Nichola Clark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nClark <\/strong>is serving as an international program analyst at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s National Marine Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement. Her portfolio will include working with the Presidential Task Force on Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Seafood Fraud.<\/p>\n\u201cThe Knauss fellowship will allow me to bridge the study of marine science and policy with the practice and implementation of that policy. I am really looking forward to taking advantage of that opportunity and I am especially excited that my fellowship will allow me to further my interests in international ocean governance,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
Clark has a Master of Environmental Management degree, with a coastal concentration. She looked at the transparency of international marine governance organizations and analyzed the transparency of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations, or RFMOs. She also holds a bachelor\u2019s degree from Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., and is originally from Conway, Ark.<\/p>\n