Fields of Research

Fisheries management
Aquaculture and fisheries stock assessment
Fisheries sciences
Biological mathematics
Environment and resource economics
Aquaculture
Phylogeny and comparative analysis
Genetics
Biological oceanography
Animal structure and function
Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Natural resource management
Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
Fish pests and diseases
Pollution and contamination
Population ecology
Fish physiology and genetics
Noise and wave pollution processes and measurement
Ecosystem function
Zoology
Behavioural ecology
Public law
Decision support and group support systems
Photogrammetry and remote sensing
Climate change impacts and adaptation
Global change biology
Animal production
Agricultural systems analysis and modelling
Public policy
Applied economics

Research Objectives

Wild caught rock lobster
Fisheries - wild caught
Wild caught fin fish (excl. tuna)
Wild caught edible molluscs
Fisheries - recreational freshwater
Wild caught prawns
Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems
Wild caught crustaceans (excl. rock lobster and prawns)
Wild caught tuna
Terrestrial biodiversity
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Social impacts of climate change and variability
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Fisheries - aquaculture
Biodiversity in Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Marine biodiversity
Justice and the law
Expanding knowledge in the agricultural, food and veterinary sciences
Assessment and management of benthic marine ecosystems
Environmentally sustainable energy activities
Fisheries - recreational marine
Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)
Ecological economics
Rights to environmental and natural resources (excl. water allocation)
Aquaculture fin fish (excl. tuna)
Environmentally sustainable animal production
Aquaculture prawns
Environmental policy, legislation and standards
Aquaculture rock lobster
Adaptation to climate change
Production

Career Best Publications

Fishing for revenue: how leasing quota can be hazardous to your health; ICES Journal of Marine Science
Maximizing phylogenetic diversity in biodiversity conservation: Greedy solutions to the Noah's Ark Problem; Systematic Biology
Sampling trees from evolutionary models; Systematic Biology
Super Trawler Scuppered in Australian Fisheries Management Reform; Fisheries
The global diversity of birds in space and time; Nature

