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Andrew J. Smith
Director, Pacific Island Countries Coastal Marine Program

Contact Information
Palau Field Office
P.O. Box 1738
Koror, PW  96940
Republic of Palau

Phone: (680) 488-2017
Fax: (680) 488-4550
E-mail: andrew_smith@tnc.org  

Brief Biography
Andrew joined the Conservancy in 1996 from the South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme where he provided coastal management advice and assistance to 22 island nations and territories. He is a marine biologist with 21 years of experience in tropical marine resource management, specializing in areas where customary use rights and marine tenure issues predominate. Andrew’s responsibilities for the Conservancy include providing direction, scientific and management assistance to coastal and marine programs in the Pacific, including the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. He works closely with local communities, state and national governments, regional agencies, and universities to develop and help implement inshore marine resources and coastal management strategies, including networks of Marine Protected Areas.

Education
1988. Ph.D. James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Australia
1982. B.Sc. (Honours). Marine biology and Marine Zoology. James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Australia

Selected Publications
Smith, A.J. 2000. Ngeruangel Reserve Management Plan. Parts I & II. Prepared for Kayangel State Government, Republic of Palau. The Nature Conservancy, Palau Field Office, Koror, Palau. 121 pp.
Dalzell, P. and A. Smith 1998.

Rapid data collection and assessment of the biology of Acanthurus nigrofuscus at Woleai Atoll, Micronesia. J. Fish Biology 52:386-397.

Smith, A.J. 1997. Management suggestions for the sustainable development of live reef fish food fisheries in the Pacific Islands region. SPC Live Reef Fish Information Bulletin #3, pp. 47-51.

 

Kaluwin, C. and A. Smith 1996. Coastal vulnerability and adaptation in the Pacific island region. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 15.

 

Smith, A.J. 1996. Pacific Ocean Regional Report on the Issues and Activities Associated with Coral Reefs and Related Ecosystems.  Report prepared for and presented at the International Coral Reef Initiative Workshop, Dumaguete City, Philippines, May 1995.  South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Apia, Western Samoa.  37 pp.

 

Miles, G., V. Fuavao and A. Smith  1995.  Implementing Agenda 21: oceans, coasts and the Barbados outcomes in the Pacific region.  Ocean & Coastal Management, 29 (1-3):125-138.

 

Smith, A.  1994.  Coastal protection in the Pacific islands region:  Issues and needs.  Recent Developments and Announcements, Ocean & Coastal Management, 25:53-61.

 

Smith, A.J. 1994.  Strategies for acquiring and using traditional marine knowledge.  In:  G.R. South, D. Goulet, S. Tuqiri and M. Church (eds) Traditional Marine Tenure and Sustainable Management of Marine Resources in Asia and the Pacific.  pp. 257-268.  International Ocean Institute - South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.

 

Dalzell, P. and A.J. Smith 1994. Something old, something new:  An approach to obtaining fisheries management information from a remote Pacific atoll.  In:  G.R. South, D. Goulet, S. Tuqiri and M. Church (eds) Traditional Marine Tenure and Sustainable Management of Marine Resources in Asia and the Pacific.  pp. 117-140.  International Ocean Institute - South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.

 

Smith, A.J. 1994. Customary marine management practices in Yap.  In:  J. Morrison, P. Geraghty and L. Crowl (eds)  Science of the Pacific Islands Peoples:  Ocean and Coastal Studies.  Volume 1, pp. 99-111.  Institute of Pacific Studies, he University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.

 

Smith, A.J. and P. Dalzell 1993. Fisheries resources and management investigations in Woleai Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia.  Inshore Fisheries Research Project Technical Document No. 4.  South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia.  64 pp.

 

Smith, A.J.  1992.  Republic of the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Profiles.  FFA Report No. 92/78.  Forum Fisheries Agency, Honiara, Solomon Islands.  90 pp.

 

Smith, A.J. 1992. Federated States of Micronesia Marine Resources Profiles.  FFA Report No. 92/17.  Forum Fisheries Agency, Honiara, Solomon Islands.  108 pp.

 

Smith, A.  1991.  Traditional and the development of the Marine Resources and Coastal Management Plan for Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia.  Resource Management and Optimization, 18(3-4):155-156.

 

Smith, A.J. and H. Marsh  1990.  Management of traditional hunting of dugongs [Dugong dugon (Muller, 1776)] in the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia.  Environmental Management, 14(1):47-55.

 

Kenny, R. and A.J. Smith 1988.  Emergence behaviour of Onchidium damelii Semper, 1882 (Gastropoda, Onchidiidae).  J. Malac. Soc. Aust., 9:19-20.

 

Smith, A.J. and R. Kenny  1987.  Reproduction and development of Onchidium damelii Semper, 1882.  J. Malac. Soc. Aust., 8:37-39.

 

Kenny, R. and A.J. Smith  1987.  Distribution of Onchidium damelii Semper, 1882 (Gastropoda, Onchidiidae).  Pacific Science, 41(1-4):21-30