Dr. Gascoigne, a CU UK associate, is a former research lecturer in marine biology at Bangor University, Wales. She is an expert on fisheries science and management, with over 15 years’ experience as a consultant, working mainly on MSC pre-assessments and full assessments, as well as FIP scoping, planning and implementation. Jo has been involved as expert and lead auditor in the majority of MEP’s and CU UK's full MSC assessments and numerous pre-assessments covering a range of demersal and pelagic fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean and Pacific.