Research Publications

Age-dependent speciation can explain the shape of empirical phylogenies; Systematic Biology
An experimental analysis of assignment problems and economic rent dissipation in quota managed fisheries; North American Association of Fisheries Economists 8th Biennial Forum: Economic Sustainability, Fishing Communities, and Working Waterfronts
An experimental analysis of assignment problems and economic rent dissipation in quota managed fisheries; Ocean & Coastal Management
Are tag-based integrated stock assessments robust to IUU fishing?; Fisheries Research
Assessing the effects of dispersal and temperature on the early like history of a temperate marine fish using a bio-physical individual based model; Australian Society for Fish Biology Annual Conference - Climate Change Symposium
Assessing the impact of marine seismic surveys on southeast Australian scallop and lobster fisheries
Assessing the status of Australia’s fish stocks relative to target objectives; Marine Policy
Assessment of interaction between giant crab trap and benthic trawl fisheries
Assignment problems and economic rent dissipation in quota-managed fisheries; International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade 2014
Assignment problems and economic rent dissipation in quota-managed fisheries; Australian Society for Fish Biology and Australian Society for Limnology Joint Congress
Australian Seafood CRC investing in more profitable management
Benthic habitat mapping with autonomous underwater vehicles; Oceans 2008
Beyond sustainability: is government obliged to increase economic benefit from fisheries in the face of industry resistance?; Marine Policy
Bio-economics of commercial scale translocation of southern rock lobster; Fisheries Research
BIO::Phylo-phyloinformatic analysis using Perl; BMC Bioinformatics
Bioeconomic decision support tools for Southern Rock Lobster
Capture stress and post-release survival of Southern Bluefin tuna from recreational fishing; The 65th Tuna Conference
Capture stress and post-release survival of Southern Bluefin Tuna from recreational fishing; World Recreational Fishing Conference
Capture stress and post-release survival of Southern Bluefin Tuna from recreational fishing; The Australian Society for Fish Biology Conference
Capture-induced physiological stress and postrelease mortality for southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) from a recreational fishery; Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Catch-and-release of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): post-release behaviour of acoustically pretagged fish in a natural marine environment; Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Changes in the lease and permanent sale quota markets of a rock lobster fishery in response to stock abundance; ICES Journal of Marine Science
Climate variability and breeding parameters of a transhemispheric migratory seabird over seven decades; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Commercialisation of rock lobster translocation
Commercialisation of rock lobster translocation
Commercialising translocation of southern rock lobster
Comparing size-limit and quota policies to increase economic yield in a lobster fishery; Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Designing satellite tagging studies: estimating and optimizing data recovery; Fisheries Oceanography
Determining when and where to fish: Linking scallop spawning, settlement, size and condition to collaborative spatial harvest and industry in-season management strategies
Developing integrated database systems for the management of electronic tagging data; Tagging and Tracking of Marine Animals with Electronic Devices
Distinguishing discard mortality from natural mortality in field experiments based on electronic tagging; Fisheries Research
Does 'race to fish' behaviour emerge in an individual transferable quota fishery when the total allowable catch becomes non-binding?; 6th World Fisheries Congress
Does 'race to fish' behaviour emerge in an individual transferable quota fishery when the total allowable catch becomes non-binding?; Fish and Fisheries
Drivers of fuel use in rock lobster fisheries; ICES Journal of Marine Science
Dynamics of growth in translocated lobsters
Dynamics of growth in translocated lobsters
Economic and Social Assessment of Tasmanian Fisheries 2016/2017
Environmental and economic dimensions of fuel use in Australian fisheries; Journal of Cleaner Production
Evaluation of hydrodynamic ocean models as a first step in larval dispersal modelling; Continental Shelf Research
Evolutionarily distinctive species often capture more phylogenetic diversity than expected; Journal of Theoretical Biology: An International Multidisciplinary Journal
Examining the long-run relationship between the prices of imported abalone in Japan; Marine Resource Economics
Expanding the concept of sustainable seafood using Life Cycle Assessment; Fish and Fisheries
Experimental analysis of the use of fishery closures and cooperatives to reduce economic rent dissipation caused by assignment problems; ICES Journal of Marine Science
