Noel McCord is a marine biologist with the University of Belize Environmental Research Institute (UB-ERI), contributing to fisheries research in Belize. He is a graduate of the University of Belize Marine Biology programme and has experience in reef and fisheries monitoring, including coral bleaching surveys, sea cucumber stock assessments, and coastal habitat assessments. His current work supports fish genetic sampling and field data collection to inform population-level fisheries research.