Dokta Roger Payne

Muna jimamin rashin Roger Searle Payne (1935-1983) wanda shawararsa da hikimarsa ke da mahimmanci ga The Ocean Foundation. Wanda ya kafa kwamitin ba da shawara na TOF, Roger ya shahara don gano waƙar whale a cikin 1967. Daga baya Roger ya zama mutum mai mahimmanci a yakin duniya na kawo karshen kifin kifin kasuwanci. A cikin 1971, Roger ya kafa ƙungiyar Ocean Alliance, wadda ta kasance farkon abokin tarayya tare da TOF wajen gano matsalolin duniya na guba a cikin whale. Payne ya sami lambar yabo ta Duniya 500 Shirin Muhalli na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (1988) da lambar yabo ta MacArthur (1984) a tsakanin sauran kyaututtuka don bincikensa. Duk waɗanda suka yi aiki tare da shi za su yi kewarsa sosai don ganin teku ta zama mafi koshin lafiya ga sararin samaniya ga whale da duk rayuwar da ke cikin ruwanta.