Michael Weber was vice president of programs for the Center for Marine Conservation for ten years and also served as special assistant to the director of the National Marine Fisheries Service; he now works as a freelance writer based in Redondo Beach, California. His books include "The Wealth of Oceans" (Norton, 1995) with Judith Gradwohl, and "Fish, Markets, and Fishermen" (Island Press, 1999) with Suzanne Iudicello and Robert Wieland.