July 13, 2020
Dr. Lance Morgan is a marine biologist and president of Marine Conservation Institute. Lance received his Master’s in Marine Science from San Francisco State University and PhD in Ecology from the University of California-Davis (1997). As a graduate student he participated in missions at the Aquarius underwater habitat in the Florida Keys. He has explored the ocean as a SCUBA diver, aquanaut and submersible pilot. He led the identification of Marine Priority Conservation Areas from Baja California to the Bering Sea for the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (2005), and has authored reports on the impacts of fishing methods on marine life as well as scientific papers on marine protected areas. In 2010 he traveled to the remote Johnston Atoll in the Central Pacific to help establish the first field camp at this new marine protected area. He currently chairs the Board for the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, holds the conservation seat for Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council and holds a research faculty appointment at Bodega Marine Laboratory. He provides strategic leadership for Marine Conservation Institutes largest initiatives – the Global Ocean Refuge System and MPAtlas.org