Gilles Hosch
Managing Director, Diatom Consulting Ltd. Gilles is an independent researcher. His work focuses on fisheries management and approaches to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
About this speaker
Mr. Gilles Hosch is an independent fisheries expert with twenty-five years of professional experience. He has worked globally for the United Nations and other international institutions, bilateral development agencies, NGOs and fisheries development projects – mostly as a freelance technical expert. Gilles’ work primarily focuses on fisheries compliance and enforcement. He has implemented fisheries management and compliance-related field assignments in more than 60 countries, outputs including eight national plans of action to combat IUU fishing in Africa and Asia. Gilles is a co-developer and co-author of the Global IUU Fishing Risk Index.