Per Erik Bergh
Coordinator
Per Erik Bergh has for over 40 years been working globally in the maritime and fisheries fields. His main passion is fighting illegal fishing and assisting operational MCS staff to bring perpetrators to justice.
He achieves this through his extensive network that has been built from his initial years in the Norwegian coastguard, his extensive global travel and engagement in international fishery and maritime affairs and from over three decades living and working in Africa.
Per Erik has worked in over 50 countries around the world in Africa, Asia, Europe and America where he’s been involved in the development of the MCS element of fishery management plans, working in aspects ranging from training inspectors to supporting regional and international negotiations of fisheries instruments.
Per Erik was one of the founding members of Stop Illegal Fishing and heads up the Stop Illegal Fishing Investigative Unit.
Sandy Davies
Senior Fisheries Expert
Sandy is a founding member of Stop Illegal Fishing and leads their analytical work.
She has degrees from Aberystwyth and Aberdeen Universities and has 40 years of international development experience including living and working in Africa for three decades. Sandy’s work in fisheries started in the Falkland Island, where she spent four years, mostly at sea, monitoring and watching the industry at work. Sandy worked for the UK’s DFID in Nigeria and Namibia, the SADC as their Fisheries Expert, and since then as a fisheries consultant. Her work includes national and regional policy development, inter-governmental negotiations, research and project implementation on sustainable development, fisheries management, blue growth and stopping illegal fishing. Sandy regularly presents her work at conferences and meetings, and she is the author of various peer reviewed publications, policy briefs, consultancy reports, workshop proceedings, position papers, training manuals, and case studies.
Andréa Durighello-Schöne
Fisheries Expert
Andréa is multilingually skilled – she can communicate and work in French, English, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, which along with her fisheries expertise and experience makes her a great addition to the team.
Andréa’s key area of expertise is in fisheries transparency and natural resources governance. Andréa brings understanding and experience on issues of good governance in the fisheries sector, having worked with the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) International Secretariat and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on promoting transparent and inclusive management in the sector. Andréa also worked for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Côte d’Ivoire on advancing sustainability and innovations in food value chains, including in small-scale fisheries and aquaculture supply chains.
Malebogo Seofeleng
Project Administrator
Malebogo provides administrative support to Stop Illegal Fishing’s projects.
Malebogo has experience in project administration, customer service, and teaching. During her time at Stop Illegal Fishing, she has actively contributed to the development, planning, and budgeting processes to ensure the successful implementation of various programs. Malebogo holds a B.A. in English and Psychology from the University of Botswana, as well as a Prince2 certification.
Maya Bergh
Researcher
Maya first joined the SIF team as an intern and has now returned to assist in analysis of our illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing cases over the last years and to help turn these into evidence for policy formulation and operational change.
Maya spent her childhood in Botswana before moving to Europe to study, where she is currently studying law. Her core interest is on global issues with a key interest in socio-cultural and legal challenges. Maya aims to bring a youthful perspective with modern academic approaches to the team.
João Noa Rafael Senete
MCS Expert
João Noa Rafael Senete has over 30 years of experience in the marine sector focusing on fisheries, including working as a ship’s captain, a manager of fishing companies, a consultant and a senior official at Mozambique’s Ministry responsible for fisheries. Within the government Noa was responsible for the monitoring, control and surveillance of fishing activities, including managing the VMS and the fishing vessel inspections. During his time as a consultant for FAO he designed and delivered maritime navigation, maritime safety, and good fishing practice training for small-scale fishers.
Noa has brought a wealth of knowledge and skills to the SIF team for the past five years and he is now providing MCS support to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Coordination Centre (MCSCC) in Maputo through our work supported by GIZ through the WWF in addition to supporting other SIF projects.
Regina Dithapo
Communications Officer
Regina brings experience of events management to the SIF Secretariat. Responsible for developing the brand information and communications strategies for SIF and our projects.
She brings her efficient and organised approach to the organisation of meetings, conferences, travel booking and media monitoring.
