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Researcher: Gardner, C (Professor Caleb Gardner)

Fields of Research

Fisheries management
Aquaculture and fisheries stock assessment
Fisheries sciences
Aquaculture
Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
Environment and resource economics
Post-harvest fisheries technologies (incl. transportation)
Invertebrate biology
Conservation and biodiversity
Population ecology
Natural resource management
Veterinary epidemiology
Environmental management
Fish physiology and genetics
Fish pests and diseases
Phycology (incl. marine grasses)
Public policy
Physical oceanography
Agricultural economics
Environmental law
Public law
Accelerators
Zoology
Animal management
Animal structure and function
Mining, energy and natural resources law
Behavioural ecology
Animal reproduction and breeding
Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)
Intelligent robotics
Biological oceanography
Ecological economics
Environmental assessment and monitoring
Software testing, verification and validation
Geomatic engineering
Sociology
Other Indigenous studies
Agricultural systems analysis and modelling
Cross-sectional analysis
Animal production
Sociology and social studies of science and technology
Mathematical economics
Special vehicles
Marketing
Global change biology
Comparative physiology
Wildlife and habitat management
Applied economics

Research Objectives

Fisheries - wild caught
Wild caught rock lobster
Wild caught prawns
Wild caught edible molluscs
Wild caught crustaceans (excl. rock lobster and prawns)
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Fisheries - aquaculture
Marine biodiversity
Fisheries - recreational freshwater
Aquaculture fin fish (excl. tuna)
Wild caught fin fish (excl. tuna)
Rehabilitation or conservation of marine environments
Aquaculture rock lobster
Aquaculture oysters
Effects of climate change on Australia (excl. social impacts)
Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)
Environmentally sustainable animal production
Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in marine environments
Aquaculture crustaceans (excl. rock lobster and prawns)
Fisheries - recreational marine
Social impacts of climate change and variability
Other environmental management
Other animal production and animal primary products
Rights to environmental and natural resources (excl. water allocation)
Fish product traceability and quality assurance
Assessment and management of benthic marine ecosystems
Coastal or estuarine biodiversity
Justice and the law
Honey
Management and productivity
Essential oils
Rehabilitation or conservation of coastal or estuarine environments
Other information and communication services
Organic fertilisers
Wild caught tuna
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in fresh, ground and surface water
Understanding climate change
Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences
Aquaculture prawns
Information systems, technologies and services

Career Best Publications

Jasus and Sagmariasus Species; Lobsters: Biology, Management, Aquaculture and Fisheries
Biological Modelling of Translocation as a Management Tool for a Rock Lobster Fishery; Reviews in Fisheries Science
In pursuit of maximum economic yield in an ITQ managed lobster fishery; Fisheries Research
Simultaneous enhancement of rock lobster fisheries and provision of puerulus for aquaculture; Fisheries Research
Systems to Maximize Economic Benefits from Lobster Fisheries; Lobsters: Biology, Management, Aquaculture and Fisheries
The Economic Feasibility of Translocating Rock Lobsters to Increase Yield; Reviews in Fisheries Science
When is spillover from marine reserves likely to benefit fisheries?; Plos One

