IDDRA – SUMMARY CURRICULUM VITAE: Dr. Arthur E. NEILAND

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name:Arthur E. Neiland

Nationality: IrishPlace of Birth:Waterford, Republic of Ireland

Date of birth: 23-04-60Age: 47 years

CURRENT POSITION

Co-Director- Institut du Développement Durable et des Ressources Aquatiques (IDDRA)

Portsmouth Office:
IDDRA Ltd, Portsmouth Technopole
Kingston Crescent
Portsmouth , HantsPO2 8FA, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 2392 658232
E-mail: / Montpellier Office:
IDDRA sarl
1 Les Terrasses de Marianne
135 rue Nivose
34000 Montpellier, France
Tel: +33 4 67 99 67 66

Qualifications

2001PhD Fisheries Economics (Portsmouth, UK)

1991PgC in Project Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (Wye, London)

1984MSc Aquaculture and Fisheries Management (Stirling) (NERC Scholarship)

1983BSc (Hons) Biology (Stirling, UK /Univ.California Santa Barbara, USA), Grade: IIi

Career Experience

02- dateCo-Director, IDDRA Ltd

1997-02 Director of CEMARE, University of Portsmouth.

1993-96 Senior Research Fellow, CEMARE, University of Portsmouth, UK

1988-92Research Associate, Research Fellow, CEMARE, PortsmouthPolytechnic, UK

1987-88Technical Adviser, Strathaird Salmon Farms Ltd, Scotland

1985-87Lecturer (Fisheries), Federal University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria

1979-82Fascadale Salmon Fisheries, Argyll, Scotland; Irish Oyster Aquaculture Ltd, Clare,

Ireland; Salmon Research Trust of Ireland, Mayo, Ireland (short-term posts).

Areas of professional interest

Fisheries policy, economics & management; Fisheries development; Integrated river basin & coastal zone management.

International experience (outside Western Europe)

Africa: Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda;

Asia: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, S. Korea, Thailand, Maldives;

Eastern Europe: Georgia, Romania;

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (MOST RECENT):

2006/07: The World Bank, WashingtonDC; Management of Fisheries in The Maldives (Team Member and Lead Author for synthesis report);

2006/07: UK Department for International Development (DFID): Development of a Fisheries Sector Strategy Paper for Sierra Leone (Team Leader);

2006: The World Bank / UNDP / FAO: Tsunami Rehabilitation Assessment in India (Team Leader);

2006: DFID/FAO: Impact of Fish Trade on Sustainable Livelihoods in West Africa (Report and Key Sheet);

2005: UK Department for International Development (DFID): Common Pool Resource Issues and Fisheries Management (Report and Series of Key Sheets for the Fisheries Management Science Programme) (Lead Author);

2005: UK Department for International Development (DFID): Study of Fisheries and Pro-Poor Growth (Report and Key Sheet) (Team Member);

2004/05: The World Bank / UK Department for International Development / FAO. Study of Good Management Practice in Sustainable Fisheries (Team Member);

RECENT SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Sierra Leone: A Proposed Fisheries Sector Strategy Paper (FSSP). (2007) Report to the UK Department for International Development (DFID). (with Arbuckle, M., Bodiguel, C., Bostock, T., Campbell, J., Gronnevet, L., Seisay, M., and Williams, O.)

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Fishing for Coherence: Fisheries and Development Policies (2006) Paris: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. 134pp. (

The Role of Fisheries in Economic Growth and Poverty Alleviation (2006) (DFID: Report and Keysheet) ( (with Cunningham, S.);

From Participation to Governance (2006)WorldFishCenter Studies and Reviews No. 29. 72pp. ( C. Béné)

Common Pool Resources and Fisheries Management (2005) (DFID: Report and Key Sheets) (

Good Management Practice in Sustainable Fisheries (2005) (A Series of 15 Key Sheets) ( Bostock, T., Manning, P., Cunningham, S., Bennett, E., Béné, C.)

Traditional Management Systems, Poverty and Change in the Arid Zone Fisheries of Northern Nigeria. J. Agrarian Change (2005) 5(1) 117-149 (with S. Madakan and C. Béné);

Poverty and Small-Scale Fisheries in West Africa.(2004). FAO / Kluwer Publishers Ltd (Amsterdam) (A. E. Neiland & C. Béné, eds). 252pp.

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