ANCORS PhD Students

Marilia Mendes

Marilia is currently a PhD student; her thesis is on Ecosystem Approach To Fisheries Management: Where to from here - Analysis of Australian Commonwealth Law, Policy and Practice.

Marilia is currently the Chief Counsel at the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA). (AFMA is a commonwealth government statutory authority set up to manage and regulate commonwealth fisheries between 3 and 200 nautical mile being the Australian Fishing Zone (AFZ), on the high seas, and, in some cases, by agreement with the States to the low water mark.)  Marilia was in private practice as a lawyer for over 10 years and has been in government as a lawyer for approximately 9 years.  Marilia has a strong interest in environmental law as reflected in her thesis topic.