Duncan LEADBITTER

Duncan Leadbitter is a director of Australia based fisheries and natural resource consulting company, Fish Matter. The role of Fish Matter is to provide practical advice to international organisations, industry, government and NGOs regarding the sustainable use of fish. Most of Duncan’s work is in based in Asia where he has been involved in fisheries projects in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines and India. 

Duncan has been involved in the sustainable seafood movement for over twenty years having worked with the fishing industry in Australia prior to occupying senior positions in the Marine Stewardship Council. He also worked with market-based NGO Sustainable Fisheries Partnership and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council. He is a member of the Global Seafood Alliance’s Standards Oversight Committee. 

He has written a number of published works on fisheries, coastal zone and habitat matters and writes/films for a local magazine, Illawarra. He is a Visiting Fellow at the Australian Centre for Ocean Resources and Security at the University of Wollongong. He holds a Science Honours degree from the University of Sydney and a Masters degree in Environmental Planning from Macquarie University, Sydney and has recently completed a Certificate 4 in Screen and Media.  Duncan is a keen scuba diver, snorkeler, spearfisherman, and photographer.