Peter A. Murray

Peter A. Murray is a national of St. Lucia, receiving his secondary education at St. Mary's College. He received his Bachelor of Science (General) degree from the University of the West Indies (Cave Hill Campus) in 1977, majoring in Biology. Mr. Murray was awarded the degree of Master of Philosophy in Biology, also by the University of the West Indies (Cave Hill Campus) in 1991. He was employed as a Graduate Teacher at St. Mary's College in St. Lucia from 1977 to 1981 where he taught Biology, Chemistry, and Physics to the middle forms, and coached the school cricket team. Mr. Murray was involved in the development of the curriculum for Integrated Science under the auspices of the Caribbean Examinations Council. He also taught Physics for three years in the Castries Comprehensive Secondary School=s night class programme; and Physics, Biology, and Human and Social Biology in the St. Lucia Guild of Graduates' night class programme for a further five years.

Peter A. Murray worked as the senior Fisheries Biologist (with responsibility for Resource Assessment) at Saint Lucia’s Department of Fisheries, from April of 1981, before joining the staff of the OECS Fisheries Unit as Data Management Officer in October of 1991. He joined the OECS Natural Resources Management Unit (now Environment and Sustainable Development Unit) in Saint Lucia as a Programme Officer in January 1996. He is primarily responsible for marine resource management matters as well as helping to coordinate public education and environmental awareness activities. Mr. Murray is active in facilitating strategic planning and training in project proposal writing, and is also a member of the OECS Secretariat’s Post Disaster Macrosocioeconomic Assessment team. Peter A. Murray, who writes extensively on marine resource management issues, has been a member of the Network of Tropical Fisheries Scientists since 1984. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, having served in that capacity from 1989 to 1996 and from 1999 to the present.