About

Current ASFB Executive 2013

Vice President: Gary Jackson

Past President: Jeremy Lyle

Workshop Convenor: Gary Jackson

State Representatives: Meaghan Rourke and Nick Payne (NSW), Mike Hammer and Dave Crook (NT), Tony Fowler and Rowan Chick (SA), Stephen Balcombe and Brendan Ebner (QLD), Sean Tracey and John Morrongiello (TAS), Danswell Starrs and Katherine Cheshire (ACT), Stephen Beatty and Ross Marriott (WA), Gerry Closs and Brendan Hicks (NZ), Jodie Kemp and Hannah Murphy (VIC), Vincent Raoult and Gretchen Grammer (Students).

Past ASFB Executive

List of Past Presidents

President

Prof. Bronwyn Gillanders
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Adelaide
South Australia 5005
Phone: 08 8313 6235
Fax: 08 8313 4364
Email: bronwyn.gillanders@adelaide.edu.au
Bronwyn Gillanders is a Professor in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Adelaide. She completed her BSc at the University of Canterbury, MSc at the University of Otago and her PhD at the University of Sydney. After completing her PhD, she worked at NSW Fisheries on yellowtail kingfish age, growth and reproductive biology. She then returned to the University of Sydney on an Australian Research Council (ARC) Postdoctoral Fellowship where her research was focused on population replenishment and connectivity of fish between estuarine and coastal areas. She moved to the University of Adelaide in 2001 (as an ARC QEII Fellow) and commenced a tenurable academic position in 2007. She returns to a research position in 2011 as an ARC Future Fellow. Her research spans freshwater, estuarine and marine waters focusing on fish and fisheries ecology.

Vice President/Workshop Coordinator

Gary Jackson
Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories
Department of Fisheries
PO Box 20
North Beach WA 6920
Phone: 08 92030191 or 0419046435
Fax: 08 92030199
Email: Gary.Jackson@fish.wa.gov.au
Gary Jackson is a Principal Research Scientist with the WA Department of Fisheries. He received his BSc in 'Fishery Science' from Plymouth Polytechnic (UK), MSc from the University of Adelaide and PhD (Biology and management of snapper in the inner gulfs of Shark Bay, Western Australia) from Murdoch University. After immigrating to Australia in the late 1980's, he first worked for the South Australian Department of Fisheries studying native freshwater species of the Lower Murray River. After a period of post-grad study, he then worked for the South Australian Research and Development Institute at West Beach working on the developing sardine fishery. He moved to Western Australia in 1997 to lead a research project on snapper and the recreational fishery in the World Heritage region of Shark Bay. Since then he has worked on a range of projects focussed on the biology and dynamics of exploited finfish stocks, stock assessment and fishery management. He has been a member of ASFB since 1992, a state rep in both SA and WA and has been assisting the Exec as the national conference/workshop coordinator since 2005.

Secretary

Charles Todd Department of Sustainability and Environment Phone: 03 9450 8600 Email: Charles.Todd@dse.vic.gov.au


Charles' interest lies in quantifying risk and uncertainty in fisheries management actions. Charles has developed population risk models for a number of Murray-Darling basin fishes.

Treasurer

Christopher Izzo
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Adelaide
South Australia 5005
Phone: 08 8313 7036
Email: c.izzo@adelaide.edu.au
Christopher Izzo is an ARC post-doctoral fellow at the University of Adelaide. Chris completed his BSc (Hons) at Flinders University of South Australia and his PhD at the University of Adelaide in 2010. His doctoral research tested the application of molecular markers as a non-lethal means of determining the ages of sharks, teleosts and in a marine mammal. Since graduating, Chris has worked for the University of Adelaide and South Australian Research and Development Institute on a joint project, funded by FRDC, on the movement patterns and stock structure of the Australian sardine. Currently, he is looking to apply otolith-based approaches to establish 'truer' environmental and ecological baselines.

Past President

Jeremy Lyle
Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Studies
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 49
Hobart TAS 7001
Phone: 03 6227 7255
Fax: 03 6227 8035
Email: jeremy.lyle@utas.edu.au
Jeremy Lyle heads the Fisheries Ecology and Biology Section at the Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania. He received his BSc (Hons) from James Cook University and PhD from the University of Liverpool (UK). His doctoral research on the feeding biology of a common species of cat shark was undertaken at the Port Erin Marine Biological Station on the Isle of Man. He then worked for Northern Territory fisheries on a developing fishery for sharks and tunas for around 5 years before joining the Tasmanian Department of Sea Fisheries in the late 1980s to work on the expanding orange roughy fishery. Since then he has worked on wide range of fisheries issues, focussed on stock assessment and management, biology and dynamics of exploited fish populations. He has also designed and implemented several recreational fishing surveys evaluating fishing practices, catch and effort, and socio-economics. Currently he is supervising a number of PhD students at the University of Tasmania studying a variety of fisheries related issues.

Newsletter Editor

Michelle Treloar
Hobart, Tasmania
Phone: 0418 557 525
Email: admin@asfb.org.au


Michelle Treloar’s passion in marine sciences began in 1994 when she undertook the Diploma of Marine Studies at the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic in New Zealand. This soon led to a career as a Scuba Diver Instructor and manager of a dive shop. After finding out she wanted to take her studies further she moved to Australia and ventured on with a BSc (Hons) and finally graduated from Deakin University in 2009 with her PhD on the ‘Aspects of the Life History of Skates from Southeast Australia’. Michelle’s research focuses are on chondrichthyans, conservation and fisheries management. Apart from currently being a Mum she enjoys reviewing and writing manuscripts and following up on current marine issues.