Current roles: Chairman Western Abalone Divers Association, Vice Chair Abalone Council of Australia, and Chair Abalone Council of Victoria.

At age 16, Craig Fox started commercial fishing in Port Fairy as a crayfish and giant crab deckhand. This first job was pivotal to his professional fishing career as his skipper was a great mentor, who dedicated many years to his development as a fisherman. Then at 21, he took over the boat which provided a new experience and challenge. A couple of years later Craig had the opportunity to work for a Western Zone abalone diver. He knew then abalone diving was the ultimate fishing sector for him. Craig leased his first licence in 2000, but his career was put on hold when the AVG virus struck a few years after that and decimated the abalone population. As the recovery began, he bought a Western Zone licence and quota and has been committed to returning the fishery back to how he remembers it as a young deckhand. In 2015 Craig graduated from the National Seafood Industry Leadership Program. In May 2021, the AVG virus was discovered in Portland. Since then, Craig, as Chair of WADA, has been deeply involved in the collaboration with Victorian Fisheries Authority and Agriculture Victoria Biosecurity to control the virus. This has included setting up the control order, dive protocol biosecurity for monitoring and surveillance, and has led the dive operation to date.