Dr Lisa Borges is an independent consultant for her own consulting firm FishFix (www.fishfix.eu ). Lisa has been a fisheries scientist for over 25 years, holding a PhD on discards from demersal fisheries. Her main area of expertise relates to the environmental impact of fisheries, and specifically on discards and bycatch analysis, management and policy development. She has experience in auditing fisheries for sustainability, coordinating the involvement of various stakeholders, providing technical advice on data collection, drafting and generating policy, and contract development in fisheries management. Other titles include Fisheries Scientist for Wageningen IMARES and Policy Officer for the European Commission DG MARE. In addition, Lisa has a multitude of publications on discard policy and procedures and has been the Chair/Co-Chair in several international conferences, workshops and working groups.