Doug Simpson is a United States Coast Guard 50T captain, research diver, and ecological conservationist dedicated to working towards a more sustainable future. Simpson graduated from Humboldt State University with a Bachelor’s degree in environmental science and a minor in research and rescue diving. He worked for several years as a research diver along the California coast before joining Pristine Seas on an expedition to Tristan Da Cunha as a member of the science team. Since then he has worked in Alaska as a commercial fisherman, as a research diver in Gabon, as an environmental consultant in California, and started his own business as a whale watching sailing charter captain.