Gord Snell is the President & CEO of Archipelago. Gord oversees all aspects of Archipelago’s domestic and international operations. In his role as President, he is also responsible for the Monitoring Technologies division where he has spent the last five years at Archipelago. He works closely with NGO’s, industry and Archipelago’s partners on all aspects of the business with the focus to deliver sustainable solutions within all our project work. Prior to joining Archipelago, Gord spent nearly 20 years on the technology, operations, and sales side of the telecom industry here in Canada.

Stefanie Dukes is a project manager with Archipelago. She brings 15 years of federal fisheries management experience, managing projects in the Northeast Region and the Pacific Islands. She has worked extensively with NOAA’s electronic reporting and monitoring programs in several regions and sat on various committees and advisory groups as a subject matter expert. Her diverse background in fisheries and data management, as well as her attention to detail makes her a strong asset to Archipelago.

Husband, father, CEO, traveler, technologist that believes in working hard to achieve future goals – yet realize the joy is in the journey.

As the CEO of Bluefin Data, we are building a system that globally brings the seafood community and government together. Reaping the benefits of technology will help improve processes that directly impact our oceans and economy. It’s about building a culture around people who are passionate about this vision and are willing to make changes for the better during the toughest times.

“You can’t create the future by clinging to the past.”

Reporting can be complicated and time consuming. Bluefin Data accounts for this by simplifying the reporting process. Our software, VESL, is the hub for collecting quality data with the least amount of effort all in one place.

As a young, small company Bluefin Data was formed 15 years ago with a couple clients. Now as a wise, seasoned company we have clients spanning from Texas to Maine down to the Caribbean. We will continue to push the limits by improving fisheries around the world.

Erik is working in a coordinating role with Trout Unlimited, Caltech, Cornell, NMFS, ADFG, and AWS to bring visual recognition and deep learning techniques to freshwater salmon and steelhead monitoring efforts. Attorney, BS in Marine Biology, Masters from UW School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, Board member at Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group.

Fisheries Innovation Scotland is the partnership between seafood experts, scientists and the Scottish Government to champion practical innovation projects that add value to businesses and communities. Our aim is to help make Scottish fisheries more prosperous and sustainable through innovation.