Elhadj Bara Dème is an associate researcher at the University of Portsmouth, member of the Blue Governance Centre and coordinator of the GREPPAO project for management and resilience of small pelagic fisheries in West Africa, with financial support from the European Commission. Dème specialised in fisheries resource management, ecosystem services assessment, and blue governance. He has overseen multiple research initiatives in West Africa. He is the author of more than 40 journal articles and around 50 book chapters, research reports, consultancy reports, and so on