Errhalt Consulting is a Tokyo-based fishery and maritime security group seeking to create a sustainable Pacific. The founder of Errhalt Consulting, Gunther Errhalt, is a US Navy veteran that worked in the North Pacific Fisheries Commission as a compliance consultant. His fluency in English, Mandarin, and Japanese, combined with his admiration for Japan, inspired Gunther to found a consulting agency to assist foreign and domestic forces in improving sustainability in Japan. One of the major goals of Errhalt Consulting is to establish a more robust EM presence in Japan and eventually a mandatory EM policy in place in the WCPFC and NPFC.

​Fishery Applications Consulting Team, LLC is an independent, woman-owned small business specializing in science-based solutions for sustainable fisheries management. Established in 2020, the company draws on years of experience, engagement, and expertise of its consulting team.

We specialize in integrating best available scientific products into fisheries management and policy. Our extensive background in collaborative fisheries research and stakeholder engagement serves as a foundation towards finding sustainable solutions for the fishing, science, and management communities. Understanding the challenges posed by regulatory requirements, competing marine user groups, and new scientific initiatives in a changing climate gives us a unique perspective to identify holistic and interdisciplinary solutions.

Dr. Willy Goldsmith is the Founder and Principal of Pelagic Strategies LLC, a fisheries research and policy consultancy that supports diverse organizations in their efforts to secure a sustainable future for our oceans. He has over a decade of experience in marine fisheries science and policy, balancing time spent on the water with efforts to improve management approaches and outcomes. Prior to founding Pelagic Strategies, Willy served as Executive Director of the American Saltwater Guides Association, where he worked on behalf of fishing guides, small businesses, and conservation minded recreational anglers. Previously, he was a Senior Associate with the Lenfest Ocean Program and a 2018 Sea Grant Knauss Fellow in the office of Senator Ed Markey (D-MA). He obtained his PhD in Marine Science with a sub-concentration in Marine Policy from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science at William and Mary, where his dissertation focused on characterizing the biological impacts and human dimensions of the U.S. east coast recreational Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery. He received his B.A. from Harvard University. An avid angler, Willy lives in Gloucester, MA, and whenever he has a free moment you can find him plying his local waters for anything that swims.

Eric has provided technical leadership on a wide range of IT projects relating to the commercial fisheries of the North Pacific. He was also the primary developer of an open source EM software platform that is now in use in fisheries in Alaska and throughout the U.S., and has consulted on EM and bycatch reduction projects worldwide.

Raiana McKinney leads Pew’s work to modernize oversight of longline and transshipment activities at regional fishery management organizations. McKinney also works to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion within Pew and previously worked on several other international marine initiatives, including global shark conservation and strengthening the governance of global tuna fisheries.

Before coming to Pew, McKinney worked for the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center and the New York City Mayor’s Office of Sustainability. She currently serves as a member of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative’s Define Best Practice and Inform Policy working group and the ICES Working Group on Technology Integration for Fishery-Dependent Data.

McKinney holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies and a minor in game design from New York University and is pursuing a master’s in international relations at Harvard University.

Sales and customer lead in Snap Group, which also covers working as sales lead in the group’s subsidiaries, Teem Fish Monitoring and Pinpoint Earth, which between them offer solutions for EM, VMS and E-Log.
With 15 years experience in marine electronics, I am passionate about the use of technologies to enhance fisheries management to ensure we have sustainable, well managed fisheries.