Karen Field

Karen grew up at the beach in the Hauraki Gulf, snorkeled with the sprats while dreaming of being Jacques Cousteau, became a marine biologist and ended up in Wellington working in Fisheries Research (MAF/NIWA) on orange roughy stock assessments, including many months at sea on deepwater fisheries research surveys.
Karen brings her experience in fisheries management and government processes to Fish Forever, reminding us about the importance of submissions and translating complex fisheries science into stories we can all understand.
“I am committed to restoring marine ecosystems so future generations can experience the same undersea wonders I did as a child, or actually, let’s make them even better than that, they were already pretty compromised by the 1960s.”