Umair Shahid is a development professional with experience working on sustainability, fisheries, climate change adaptation, ocean governance, environment education, resource mobilization and research. Umair has worked with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for 12 years and is currently the WWF Indian Ocean Tuna Manager. He works closely with the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission and its member states to push for ambitious conservation and management measures for tuna, other target species and associated non-target species. For the past several years Umair has worked to improve the management of bycatch under challenging conditions on the coast of Pakistan and supported management in other countries in the region including the Maldives, Sri Lanka, India and Iran. Umair is currently working on developing mitigation measures for tuna directed gillnet/driftnet fisheries. He interacts regularly with fishermen, skippers and boat owners for collaboration on a significant research project on bycatch in the Pakistan tuna fleet.
Umair Shahid
Development professional specialising on the sustainable management of fisheries in the Indian Ocean.
