CHRIS BONE: team leader, yacht management

Chris is a professional yacht skipper and runs a yacht delivery company- Pacific Yacht Deliveries. He has been an environmental activist for many years, including 2 years as a skipper for Greenpeace on the yacht Vega. His background also includes organic farming and consulting, and marine marketing consultancy. Chris is married to  Julia Alabaster at Mamaki Eco-village.

Email: chris@oceanswatch.org

JANE PARES: Secretary, Media liaison & writer

Jane is a seasoned yachtswoman. She has sailed in Europe, the Pacific and around South America. Jane has organised aid missions as part of Raleigh International, worked for the Green Party in New Zealand and is a freelance yachting journalist.

Email: jane@oceanswatch.org

JULIA ALABASTER: Financial administrator, education

Julia’s background is in health, nutrition, education and small business. She is a trained Homeopath and Nutritionist with a B. Sc. in Physiology, an M. A. in Health Science and is currently finishing a Dip Ed. As Oceanswatch expands to serve coastal and Island communities Julia will increase her involvement in health and nutrition. Julia is a competent sailor and qualified diver.

Email: julia@oceanswatch.org

VINCE KERR: Marine projects

Vince Kerr is a biologist with a background in environmental education, forestry, horticulture and conservation management and is currently working for the Department of Conservation, based in Northland, as an advocate for marine conservation. He has been an active marine conservation campaigner for many years. Vince has experience in marine protected area planning. Vince is a founding trustee of the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust and the MarineNZ web site project. Vince has a keen interest in coral reef survey and protection work in the Pacific.

PETER VINE: Marine consultant

Peter Vine’s career has encompassed life as a professional marine biologist, commercial fish farmer, freelance author of more than 20 books, and, for the last decade or so managing director of a multimedia publishing company (Trident Press Ltd. http://www.tridentpress.com). Peter has been sailing for over 50 years and keeps his yacht near his home in Connemara, Ireland.

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LILY KOZMIAN-LEDWARD: Marine projects

Lily is a marine biologist, professional scuba-diver, yacht skipper and photographer. She set up The Amadis Project in 2003 to conduct yacht-based coral reef research and education in the Caribbean and South Pacific. Lily currently lives aboard her yacht 'Amadis' in New Zealand.

Email:lily@oceanswatch.org

DONNA LANGE: USA representative

Donna has recently completed a solo circumnavigation of the world via New Zealand and the Southern Capes www.donnalange.com. She is a professional nurse, musician, writer and licensed Captain with a life long dream to help others. She has done several medical missions world wide and works with Stay n Out, a prison treatment program in the USA.

Email: donna@oceanswatch.org

JULIET SAVAGE : European representative, Filming

Juliet is a professional diver and sailor whose passions lie in underwater videography, marine wildlife and the preservation of marine habitats. She has filmed and assisted a basking shark research project in the UK, a turtle research project in the Caribbean and a Great Barrier reef research project. Also sailing extensively in the Caribbean, Mediterranean and East coast USA. She is an environmental activist who would also like to aid in the cultivation of environmentally sustainable energies and practices.

Rachel is a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, meaning that she can teach up to Divemaster level plus seven specialty courses including coral reef conservation and marine life identification. She has taught in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Also a journalist, Rachel has spent time researching the impact of divers on reefs in the South Pacific and observed active Marine Protected Area (MPA) community projects in Fiji. Rachel also runs an online diving forum on her website www.scubadive.net.nz