Fields of Research

Fisheries management
Aquaculture and fisheries stock assessment
Environment and resource economics
Behavioural ecology
Population ecology
Natural resource management
Conservation and biodiversity
Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Applied economics

Research Objectives

Wild caught rock lobster
Fisheries - wild caught
Wild caught edible molluscs
Wild caught prawns
Wild caught fin fish (excl. tuna)
Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Wild caught crustaceans (excl. rock lobster and prawns)
Fisheries - recreational marine
Professions and professionalisation
Marine biodiversity
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Rights to environmental and natural resources (excl. water allocation)
Expanding knowledge in the agricultural, food and veterinary sciences

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

An experimental analysis of assignment problems and economic rent dissipation in quota managed fisheries; Ocean & Coastal Management
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
Are input controls required in individual transferable quota fisheries to address ecosystem based fisheries management objectives?; Marine Policy
Assignment problems and economic rent dissipation in quota-managed fisheries; Australian Society for Fish Biology and Australian Society for Limnology Joint Congress
Assignment problems and economic rent dissipation in quota-managed fisheries; International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade 2014
Beyond sustainability: is government obliged to increase economic benefit from fisheries in the face of industry resistance?; Marine Policy
Climate variability and breeding parameters of a transhemispheric migratory seabird over seven decades; Marine Ecology Progress Series
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
Excess capacity and efficiency in the quota managed Tasmanian Rock Lobster Fishery; Marine Policy
Experimental analysis of the use of fishery closures and cooperatives to reduce economic rent dissipation caused by assignment problems; ICES Journal of Marine Science
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; 10th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management (10th ICWL)
Fishing for revenue: how leasing quota can be hazardous to your health; ICES 2013 Annual Science Conference
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
How best to manage octopus resources when variety is the spice of their life
Incorporating economics into fisheries management frameworks in Australia; Marine Policy
Inter-annual and inter-colony variability in breeding performance of four colonies of short-tailed shearwaters; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Introduction to the use of bio-economics in fisheries management for key decision makers
Management issues and options for small scale holobenthic octopus fisheries; Ocean & Coastal Management
Managing inshore stocks of southern rock lobster for a sustainable fishery
Tasmanian giant crab fishery - 13/14
Tasmanian octopus fishery assessment 2013/14
Tasmanian octopus fishery assessment 2014/15
Tasmanian octopus fishery assessment 2015/2016
Tasmanian scalefish fishery assessment 2013/14
Tasmanian scalefish fishery assessment 2014/2015
Tasmanian scalefish fishery assessment 2015/2016
The influence of nudges on compliance behaviour in recreational fisheries: a laboratory experiment; ICES Journal of Marine Science
The role of government and industry in resolving assignment problems in fisheries with individual transferable quotas; Marine Policy
Weighing up the risks
World Octopus Fisheries

Research Projects

Establishment of a Professional Association of Australian Fisheries Managers; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Introduction to the use of bioeconomics in fisheries management for key decision makers; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
Responding to unintended consequences - evaluating changes to fisheries under ITQ systems; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Roadblocks to the adoption of economics in fisheries policy; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
The multiple values attained through partially protected areas; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Status of key Australian fish stocks (SAFS) reports 2016, and further development of the SAFS production and dissemination system

Research Candidate Supervision