SANYA COMPTON

Key activities and experience relative to this position include:

• Leading the coordination of the technical activities (trainings, meetings and reports) as well as providing administrative support under the FISH4ACP Guyana project aimed at improving the working conditions and safe handling of seabob for fishers, processors and vendors;
• Providing technical support for activities under the FISH4ACP Dominican Republic in the development of a Fisheries Management Plan for their Mahi Mahi fishery;
• Supporting the activities under the Sargassum Products for Climate Resilience in the Caribbean. This support includes: technical advice, completing missions specific to promoting and networking/collaborating, and development and training;
• Leading efforts under the IYAFA 2022 (in collaboration with BE CLME+ project), specifically activities related to the Blue Economy: 1. completion of a literature review on the regional Blue Economy landscape; 2. completing a blue economy mapping exercise across CRFM Member States; and 3. Conducting a stakeholder consultation on threats, potential and trade-offs for SSF/SSA in the Blue Economy;
• Promoting and executing sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures across CRFM Member States and the Wider Caribbean Region by providing technical support for activities under the 11th EDF Project and the CDB initiative;
• Contributing to efforts on combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) Fishing throughout CRFM Member States and the Wider Caribbean Region by providing technical support through internal capacity development and participating in/collaborating on training activities (i.e. Blue Justice Hub, Atlantic Maritime Security and the RSS/CRFM FPIC Course);
• Supporting gender mainstreaming activities across the CRFM workplan, most recently the initiatives under the STAR-Fish project (i.e. EnGen) and the Gender and Fisheries collaboration with the University of British Columbia and Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions; and
• Supporting and representing the CRFM (as may be required) in all other activities and initiatives (e.g. technical advice, reporting, meetings, presentations and field missions).

Provided technical backstopping for the Programme Manager - Fisheries Management and Development. Specifically:

• Supported the initiatives of the CSWG;
• Supported all activities under the Sargassum Project;
• Participated in and presented at meetings including the WECAFC 19 and SAG on behalf of CRFM as the convener of the QCWG, the CRFMs 20th year Webinar Series and Scientific conference, and Executive Committee meetings;
• Assisted the ED with coordinating efforts related to having an underwater survey completed in the region to improve understanding of ecological and environmental processes (i.e. NANSEN);
• Promoted fisheries co-management approaches through the COASTFISH Project in collaboration with ICNET; and
• Conducted a literature review to: 1.) identify regional organizations with blue economy mandates; 2.) identify the threats, potential, trade-offs for SSF/SSA in the Blue economy development at the regional level.

• Assisted with collecting gender disaggregated data throughout the Caribbean region; facilitated with and participate in workshops with a focus on gender within the context of national intersectoral coordination, climate change and resilience and good governance, as a member of the Gender in Fisheries Team (GIFT).

• Worked directly with regional project partners on implementing the Developing Organisational Capacity for Ecosystem Stewardship and Livelihoods in Caribbean Small-Scale Fisheries (StewardFish) Project, as lead consultant for component four of the project, which specifically focused on project management, participatory monitoring, evaluation and communication.

• Developed a communication strategy and action plan as well as communication product(s) (i.e. a fisheries documentary and social media pages) for the fisheries sector in St. Vincent and the Grenadines under the Developing Organisational Capacity for Ecosystem Stewardship and Livelihoods in Caribbean Small-Scale Fisheries (StewardFish) Project

• Taught the graduate-level course: Introduction to Environmental Planning and Management (ENVT6001)
• Assisted with course lectures on marine governance for the graduate-level course Concepts and Issues (ENVT6000)
• Prepared course schedule, coursework and assignments
• Graded assignments and prepared student feedback

• Developed a pilot project proposal for Barbados under the Project on Climate Change and Poverty Nexus for Enhancing Resilient Fisheries Livelihoods and Food Security in Barbados, Dominica and St. Kitts and Nevis (“NEXUS Project”)

• Collected, analysed and reported on data for national intersectoral coordination mechanisms/committees (NICs) in the CLME+ region, under the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem and Northern Brazil Shelf (CLME+) Project.
• Development a NICs database for the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem and Northern Brazil Shelf (CLME+) Project.
• Worked directly with regional and international project partners on a three country study (Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname) to conduct workshops, interviews and publish reports under the CLME+ Sub-Project an “Ecosystem Approach to Shrimp and Groundfish Fisheries in the Northern Brazil Shelf”. Specific focus was on identifying NICs for good governance.
• Facilitated and reported on workshops on national ocean governance in five OECS countries (Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada) under the GEF/UNDP IW-LEARN inter-project collaboration for the Caribbean Regional Oceanscape Project (CROP).

• Conduct periodic departmental reviews in the capacity of "student member" of Quality Assurance Review Teams across the UWI campuses.

• Assisted with completing the social impact assessment (SIA) and developing the social management and monitoring plan (SMP) for the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) funded Guyana Water Works and Feasibility Project implemented by Stantec Consulting Caribbean Ltd.

• Completed a social analysis for the development of a community park in Archer’s Bay, St. Lucy Barbados for the Barbados Tourism Investment Inc. via Talma Mills Studio Ltd. under the Archer’s Bay Community Park Project

• Developed a social management and monitoring plan (SMP) for Stantec Consulting Caribbean Ltd., under the Fort Charlotte Arched Bridge Restoration Project, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

• Managed the admission and enrollment of all postgraduate students in the Office of Graduate Studies.
• Oversaw all office management procedures and coordinated recruitment activities.
• Assisted with the development of postgraduate policies and procedures.

• Provided clerical assistance to The President and her staff.
• Conducted research on specially assigned tasks (e.g. research on marine science programmes and policies).
• Analyzed data, prepare reports and trained staff.

• Maintained the daily upkeep and functions of the NOAA Sponored Research laboratory and participated in the NOAA sponsored outreach activities.
• Facilitated the needs of the student researchers in the laboratory, while providing administrative assistance to the Program Director.
• Conducted research on special projects related to marine social science and public administration.

• Assisted Thesis Advisor as well as the staff at the Fanning Research Institute, University of Georgia on a stakeholder involvement project for the coastal counties in Georgia, assessing what factors affect the quality of stakeholder and public feedback.
• Performed Teaching Assistant duties for professors in the Marine Science Program.
• Conducted field research for the Chatham County Environmental Health Department in Savannah, GA.

• Supported NOAA’s Science Advisory Board’s (SAB) Portfolio Review Task Force and assisted with the review of all NOAA research and development (R&D) conducted at or supported by NOAA.
• Served as a liaison between SAB, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) headquarters, and the OAR labs.
• Served as a subject matter expert to both Labs and Cooperative Institutes (LCI) and SAB Executive Directors.