Dr Jake Rice is National Senior Advisor – Ecosystem Sciences, for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Canada.

He has more than 175 publications in the scientific and technical literature, covering many aspects of the ecosystem approach to integrated management.  His has been increasingly interested in methods for increasing the value of science advice in policy and management decision-making; prompting current work on integrating advice on social and economic aspects of issues with ecological advice, and serving as science advisor to the DFO International Policy group. 

Dr Rice spent 11 years as Director of Peer Review and Science Advice for DFO.  Prior to that he had senior positions in Pacific Region and Newfoundland Region.  He has held faculty positions at Memorial University, Arizona State University, and University of Copenhagen.  He received his B Sc. from Cornell (1970 - Conservation) and Ph. D. from University of Toronto (1974 - Ornithology).  He has chaired more than a dozen major DFO science planning or review committees, served on the NOAA Science Advisory Board, and participated in and often chaired expert groups for ICES, PICES, FAO, IOC, MSC, CBD, the UNEP/IOC GRAME Assessment of Assessments. 

Dr Rice is currently vice-chair of the IUCN Expert Group on Fisheries and Sustainability.  In 2009 he was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award by ICES “in recognition of sustained, outstanding performance, exceptional contributions, and leadership.