David Guggenheim Biography

Dr. David E. Guggenheim is a marine scientist conservation policy specialist submarine pilot ocean explorer and educator. He is president and founder of the Washington DC-based nonprofit organization Ocean Doctor.
Guggenheim directs Cuba Conservancy — an Ocean Doctor Program and is in his 15th year leading research and conservation efforts in Cuba focused on coral reefs and sea turtles a joint effort with the University of Havana. His work was recently featured on 60 MINUTES. Guggenheim led the formation of the Trinational Initiative for Marine Science & Conservation in the Gulf of Mexico & Western Caribbean a major project to elevate collaboration in marine science and conservation among Cuba Mexico and the U.S. to a new level.
As an ocean explorer Guggenheim piloted the first-ever manned submersible dives into the world’s largest underwater canyons in the Bering Sea as a scientific advisor to Greenpeace. He was inducted into the Explorers Club as a National Fellow in 2008.
Guggenheim is working to advance cutting-edge technologies for sustainable aquaculture practices to the Americas to reduce pressure on overfished wild fish stocks. Following the tragic BP Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil spill Dr. Guggenheim has led efforts on a key recovery project in New Orleans East the Viet Village Urban Farm Sustainable Aquaculture Park a next-generation fish farming facility designed to grow fish sustainably while taking pressure off of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem during its long recovery. The project will bring green jobs and economic benefits to the largely Vietnamese community of New Orleans East a community that has been heavily dependent on fishing but has been seriously impacted by both Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill.

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