About

Dr. Peter Mous joined TNC in January 2014. In this role, Dr. Mous will lead, develop, manage and implement the Fisheries Program Conservation Business Plan. Dr. Mous obtained his PhD in Fisheries from the Wageningen Agricultural University in the Netherlands. He comes from Chemonics, the contractor for USAID Indonesia Marine and Climate Support (IMACS) Project, where he served as the Sustainable Fishery Technical Advisor. Dr. Mous’ strengths are ecological and resource use monitoring, quantitative analyses of coastal artisanal fisheries, development of zoning plans and of progress monitoring instruments, and training of practitioners. In 2007-2008, he worked as Marine Protected Area Advisor of the World Bank-funded Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Program, which is implemented by the Ministries of Forestry and of Marine Affairs and Fisheries.

Prior to that, he worked as Scientific Advisor on Marine Protected Areas and Fisheries for The Nature Conservancy in Indonesia, supporting a fast-growing marine conservation program over the period 1998 - 2007. In this capacity, Dr. Mous gained broad experience on marine conservation in developing countries, and he provided technical supervision to marine conservation projects in Komodo, Raja Ampat, Wakatobi, and Derawan.