Ms. Fadilah Ali

Assistant Executive Director

Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI), Florida, USA

Fadilah is the Program Manager for the Caribbean Node of the Global Partnership on Plastic Pollution and Marine Litter which GCFI is a co-host of together with UN Environment. She previously conducted research on biological indicators for water quality as well as the distribution and impact of marine debris on British coastlines. Fadilah is also an ecologist with a specialty in invasive species biology, control and management and was previously heavily involved in research on the lionfish invasion within the Dutch Caribbean. To date she has analysed the stomach contents of more than 12,000 lionfish and has conducted research and worked as a consultant in many islands throughout the Caribbean.