Pamela Maru


Pamela Maru is a Cook Islands public servant and fisheries management adviser.
Maru began her career as a Cook Islands Fisheries Officer at the Ministry of Marine Resources, and later became a Fisheries Management Adviser at the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency in the Solomon Islands, a regional body responsible for fisheries management. From 2009 to 2011 she was Vice-Chair of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Scientific Committee. In 2017 she led the creation and implementation of a Port State Measure to combat illegal fishing through port inspections.
Maru has served as the Secretary of Marine Resources in the Cook Islands public service since 2018.