Bernard Martin masanin Kanada ne kuma masanin muhalli. An ba shi lambar yabo ta Goldman a 1999. Martin an haife shi kuma ya girma a cikin dangin masunta a Petty Harbor, Newfoundland. Ya ci gaba a cikin al'adun gargajiyar gargajiyar gargajiyar danginsa a matsayinta na mai kamun ƙarni na huɗu. Kamun kifi ya kasance hanyar rayuwa a cikin Newfoundland tsawon ƙarnika, amma bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, yawan cinikin kamun kifi da abubuwan da suka shafi muhalli sun fara yin mummunan lahani, tare da yawan jama'a a cikin raguwar ƙarancin ƙarfi. Martin da sauran masunta a cikin teku sun lura da kamun kifin da suke raguwa kuma suka sanar da jami'an gwamnati halin da ake ciki. Sun yi fatan cewa sauƙaƙe rage ƙididdigar kodin na iya hana raguwar. Sun tafi har zuwa ƙirƙirar yankin kifi mai kariya a kusa da Petty Harbor/Maddox Cove kuma sun kafa kungiyar iswararrun Masunta a cikin 1983 don karɓar ikon sarrafa masana'antar yankin. Koyaya, manyan kamun kifi a cikin teku sun kasance daga baya sun amince da tafiyar hawainiya da ci gaba da kamun kifi, wanda hakan ya haifar da durkushewar masana'antar.