Richard Williams is President of Praxis Research and Consulting Ltd., as well as the Research Director for the Canadian Council of Fish Harvesters. He is the Project Director for an ACOA-funded research and consultation project on labour supply and intergenerational succession challenges in the Atlantic Canada fish harvesting industry. From 2009 -13, he served as Deputy Minister to the Premier for Policy and Priorities, Province of Nova Scotia. He is also the author of A Future for the Fishery: Crisis and Renewal in Canada's Neglected Fishing Industry.