Michael Fabinyi is a Professor in the Climate, Society and Environment Research Centre at the University of Technology Sydney, and a Visiting Fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU. He completed his PhD on fishing livelihoods in the Philippines at the ANU in 2009, and from 2010-2016 he worked at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University. His research interests are focused on coastal livelihoods, rural development, seafood trade, and marine resource governance, and he has worked on these issues throughout the Philippines since 2005. Current projects focused on the Philippines include those on coral reef restoration governance (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research), marine spatial planning (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), and small-scale fisheries livelihoods (Australian Research Council).