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Dr. Shion Takemura is a senior scientist in the Socio-Ecological Systems Division, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency. His research areas and topics are coastal fisheries management, landscape ecology, and citizen science with emphasis on natural resource management. He is a member of the PICES Human Dimensions Committee. He is involved in the PICES/MAFF FishGIS, Ciguatera and FishPhytO projects to develop a community-based coastal environmental monitoring system (FishGIS app) with local fishers. He is now co-chair of PICES-WG51: Working Group on Exploring Human Networks to Power Sustainability.