Kerry Sink us a marine conservation practitioner, who focuses on strengthening collaboration and leading the 5 year Offshore Marine Protected Area project (OMPA).[1] As a professor, she focuses on protecting offshore diversity and supporting sustainable use of South Africa's oceans. [1] Today, Sink is a manager of the Marine Programme at the South African National Biodiversity Insititute and a Research associate at the Institute for Coastal and Marine Research at Nelson Manela University.

She is the founder of the Southern Africa Sustainable Seafood Initiative (SASSI) which develops projects and inspires marine conservation on a national and global scale.[1]

Sink shows commitment to the UN Decade of Ocean Science.[2]

Sink is known for her sea explorations. One of which she was able to declare that the single-celled animals called Foraminifera were not extinct, as declared, but rather abundant on the shelf of South Africa.[3]

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  1. ^ a b c "Prof. Kerry Sink – WIOMSA Scientific Symposium". Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  2. ^ "Scientists call for decade of concerted effort to enhance understanding of the deep seas". University of Plymouth. 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  3. ^ Sink, Kerry (2018-01-23). Deep Secrets. Retrieved 2024-10-28 – via www.ted.com.