Simon Berrow has been working on cetaceans in Ireland since 1987 and has also worked in the Antarctic and off West Africa. He has been involved in developing best practice for the conservation and management of cetaceans in Ireland. Simon is CEO of the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group and a lecturer in the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology contributing to the Applied Freshwater and Marine Biology degree and Masters programmes. He currently supervises four PhD students..