Abby is a Research Fish Biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Climate Adaptation Science Center. 

 Working primarily in inland systems, Abby's research examines the impacts of global change on fish at local, national, and global scales using field-collected and remotely-sensed data. 

Abby received her Ph.D. in Fisheries and Wildlife from Michigan State University on climate impacts to Great Lakes Lake Whitefish, M.S. in marine science on Atlantic Menhaden population genetics at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary, and B.S. in biology and B.A. in English literature from the University of Virginia.  

She also served as a Knauss Marine Policy Fellow with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Fisheries Program.  Her work comprises three main research themes on fisheries and global change: effects of global change on anadromous and inland U.S. fish species; effects of drought on ecosystems; and, Integration of climate change science with more traditional conservation assessment to identify approaches for prioritizing conservation action (e.g., protection, restoration, adaptation) specific to fish and wildlife species. 

She also served as a fellow and author for the Intergovernmental. Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Global Assessment; and currently is an adjunct/affiliate faculty member at Michigan State University, New Mexico State University, and North Carolina State University; on the executive committee for the International Fisheries Section of the American Fisheries Society; and as coordinator for the international 'InFish' research network.

Contact: Abigail (Abby) Lynch

Daniel is the Fisheries Biologist for the Penobscot Indian Nation in Maine, USA. Dan was raised in Burnham, Maine on the banks of the Sebasticook River and attended the University of Maine in Orono, Maine. 

Dan worked from 2001-2010 as an Atlantic salmon biologist for the State Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission and the State of Maine Dept. of Marine Resources. 

He currently manages the fisheries program of the Penobscot Indian Nation and works cooperatively with state, federal and conservation groups to execute the Penobscot River Restoration project and all other fisheries management plans and restoration projects within the Penobscot River. 

Dan was born to an Irish father and an English mother, and is a humble student of Tribal history in Maine and New England, USA.

Phil is from Moree New South Wales and is a member of the Gomeroi Nation and is an elected leader of the Gomeroi Nation Native Title Claimant Group. His homelands are Moree and Terry Hie Hie. 

Phil has over 38 years of experience working with Aboriginal people and Government to improve the lives of Aboriginal people through recognition of our rich cultural history, the return of our lands, the improvement of our living conditions, and education of our next generation, both through his employment and his volunteer community work. 

Phil has provided high-level policy and strategic advice to key Indigenous representative organizations and State and Federal government agencies. The strategic advice regards issues of culture and heritage significance, the design, delivery, and implementation of programs in partnership with government, regarding the range of issues required to address, particularly in the area of natural resource management, native fish regeneration, fish passage and Aboriginal water rights. 

Phil is currently the Aboriginal Cultural Training Coordinator for Macquarie University, Walanga Muru Indigenous Strategy and Policy.

Contact: Phil Duncan

Ellie is a PhD student at the University of Durham, UK where she is part of the Durham Arctic Research Centre for training and interdisciplinary collaboration. Her interests lie in the conservation of aquatic systems and fish populations and the integration of knowledge bases to achieve these goals. Ellie is particularly passionate about the polar regions, and her research explores the adaptability of a Northernly distributed fish species, Arctic charr, to rapid environmental change. Before starting her PhD Ellie completed an MSci in Marine Biology at the University of Southampton with 6 months study abroad at the University Centre in Svalbard. Her masters thesis explored drivers of benthic ecosystem functioning in the Barents Sea.