Exploiting seasonal habitat use of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, in a lacustrine system for management and eradication; Marine and Freshwater Research
Exploring movement and behaviour of Southern Bluefin Tuna caught and released at coastal areas around southeast Australia; The 66th Tuna Conference
Exploring movement and behaviour of southern Bluefin tuna caught and released at coastal areas around southeast Australia; The 5th International Bio-Logging Science Symposium
Exposure to seismic air gun signals causes physiological harm and alters behavior in the scallop Pecten fumatus; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America
Fewer eggs from larger size limits: counterintuitive outcomes in a spatially heterogeneous fishery; ICES Journal of Marine Science
Fishery Assessment Report - Tasmanian Rock Lobster Fishery 2017/18
Fishery assessment report: Tasmanian rock lobster fishery 2010/11
Fishing for revenue: how leasing quota can be hazardous to your health; 10th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management (10th ICWL)
Fishing for revenue: how leasing quota can be hazardous to your health; Australian Society for Fish Biology and Australian Society for Limnology Joint Congress
Fishing for revenue: how leasing quota can be hazardous to your health; ICES Journal of Marine Science
Fishing for revenue: how leasing quota can be hazardous to your health; ICES 2013 Annual Science Conference
Fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions of world fisheries; Nature Climate Change
Global distribution and conservation of evolutionary distinctness in birds; Current Biology
Handle with care: an analysis of the effects of appendage damage on the growth and productivity of the southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii); 10th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management (10th ICWL)
Handled with care: minimal impacts of appendage damage in the Tasmanian southern rock lobster fishery
Handled with care: minimal impacts of appendage damage on the growth and productivity of the southern rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii); Fisheries Research
Home range, site fidelity and synchronous migrations of three co-occurring, morphologically distinct estuarine fish species; Science of The Total Environment
How best to manage octopus resources when variety is the spice of their life
IMAS Submission to the Senate Inquiry on ITQs
In pursuit of maximum economic yield in an ITQ managed lobster fishery; Fisheries Research
Incorporating economics into fisheries management frameworks in Australia; Marine Policy
Informing ecosystem-based management of the range extending long-spined sea urchin using a structured decision making process; 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2015)
Inter-annual and inter-colony variability in breeding performance of four colonies of short-tailed shearwaters; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Lobsters with pre-existing damage to their mechanosensory statocyst organs do not incur further damage from exposure to seismic air gun signals; Environmental Pollution
Management issues and options for small scale holobenthic octopus fisheries; Ocean & Coastal Management
Managing for change: the Tasmanian recreational fishery for rock lobster; Australian Society for Fish Biology - Oceania Chondrichthyan Society Joint Conference
Managing inshore stocks of southern rock lobster for a sustainable fishery
Managing the risk of sea urchin barrens in eastern Tasmania; 10th International Temperate Reefs Symposium 2014
Marine foods sourced from farther as their use of global ocean primary production increases; Nature Communications
Maximizing phylogenetic diversity in biodiversity conservation: Greedy solutions to the Noah's Ark Problem; Systematic Biology
Multijurisdictional fisheries performance reporting: how Australia’s nationally standardised approach to assessing stock status compares; Fisheries Research
Near real-time spatial management based on habitat predictions for a longline bycatch species; Fisheries Management and Ecology
Offshore recreational fishing in Tasmania 2011/12
Options to effectively monitor and regulate recreational catch in the Tasmanian rock lobster fishery
Overview, opportunities and outlook for Australian spiny lobster fisheries; Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
PASTIS: an R package to facilitate phylogenetic assembly with soft taxonomic inferences; Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Periwinkle fishery of Tasmania: supporting management and a profitable industry
Phylogenetic diversity: from combinatorics to ecology; Reconstructing Evolution: New Mathematical and Computational Advances
Preparing fisheries for climate change: Identifying adaptation options for four key fisheries in South Eastern Australia
Rebuilding East Coast Rock Lobster Stocks: Developing an Effective Management Framework for Recovery
Rebuilding ecosystem resilience: assessment of management options to minimise formation of 'barrens' habitat by the long-spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii in Tasmania
