Jake RiceDr Jake Rice is retired from his position as Chief Scientist for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada, a role he took in 2004. Prior to that he was Director of Peer Review and Science Advice in Headquarters,, and had held senior positions i Pacific Region and Newfoundland Region. He has held faculty positions at Memorial University, Arizona State University, and University of Copenhagen. He received his B Sc. from Cornell (1970 - Conservation) and Ph. D. from University of Toronto (1974 - Ornithology). Jake has more than 250 publications in the scientific and technical literature, covering many aspects of what is now considered the ecosystem approach to integrated management, and the interface between science and policy. This work has included investigation of objective methods for choosing informative ecosystem indicators, setting ecologically based reference levels on indicators, strategies for conducting ecosystem assessments, and developing advisory products that are integrated across industry sector; ecological, social, and economic aspects of policy and management; and using information from multiple knowledge systems.. He still frequently serves as science advisor to planning and negotiations of international marine policy at UN Working Groups, FAO, CBD, and related bodies. He has been Lead Author, Chapter Lead, Co-Chair, or Steering Committee member for multiple assessments by the IPCC, IPBES, UNEP, and UN-DOALOS. . He has chaired the ICES Science Committee, more than a dozen major DFO science planning or review committees, served on the NOAA Science Advisory Board, and participated in and often chaired expert groups for ICES, PICES, FAO, IOC, CBD, MSC, and other intergovernmental bodies, and formerly was Vice-Chair of the IUCN-CEM Fisheries Expert Group. Read More Read Less