Kelsey Richardson

Kelsey contributed to the plastic pollution work from 2016 to 2021 while she completed her PhD researching the amounts, types, fates and impacts of fishing gear loss from major commercial fisheries around the world. Her multidisciplinary research combined a quantitative and statistical approach to identify gear loss, with an examination of governance regimes that mitigate and manage gear loss. Her research highlighted effective offset strategies to reduce gear loss and its associated impacts.

Following her PhD, Kelsey obtained a position working with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.