Recreational Southern Rock Lobster tagging program: assessing current data and modelling assumptions and approaches to establish a robust estimate
Sampling trees from evolutionary models; Systematic Biology
Seismic air guns damage rock lobster mechanosensory organs and impair righting reflex; Royal Society of London. Proceedings B
Should evolutionary history guide conservation?; Biodiversity and Conservation
Spatial management of southern rock lobster fisheries to improve yield, value and sustainability
Status of Australian fish stocks reports 2020
Status of key Australian fish stocks reports 2014
Stochastic properties of generalised Yule models, with biodiversity applications; Journal of Theoretical Biology: An International Multidisciplinary Journal
Super Trawler Scuppered in Australian Fisheries Management Reform; Fisheries
Systematic culling controls a climate driven, habitat modifying invader; Biological Invasions
Tasmanian Banded Morwong Fishery Assessment 2016/2017
Tasmanian Banded Morwong Fishery Assessment 2018/19
Tasmanian Banded Morwong Fishery Assessment 2019/20
Tasmanian giant crab fishery - 09/10
Tasmanian giant crab fishery - 13/14
Tasmanian Longspined Sea Urchin Fishery Assessment 2018/19
Tasmanian Longspined Sea Urchin Fishery Assessment 2019/20
Tasmanian Longspined Sea Urchin Fishery Assessment 2020/21
Tasmanian Octopus Assessment 2020/2021
Tasmanian octopus fishery assessment 2013/14
Tasmanian octopus fishery assessment 2014/15
Tasmanian octopus fishery assessment 2015/2016
Tasmanian Octopus Fishery Assessment 2016/2017
Tasmanian Octopus Fishery Assessment 2018/19
Tasmanian Octopus Fishery Assessment 2019/20
Tasmanian Rock Lobster Fishery 2009/10
Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery - 2009/10
Tasmanian scalefish fishery assessment 2010/12
Tasmanian scalefish fishery assessment 2013/14
Tasmanian scalefish fishery assessment 2014/2015
Tasmanian scalefish fishery assessment 2015/2016
Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery Assessment 2016/2017
Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery Assessment 2017/18
Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery Assessment 2018/19
Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery Assessment 2019/20
Tasmanian scalefish fishery: ecological risk assessment
The economic optimality of learning from marine protected areas; The ANZIAM Journal
The effect of changed market conditions in China on Rock Lobster catch and price
The effect of dispersal and temperature on the early life history of a temperate marine fish; 36th Annual Larval Fish Conference
The effect of dispersal and temperature on the early life history of a temperate marine fish; Fisheries Oceanography
The effect of ocean warming on the early life history of a temperate fish inferred through a bio-physical individual based model; The Fisheries society of the British Isles annual conference - Fish and Climate Change
The equivalence of two phylogenetic biodiversity measures: the Shapley value and Fair Proportion index; Journal of Mathematical Biology
The global diversity of birds in space and time; Nature
The importance of choice of ocean products in larval dispersal modelling; Larval Fish Conference
The influence of freshwater flows on two estuarine resident fish species show differential sensitivity to the impacts of drought, flood and climate change; Environmental Biology of Fishes
The performance of a management procedure for rock lobsters, Jasus edwardsii off western Victoria, Australia in the face of non-stationary dynamics; Fisheries Research: An International Journal on Fishing Technology, Fisheries Science and Fisheries Management
The role of government and industry in resolving assignment problems in fisheries with individual transferable quotas; Marine Policy
Trends in productivity of southern rock lobster Jasus edwardsii, across south-eastern Australia: evidence of a regime shift?; Fisheries Research
Trial of an industry implemented, spatially discrete eradication/control program for Centrostephanus rodgersii in Tasmania
Understanding interactions and competition over rock lobster resource access off the east coast of Tasmania
Underwater observations of seal-fishery interactions and the effectiveness of an exclusion device in reducing bycatch in a midwater trawl fishery; Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Using acoustic telemetry to understand the behaviour and habitat utilisation of key recreational fish in southeast Australia; World Recreational Fishing Conference
Using acoustic telemetry to understand the behaviour and habitat utilisation of key recreational fish in southeast Australia; The Australian Society for Fish Biology Conference
Validation of hydrodynamic ocean models using empirical data for the purpose of larval dispersal modelling; Australian Marine Science Association Conference
Weighing up the risks
When is a fishery sustainable?; Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
When is spillover from marine reserves likely to benefit fisheries?; Plos One