Research Publications

Research Projects

2001/042 Development of the tools for long term management of the giant crab resource: Data collection methodology, stock assessment and harvest strategy evaluation; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
2004-066 Understanding Shelf-Break Habitat for Sustainable Management of Fisheries with Spatial Overlap; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
2005-217 Rock Lobster Enhancement and Aquaculture Subprogram: The Feasibility of Translocating Rock Lobsters in Tasmania for Increasing Yield; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
2006-022 Re-assessing Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinas gigas) Size Limits to Optimise Value and Sustainability of the Fishery; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
2006/220 - Spatial Management of Southern Rock Lobster Fisheries to Improve Yield, Value and Sustainability; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
2009-712 Future Harvest Theme Leadership; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
2009/016 and 2007/045 Rebuilding Ecosystem Resilience: Assessment of Management Options to Minimise Formation of 'Barrens' Habitat by the Long-Spined Sea Urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) in Tasmania; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
2009/762 - Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Changing Fishing Practices in the Southern Rock Lobster Fishery; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
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)
Ageing Giant Crabs by two Novel Techniques - Radioisotope Ratios and Lipofuscin Fraction; Australian Research Council (ARC)
An Examination of Ageing Techniques for Octopus; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Are Catches of the Southern Rock Lobster Jasus Edwardsii a True Reflection of Their Abundance Underwater?; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
AS-CRC PDRF Project - Fisheries Economist ; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
Baby steps: head-starting captive juvenile Red handfish to urgently recover a wild population on the brink of extinction; National Geographic Society (NGS)
Bioeconomic decision support tools for Southern Rock Lobster; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
Building economics into Fisheries Management decision making - to utilise a suite of SA case studies; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
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)
Communicating the research, management and performance of Tasmanian marine resource industries by video.; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Could harvests from abalone stocks be increased through better management of the size limit/quota interaction?; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
Determining the design, output specifications and sample size for a national social and economic survey of recreational fishers in Australia; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Developing a New Tasmanian Fisheries Resource: Estimating Growth of Two Inshore Crab Species; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Developing Analytical Skills and Tools for Incorporating Multidisciplinary Approaches into Marine and Climate Change Research - An Example of Capacity Building at the Disciplinary Boundaries; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Development of Robust Assessment Methods and Harvest Strategies for Spatially Complex, Multi-jurisdictional Toothfish Fisheries in the Southern Ocean; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Direct age determination with validation for commercially important Australian lobster and crab; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Dynamics of growth in translocated lobsters; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas as a Fishery Management Tool; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
FRDC Tagging Project (a subproject of 2020-057: Implementing the FRDC's 2020-25 R&D Plan - R&D investment change management); Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Future Oysters CRC-P; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (DoIIS)
Future Oysters CRC-P: Advanced understanding of POMS to guide farm management decisions in Tasmania; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (DoIIS)
Improved risk management of paralytic shellfish toxins in Southern Rock Lobster; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Improved understanding of economics in fisheries harvest strategies; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
Improving Assessment of Threatened, Endangered and Protected Species Interactions with Rock Lobster Fishing; Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust (WVS)
Improving post-harvest survivability of southern rock lobster in a changing environment; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Improving the Southern Rock Lobster on-vessel handling practices, data collection and industry tools for lobster quality assessment; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Introduction to the use of bioeconomics in fisheries management for key decision makers; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
Larval Transport and Recruitment Processes of Southern Rock Lobster; 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)
Life History and Ecology of Octopus Maorum and Minimisation of its Impact on the Rock Lobster Fishery in Tasmania; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Lose home or eat more: comparative prey choice and consumption of different rock lobster species on barren forming sea urchins; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Managing Fisheries to Maximise Profits by Understanding and Reducing Variable Costs of Fishing; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
Managing Inshore Stocks of Southern Rock Lobster for a Sustainable Fishery; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Measuring condition of lobsters to improve management of harvesting around periods of high transport mortality; Australian Seafood Cooperative Research Centre (ASCRC)
Meeting Sustainability Expectations: Policy Translation, Objective Setting and Reporting for Australian Fisheries; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Minor Shellfish Surveys 2015; Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE Tas)
Modelling predator/prey interaction under climate change: Implications for a target fishery in Tasmania; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
National Fishery Status Reports; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Opportunities and challenges for the Oyster Industry in the Blue Economy; Blue Economy CRC Co (BECRC)
Pathways to Market: Transforming Food Industry Futures through Improved Sensing, Provenance and Choice; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Planning for a Blue Future Salmon - informing R&D, regulation and industry development; 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)
Quantification of shell hardness in southern rock lobster; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Rebuilding Ecosystem Resilience: Assessment of Management Options to Minimise Formation of 'Barrens' Habitat by the Long-Spined Sea Urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) in Tasmania; Natural Heritage Trust (NHT)
Rebuilding Ecosystem Resilience: Assessment of Management Options to Minimise Formation of 'Barrens' Habitat by the Long-Spined Sea Urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) in Tasmania; Natural Heritage Trust (NHT)
Rebuilding Southern Rock Lobster stocks on the east coast of Tasmania: informing options for management; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Request for Tender Technical Proposal ; Australia Awards in Indonesia (AAII)
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)
Rock Lobster Enhancement and Aquaculture Sub Program: Health assurance for southern rock lobsters; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Rock Lobster Enhancement and Aquaculture Subprogram: Evaluating the Release and Survival of Juvenile Rock Lobsters Released for Enhancement Purposes; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Rock Lobster Enhancement and Aquaculture Subprogram: Preliminary Investigation Towards Ongrowing Puerulus to Enhance Rock Lobster Stocks While Providing Animals for Commercial Culture; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Science to support Australia's Southern Ocean Fisheries 2018-2020; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Settlement cues and early survival in the Southern Rock Lobster; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Shellfish Survey; Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE Tas)
Stable isotopes: a rapid method to determine lobster diet and trace lobster origin?; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Sustainable Marine Research Collaboration Agreement (SMRCA); Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE Tas)
Towards consistent standards for Australian fisheries management; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Understanding climate drivers and predicting the future for coast Australian ecosystems; Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)
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 interactions and competition over Rock Lobster Resource Access, Tasman Peninsula; Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE Tas)
Understanding the stock-recruitment relationship to reverse the decline in the southern rock lobster.; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Validation of Radiometric Estimation of Shell Age in Crustaceans; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
2011/13 The cost effectiveness of culling long-spined sea urchins off the East Coast of Tasmania
Development of a Post-Harvest Handling and Processing Training Program for the Chinese Segment of the Southern Rock Lobster Supply Chain
Economic analysis of fisheries and aquaculture activities in South Australia
Economic analysis of fisheries and aquaculture activities in South Australia
Final Report Critique
MSC Assessment of Lakes and Coorong pipi fishery
MSC Fishery Assessment of Lakes and Coorong finfish fishery located in South Australia
MSC Full Assessment Western Australian Abalone Managed Fishery
National Coastal Vulnerability Assessment - Tasmanian East Coast Rock Lobster Fishery Case Study
Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Quantitative Fisheries
Proposed Marine Parks in South Australia
Red Handfish Conservation
Review of the Environmental, Social and Economic Values of Marine Park Sanctuary Zones
Seasonal Closures in Rock Lobster Fisheries
Shellfish Survey 2016
Status of key Australian fish stocks (SAFS) reports 2014 and beyond
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
Western Australian Rock Lobster Total Allowable Catch Determination

