Ian Cowx is a professor of applied fisheries science and director of the Hull International Fisheries Institute at the University of Hull, UK. He is also adjunct professor at the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University. His expertise includes inland fisheries management, aquatic resource management planning, rehabilitation of inland fisheries and management of alien invasive species. He now spends considerable time in the Mekong region reconciling the impact of dam development on fisheries.

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