Research Projects

2019-149 Status of Australian Fish Stocks (SAFS) reports 2020, and further development of the SAFS production and dissemination system; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Assessing post-release survival of southern bluefin tuna from recreational fishing ; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Bioeconomic decision support tools for Southern Rock Lobster; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
Can Commercial Harvest of Long-Spined Sea Urchins Reduce the Impact of Urchin Grazing on Abalone and Lobster Fisheries; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Commercialising translocation of southern rock lobster; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
Determining when and where to fish: Linking scallop spawning, settlement, size and condition to collaborative spatial harvest and industry in-season management strategies; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Developing a cost-effective monitoring regime and stock assessment for Sand Flathead in Tasmania; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Development of Robust Assessment Methods and Harvest Strategies for Spatially Complex, Multi-jurisdictional Toothfish Fisheries in the Southern Ocean; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Dynamics of growth in translocated lobsters; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
Economic management guidance for Australian abalone fisheries ; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
Examining the potential impacts of seismic surveys on octopus and larval stages of Southern Rock Lobster; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Fishing for change: enhancing Australia's seafood futures; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Implementing a spatial assessment and decision process to improve fishery management outcomes using geo-referenced diver data ; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Larval dispersal for Southern Rock Lobster and Longspined sea urchin to support management decisions; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Lever opportunities under the Aquatic Resources Management Act WA: benefit sharing, re-allocation, and co-management in practise; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Managing Fisheries to Maximise Profits by Understanding and Reducing Variable Costs of Fishing; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
Modelling fine-scale larval dispersal for Centrostephanus rodgersii; Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE Tas)
Modification of fishery assessment and modelling processes to better take account of changes in population structure, specifically animal size, on catch rate data; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
National Fishery Status Reports; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Options to effectively monitor and regulate recreational catch limits in the Tasmanian rock lobster fishery; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
People Development program: 2012 FRDC International Travel Bursaries; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Periwinkle fishery of Tasmania: supporting management and a profitable industry; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Preparing fisheries for climate change: identifying adaptation options for four key fisheries in south eastern Australia; Dept of Climate Change, Energy & Efficiency and FRDC (DCCEE-FRDC)
Putting fisheries in the food bowl ; Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)
Rebuilding Southern Rock Lobster stocks on the east coast of Tasmania: informing options for management; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Recreational Southern Rock Lobster tagging program. Assessing current data and modelling assumptions and approaches to establish a robust estimate; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Responding to unintended consequences - evaluating changes to fisheries under ITQ systems; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Seafood CRC Future Harvest Master Class in Fisheries Economics Revision and Extension; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
Smart phone technology for remote data collection in Torres Strait Traditional Inhabitant finfish fisheries; Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)
Southern rock lobster and giant crab scientific stock assessment; Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA)
Tasmanias Marine Atlas; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
The Future Harvest Master Class; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
The multiple values attained through partially protected areas; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
The unethical side of sustainable and efficient fisheries management; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Understanding East Coast recruitment collapse - development of pre-recruitment monitoring, simulation of recruitment variation and predicting the impact of climate variation; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Understanding population structure and dynamics of Victorias developing Octopus fishery; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Understanding the stock-recruitment relationship to reverse the decline in the southern rock lobster.; Australian Research Council (ARC)
(SMRCA Core) Fishery Assessment: Rock Lobster
(SMRCA Core) Fishery Assessment: Website
Assessing the spawning characteristics and reproductive biology of pearl perch (Glaucosoma scapulare) in Queensland
ConocoPhillips Southern Rock Lobster Project Stage 2
Heather Brown Bequest Scholarship Program
Mobile Autonomous Platforms: An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and an Autonomous Boat for environmental sensing
Octopus fisheries Assessment (SMRCA)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Quantitative Fisheries
Small Pelagic Fishery MSC Certification Consultancy
Statewide Finfish Farming Spatial Planning Project
Status of key Australian fish stocks (SAFS) reports 2016, and further development of the SAFS production and dissemination system
Status of key Australian fish stocks (SAFS) reports 2018, and further development of the SAFS production and dissemination system
Utilising Furneaux abalone quota for the benefit of Tasmanias Indigenous community Phase 1
Victorian Giant Crab and Rock Lobster Assessments
Victorian Rock Lobster and Giant Crab Assessments 2019-2021

Research Candidate Supervision

A consistent approach to the estimation of sustainable harvests of Patagonian Toothfish in Chilean, France and Australian Jurisdictions
Assessing the Cost and Benefits of Individual Transferable Quota Management in the Tasmanian Southern Rock Lobster Fishery, Australia
Investigating climate change impact on rock lobster larval dispersal and the impact on recruitment processes
Rock Lobster Larval Dispersal Modelling
The Effects of Ground-holding Behaviour by Fishers on Management of Marine Resources
Understanding Energy Inputs to Australian Fisheries to Manage Environmental Performance, Respond to Changing Variable Costs of Fishing, and Maximise Economic Return of Fisheries