With sadness I just got to know that Bill Edson passed away.
He was one of those larger than life characters that had a spoon in sooo many plates when it came to fisheries law and the development of the fisheries legal framework in many countries around the world, but specially in the pacific.
I worked a few times with him, but I remember well the first one in Vanuatu many years ago. I was initially quite intimidated (based on my usual “impostor syndrome” feeling), but he was great, and seemed genuinely interested in my practical experience, needles to say i learned a lot working with him then. Over the years we corresponded often consulting on each others strengths.
I really appreciated he had time for me… FFA did a nice eulogy on him here
Bill told me he liked this picture a lot, hope his departure was as peaceful as this image