Nationality: | Cook Islander |
Occupation: | Fisheries management adviser |
Office: | Secretary of the |
Term Start: | 2018 |
Pamela Maru is a Cook Islands public servant and fisheries management adviser.
Maru began her career as a Cook Islands Fisheries Officer at the Ministry of Marine Resources, and later became a Fisheries Management Adviser at the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency in the Solomon Islands, a regional body responsible for fisheries management.[1] [2] From 2009 to 2011 she was Vice-Chair of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) Scientific Committee.[3] In 2017 she led the creation and implementation of a Port State Measure to combat illegal fishing through port inspections.[4]
Maru has served as the Secretary of the Cook Islands Ministry of Marine Resources since 2018.[5]