People

Principal Consultant Danielle Reich is a Certified Fisheries Professional with a wide range of experience in the marine sciences. Danielle has over 18 years of experience supporting a wide variety of complex projects in both marine and terrestrial environments, specializing in oil spill risk/impact assessment, fisheries science, protected species issues, environmental permitting, environmental sensitivity model development, and the preparation of environmental impact statements pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 

Master of Science, Marine Fisheries, 2007, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island. Thesis research: developed a spatially-explicit, age-based projection model in MATLAB to simulate the effects of gear selectivity and complex population structure on Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank Atlantic cod.

Bachelor of Science, Biology and Society, 2004, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Focus in Marine Biology. Graduated with Distinction. 

Principal Consultant, Shoal’s Edge Consulting, Wenham, MA. June 2014 – present. 

Provides scientific support and technical editing for a variety of projects related to marine science, oil spill risk and impacts, and environmental permitting.

Senior Biologist/Project Manager, Applied Science Associates, Inc. (dba RPS ASA), South Kingstown, RI. June 2010 – May 2014. 

Worked as a project manager and technical specialist in environmental risk assessment, oil spill modeling, marine spatial planning, and marine science. 

Environmental Consultant, Natural Resource Group, LLC, Providence, RI. May 2007 – June 2010.

Worked as a protected species and marine resource specialist supporting the development and assessment of large energy infrastructure projects. Tasks included preparing state and federal permits, conducting feasibility studies and facility siting analysis, authoring resource sections of Environmental Impact Statements, survey planning and management, agency consultation, and stakeholder outreach.

• Certified Fisheries Professional (American Fisheries Society, 2018-present)
• Associate Fisheries Professional (American Fisheries Society, 2009-2017)
• Rescue Diver (PADI, 2005)
• Scientific Diver (American Academy of Underwater Sciences, 2003)
• Open Water Diver (PADI, 2003)

• Treasurer, Ecologists Without Borders, 2024-present
• Fellow, World Council of Fisheries Societies, 2019-present
• President, Ecologists Without Borders, 2020-2023
• Board of Directors, Ecologists Without Borders, 2019-present
• Treasurer, International Fisheries Section, American Fisheries Society, 2014-2019
• Board of Directors, American Fisheries Society Southern New England Chapter, 2008-2011
• Member, American Fisheries Society, 2007-present