Bob Kearney is Emeritus Professor of Fisheries Management at the Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra. He is a past chairman of the board of the World Fish Centre, chairman of the research committees of the Australia and Pacific Scientific Foundation and the Hermon Slade Foundation, and founder and director of many other fishery concerns. In 2005 he was awarded the Order of Australia in recognition of his contribution to international and national fisheries research and management.