Geert Hoekstra has a passion for seafood by discovering how and why fisheries and aquaculture value chains function behind the facts and data. After his three years first work career experience at Rabobank (mainly economic analyses of dairy and fisheries) he works since 2018 as economic researcher seafood (fisheries & aquaculture), markets and value chains at Wageningen Social Economic Research (Wageningen University & Research). He is specialised in the marketing and trade flows of fisheries and aquaculture products (FAP) within international markets and value chains. Geert has studied Business Administration (BSc) with a master in Marketing (MSc). In 2019 Geert has accomplished Seafood Value Chain Analysis course by FAO.
International projects are the (bi)annually social economic data collection and reporting for the Dutch fisheries and aquaculture as well as fish processing to the European Commission via STECF JRC working groups. Nationally he is involved with the Fishery in facts event to present the social economic performance of the Dutch fisheries (including shellfish) next to research innovation project regarding Life Cycle Analyses (CO2 seafood products), value chains analyses and optimizing circular byproduct utilization from seafood.
Next to his role at Wageningen University & Research, he has a part-time role in the Dutch maritime vocational education. Within this role of practor (lector in post-secondary vocational education) fisheries, innovation & entrepreneurship he stimulates applied research and innovation in the Dutch maritime fisheries education and sector.