Mamen Arenas

Background

About Mamen Arenas

Experience in drafting fisheries policy documents, in the last five years I wrote several policy documents in Haití, Guinea Bissau, Spain, Turkey, Montenegro and Croatia (see point 15)- Experience in policy development, management and planning of fisheries - Ability to give practical advice on policy issues as I work in a public company owned by the Ministry of Fisheries providing technical advice in the implementation of the EU Common Fisheries Policy- 14 years of experience dealing with fisheries administrations at national, regional and local levels. Skilled in coordination and allocation of task and responsibilities between levels - Experience in facilitate consultative processes as stakeholder meetings and focus group discussions in Haití, Jamaica, Vietnam, Camboya, Timor- Leste, Spain, Turkey, Lebanon, Montenegro and Croatia- Experience in planning, implementing and coordinating programme activities related to fisheries and aquaculture development as well experience in building institutional capacities and organizational strengthening within the fisheries and aquaculture sector - Knowledge and understanding of industrial fisheries and small-scale fisheries, aquaculture, and fish processing and marketing - Co-ordination and management in fisheries data collection and its exploitation : Catches and Landings, First Sale Notes, Fishing Activity, Fishing Effort, Aquaculture, Fishing Fleet- Skilled with great experience in the realization of socioeconomic surveys in the fishery sector - Technical knowledge of general fisheries, fishing techniques, resource management, structures, Fisheries Monitoring Control and Surveillance, etc- Fishing and aquaculture technical projects and studies aiming at productive sector and environmental management- Good understanding of gender issues, human rights and multicultural issues in the workplace