Professor Kwang-Ming Liu achieved his Ph.D. degree from the School of Natural Resource, University of Michigan, USA in 1992. He served as an associate professor of the Department of Fisheries Science, National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU) in 1992 and was promoted to be a full professor in 1999. He was a visiting professor of Tokyo University from April–June in 2019. He is now the director of the Institute of Marine Affairs and Resource Management and George Chen Shark Research Center in NTOU. He is a member of the Taiwan Fisheries Society, American Fisheries Society, and IUCN Shark Specialist Group. Professor Liu’s specialty is fishery biology, fish population dynamics, and marine resource management. He has published 90 peer-reviewed articles and his recent research focuses on the life history, stock assessment, management, and conservation of elasmobranches. He is also involved in the research activities of the ISC, ICCAT Shark Working Group, and APEC OFWG.