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Dr. Dale Squires

Member, ISSF Scientific Advisory Committee & Senior Scientist and Economist, U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service


Dr. Dale Squires presently serves as the senior scientist and economist for the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, while also carrying out his duties as an honorary professor at the University of Southern Denmark and as an adjunct professor of economics at the University of California San Diego.

Previous to his work with the National Marine Fisheries Service, Dr. Squires served as a visiting scientist with the WorldFish Center, as well as on the US Delegation to Renegotiate South Pacific Tuna Treaty and as the Pacific Fishery Management Council leader of the Highly Migratory Species Plan development team.

Dr. Squires has co-authored six books and written over 75 academic papers. He has a PhD in resource economics from Cornell University, and an MS and BSc in agricultural economics from the University of California, Berkeley.