Research Candidate Supervision

A consistent approach to the estimation of sustainable harvests of Patagonian Toothfish in Chilean, France and Australian Jurisdictions
An Assessment of the Environmental Performance of Selected Primary Industries and the Implications for Food Security
Assessing the Cost and Benefits of Individual Transferable Quota Management in the Tasmanian Southern Rock Lobster Fishery, Australia
Biological Feasibility of Spiny Lobster Jasus edwardsii Stock Enhancement
Catchability of rock lobster Jasus edwardsii
Constructing Sustainable Development Platforms for Rural Communities- A case study of Circular Head agri-food Communities, Tasmania.
Disentangling Maternal Effects and Climate Change in Rock Lobsters
Fisheries and reproductive ecology of the Long-spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii)
Lobster Enhancement- Can Artificial Reefs Play a Role?
Methods for Monitoring the Abundance of the Northern Australian Mud Crab Scylla serrata
Modelling Predator/Prey Interactions under Climate Change and Implications for a Target Fishery in Tasmania
Sustainable Harvest of Lobster Pueruli- A Way Forward for Rock Lobster Aquaculture
The Effects of Ground-holding Behaviour by Fishers on Management of Marine Resources
Translocation of the Southern Rock Lobster, Jasus edwardsii, to Improve Yield and Marketability
Understanding Energy Inputs to Australian Fisheries to Manage Environmental Performance, Respond to Changing Variable Costs of Fishing, and Maximise Economic Return of Fisheries
Understanding Settlement Clues of the Rock Lobster - The Sound and Smell of the Sea