Edgar Gold, C.M., Q.C

Professor Edgar Gold is recognized as one of the world's leading specialists in the areas of international ocean law and marine and environmental policy development. He commenced his career in the merchant marine, serving on most types of vessels in worldwide trade for sixteen years. Professor Gold was admitted to the Nova scotia Bar in 1973 and has been a practising lawyer since then.He was a Professor of Law at Dalhousie University from 1979 to 1994 and was the inaugural director of the Faculty of Law's prestigious Marine and Environmental Law Program (MELP). He was also the founding executive director of the Oceans Institute of Canada (now the International Oceans Institute of Canada). He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1995. Until 1999 he was a senior partner with the Halifax law firm Huestis Ritch when he became a consultant to the firm. He has written more than 250 books, monographs, articles and papers in the marine field.