- Profile
- Rick Gaffney was born and raised in Hawaii and has fished recreationally, for sport, as a charter captain and commercially, in the Main Hawaiian Islands, in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and around the Pacific, for 60 years. He has served on numerous local, state, national and international fishery advisory bodies including WESPAC, the Marine Protected Areas Federally Advisory Commission, the West Hawaii Fishery Council, the Western and Central Pacific Fishery Commission, and several others, so he is aware of a broad range of fishery issues and understands the science behind the management marine fisheries and marine protected areas, across the Pacific and here at home.