Peter Evans

Professor Peter Evans established Sea Watch Foundation in 1991 and is the Charity’s Director. He has worked on cetacean research for 40 years and oversees the UK national cetacean monitoring scheme. He was founding Secretary, and later Chairman of the European Cetacean Society, as well as Editor for 21 years. He is a Trustee of the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust, Co-Chair of the ICES Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology (WGMME) and member of the Working Group on Bycatch of Protected Species (WGBYC), Co-Chair of the ASCOBANS-ACCOBAMS Bycatch Working Group, and Chairs the ASCOBANS Harbour Porpoise North Sea Conservation Plan. He has provided advice to UNEP, OSPAR, the European Commission, UK government and various NGO’s on cetacean matters. In 2009, he received an award for achievement in conservation education & outreach from UNEP/ASCOBANS, and in 2012 the European Cetacean Society’s Conservation Award. Peter’s field research concentrates upon ecological, behavioural and conservation biology studies of cetaceans in the UK, particularly harbour porpoises, bottlenose dolphins, Risso’s dolphins, and minke whales. He also studies the effects of human disturbance upon cetaceans. He has worked extensively on seabirds in Britain, Ireland and the Arctic and was former Secretary of the Seabird Group and editor of its journal, ‘Seabird’. He has written and/or edited 12 books and >200 scientific publications and is Honorary Professor at the School of Ocean Sciences, University of Bangor.