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Austin Brush

Portfolio Manager
Fun Fact
Austin enjoys DJing a variety of types of music in his free time, including techno, reggaeton, and house music.
Languages
Spanish (intermediate), Swahili (beginner)

Austin Brush is a Portfolio Manager of the IUU fishing portfolio on the Natural Resources Program, where he oversees C4ADS’ work on transparency and traceability within the fishing industry and the convergence between IUU fishing and other transnational crimes, including human trafficking and forced labor. Austin has been with C4ADS since January 2018.

Before joining C4ADS, Austin earned his undergraduate degree in International Relations and Environmental Studies from Tufts University.

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Analysis by Austin Brush

Commentary

Something Smells Fishy…

C4ADS analysts use queries to uncover IUU trends through analysis of risky vessel behavior.
Issue Brief

Spotlight on Transparency

Trygg Mat Tracking (TMT) and C4ADS shine a light on the risks associated with fishing operations utilizing complex ownership structures.
Commentary

The Role of Beneficial Ownership in Combating IUU Fishing

How complex corporate structures enable companies in the fishing industry to systematically exploit forced labor, corruption, tax evasion and fraud.
Report

Strings Attached

An investigation into the methods used by IUU networks both at-sea and onshore to exploit a systemic lack of transparency and weak...
Issue Brief

Who’s Controlling the Distant Water Squid Fishing Fleet?

In order to better understand squid fishing in the Southeast Pacific Ocean, C4ADS analyzed publicly available Automatic Identification System (AIS) data compiled...
Report

Net Worth

How the Chinese government & U.S. stock investors are funding the illegal activities of a major Chinese fishery company, Pingtan Marine Enterprise...
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