Fernando Romo

Experience

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  Greenpeace

  Jan 2007 - Mar 2018

  Antarctic Campaign to support the creation of a new Marine Sanctuary in the Weddell Sea.

  • Chief Officer

    Jan 2017 - Mar 2018

  • Deck Officer

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2017
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  Greenpeace

  Jul 2018 - Nov 2018

  Captain S/Y Rainbow Warrior

  Sailing from Singapore to Whangarei , NZ. to Sydney , Australia"Make Oil History" Campaign. Mataury Bay, Auckland, Great Barrier Island, Waheke Island, Whangaparaoa Bay, Wellington, Taranaki Gulf, Kaikorua Peninsula, Lyttleton, Blueskin Bay, Port Chalmers.

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  Greenpeace

  Jan 2019 - Mar 2020

  Captain M/Y Esperanza

  During this trip scientists surveying chinstrap penguin colonies in the Antarctic have found drastic reductions in many colonies, with some declining by as much as 77% since they were last surveyed almost 50 years ago. The independent researchers, on a Greenpeace expedition to the region, found that every single colony surveyed on Elephant Island, an important habitat northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula, had declined. The number of chinstrap penguins on Elephant Island has dropped almost 60% since the last survey in 1971, with a total count of only 52,786 breeding pairs of chinstrap penguins, plummeting from previous survey estimates of around 122,550 pairs.Dr Heather J. Lynch, Associate Professor of Ecology & Evolution at Stony Brook University, one of the expedition’s leads, said: “Such significant declines suggest that the Southern Ocean’s ecosystem is fundamentally changed from 50 years ago, and that the impacts of this are rippling up the food web to species like chinstrap penguins. While several factors may have a role to play, all the evidence we have points to climate change as being responsible for the changes we are seeing.”Frida Bengtsson of Greenpeace’s Protect the Oceans campaign, said: “ A world with fewer penguins is a less happy place. As wildlife struggles, we urgently need sanctuaries free from harmful human activity not only in the Antarctic, but across the world’s oceans, so marine life like penguins have the space to recover from human activity and adapt to our rapidly changing climate. To do that, it’s imperative that governments agree on a Global Ocean Treaty this year.” The team of scientists, from Stony Brook and Northeastern University, has also been surveying a series of large but relatively unknown chinstrap penguin colonies on Low Island, using manual and drone surveying techniques. This will be the first time the island, thought to have around 100,000 breeding pairs of chinstrap penguins, has been properly surveyed from land. Mostrar menos

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  Greenpeace

  Mar 2019 - Oct 2019

  Captain on board the S/Y Rainbow Warrior . End of Coal Tour. Netherlands, Poland, Germany, Belgium. First Arctic Leg in the International Greenpeace Expedition Pole to Pole. Svalbard, Fram Strait

  • Captain S/Y Rainbow Warrior

    Jan 2019 - Oct 2019

  • Captain M/Y Esperanza

    Mar 2019 - Jan 2019
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  Greenpeace

  Jan 2020 - Oct 2020

  Captain S/Y Rainbow Warrior

  During this period the S/Y Rainbow Warrior is working in different projects around the North Sea to promote a fade-out from the Oil Industry to more cleaner energies.

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  Greenpeace

  Jan 2021 - now

  The purpose of this research is to collect information about the biological diversity present at the Saya de Malha Bank, following the scientific expedition visiting unique sites in the international waters of the Atlantic Ocean, with the objective to contribute to knowledge of the value of such sites for conservation.During the scientific expedition, Greenpeace International wishes to contribute to the knowledge base about biodiversity in the area through mapping the fish, shark and whale diversity of the area by means of environmental DNA sampling; surveying the seagrass meadows and coral reefs via photographic and video surveys; detecting and surveying the marine megafauna via passive acoustic monitoring, visual observations and photo identification. Mostrar menos

  • Master on board ships, NGO Greenpeace International

    Mar 2008 - now

  • Captain on board the expedition ship Arctic Sunrise

    Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
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  Greenpeace International

  Jan 2022 - now

  Operation Ship Advisor . (Campaigns)

  My role provides guidance and support on all Greenpeace's operational topics to the organisation and leads in providing strategic advice and logistical support on ships use and Campaign strategy to ensure ships are systematicallyintegrated as vital and highly visible components of the campaign and engagement plans.