Madeira in 2009 and as coordinator for Sea Shepherd at the IWC meeting on the island of Jersey in 2011.
Rob was commended as 'Sea Shepherd Coordinator of the year 2011' and in November 2011 joined the Board of Trustees of the Sea Shepherd UK Charity as Vice-Chair.
Since December 2013, Rob has been the Chief Operating Officer of Sea Shepherd UK (charity).
Rob is a BSAC Ocean Diver and RYA/ICC powerboat driver with WISE and RYA Marine Radio SRC certification.