Dr. Francis Murray

Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling

Independent Expert for: Section C

Dr. Francis Murray has 28 years’ experience in the aquaculture industry including, academic research, rural development and consultancy. This has given him a broad inter-disciplinary perspective on the aquaculture sector and a detailed understanding of the interaction of market, technology, management, and the physical, social and economic environment. He currently specializes in global value chain analysis, leads a UKRC/DFID project researching preventative health management in Asian and African aquaculture (IMAQulate) and is in a Horizon2020 consortium (PRIMEFISH) researching competitiveness of European aquaculture and fisheries. Previously, Dr. Murray coordinated a highly inter-disciplinary EU-FP7 large-scale, collaborative research project ‘Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade’ which assessed the sustainability of major export seafood commodity groups farmed in Asia.