He has also appeared in the documentary films The End of the Line (2009) and Seaspiracy (2021) and was chief scientific adviser to the BBC's 2017 documentary series Blue Planet II. Since 2011 Roberts has written occasional opinion editorials for The Guardian on various marine conservation topics, including overfishing. He is the Chief Scientific Advisor to Blue Marine Foundation and an Ambassador for World Wide Fund for Nature. Roberts is also an active supporter of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition. He began his career studying reefs of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia, and has also worked in the Maldives and on the Great Barrier Reef. His research output has examined the benefits of marine reserves and no-fishing zones on sustainable fisheries and biodiversity. Roberts' work examines the impact of human activity on marine ecosystems, particularly coral reefs. He is best known for his research and advocacy related to marine reserves and the environmental impact of fishing. He was formerly at the University of York. Aspects of coral reef fish community structure in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea and on the Great Barrier Reef (1986)Ĭallum Michael Roberts is a British marine conservation biologist, oceanographer, science communicator, author and research scholar at the University of Exeter.
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