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Bas Bolman is a senior advisor in marine and coastal management at Deltares since 2017. He develops and implements national and international projects relating to fisheries and aquaculture. These projects follow an integrated approach and are implemented in the context of topics such marine governance, Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM), Marine Spatial Planning (MSP), climate change and multi-use. In ICZM and MSP projects he is often involved in framework and indicator development in interaction with policy makers and other stakeholders. Currently he is involved in a framework contract for the European Environmental Agency, focussing on research on the sustainable use of Europe’s seas. Within Deltares he is also co-leading the Horizon 2020 project IMPAQT, emphasising sustainable aquaculture in Europe in the context of Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture. From 2014-2017 he was a researcher at Wageningen Economic Research, where he developed and implemented marine governance and aquaculture projects. Bolman was responsible for building public-private partnerships with the international seafood industry, NGOs and governments to enable sustainable development of aquaculture supply chains in Africa (Ghana, Kenya, Uganda) and Asia (Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia). He was also a work package leader of the Horizon 2020 project SUCCESS, focussing on the competitiveness of European fisheries and aquaculture. Furthermore Bolman was involved in the H2020 project MARIBE, aiming unlock the potential of multi-use of space in the Blue Economy. From 2010-2014 he worked for IMARES. Amongst others he was a work package leader for the FP7 project COEXIST, focussing on a better integration of fisheries, aquaculture and other activities in the coastal zone. He was also in charge of a Nature 2000 assessment of fisheries in Marine Protected Areas. From 2008-2010 he has been setting up public-private partnerships at the Dutch Ministry of Fisheries, aiming to work towards innovative techniques for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture. Bolman studied at Wageningen University where he received a Master’s degree in international marine resource management (Cum Laude) in 2007.