https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog daily 0.75 2026-02-20 https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/asfbs-students-in-the-spotlight-for-international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science monthly 0.5 2026-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/3a43f6ce-45c9-465c-a936-72a59c49c0a0/COVER+IMAGE_IDWGS26_ASFB.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB’s students in the spotlight for International Day of Women and Girls in Science - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/c39a8cbd-c2ca-477e-b5ed-7969363a1451/original-998C248C-C1E1-4896-9940-73ADF2509C37.jpeg ASFB Blog - ASFB’s students in the spotlight for International Day of Women and Girls in Science - Rachel Breslin University of Tasmania Tell us about your research, and what it means to you. I'm investigating how fishing pressure and ocean warming affect Southern Sand Flathead populations in Tasmania through genetics, physiology, and epigenetics. My research examines whether size differences across Tasmania result from fishing-induced evolution, where selective harvesting alters genetic makeup, or environmental stressors like marine heatwaves and warming oceans. Spoiler: it's likely both (gasp) and understanding how these pressures interact is crucial for conservation. Sand flathead are beloved by Tasmanian recreational fishers but are now classified as "Depleted." By uncovering these mechanisms, this research could directly inform sustainable fisheries management and help rebuild stocks that communities depend on for future generations. What inspired you to pursue a career in science? Growing up along Ireland's coast, the sea was always part of my world. I'm also nosey and love understanding the "whys" behind everything. I've long been fascinated by how organisms adapt, or fail to adapt, to environmental change and human pressures. Moving to Tasmania immersed me in a unique marine environment facing real conservation challenges. Witnessing firsthand how climate change and fishing combine to threaten species sparked my drive to understand the mechanisms behind it. Science gives me the tools to tackle these complex questions and contribute real solutions. Marine science lets me turn all that curiosity into a career. With your PhD underway, what advice would you give your younger self and anyone else considering making the leap? Choose a research question you're genuinely passionate about. You'll spend years with it, so it needs to sustain your curiosity through inevitable challenges. Don't underestimate the importance of a supportive supervisor and research community, they're essential for weathering those moments. Stay open to unexpected opportunities, whether unfamiliar techniques or interdisciplinary detours. Some of the most rewarding experiences will come from the unplanned. Your PhD won't unfold as expected, so stay adaptable. Remember that science is iterative: setbacks aren't failures but opportunities to refine your approach and grow. Stay kind, stay open, be patient with yourself, and celebrate small victories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/6a4f20d5-9529-452d-b3ef-36897e7e5943/madison-sq.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB’s students in the spotlight for International Day of Women and Girls in Science - Madison Baker Adelaide University Tell us about your research, and what it means to you. My research involves using the vertebrae of sharks to reconstruct their reproductive histories. Like a black box, their vertebrae record not only age, growth and ecology, but reproductive biology too. I am attempting to harness the hormones preserved within these rings of time, often from specimens that would otherwise go unused, sourced from fish markets and museum archives, to address key questions related to shark reproductive life histories. Questions that were previously impossible to answer using living or single-time-point samples like blood or muscle tissue. Revealing the hidden chapters in sharks’ lives will support stronger management and conservation frameworks. What inspired you to pursue a career in science? A deep passion and unending fascination for the natural world, particularly the marine environment, inspired my career in science. Childhood experiences such as snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef, beachcombing, exploring tidal pools, and whale watching all sparked that curiosity. Influential figures like Steve Irwin, Valerie Taylor, Sir David Attenborough, and Steve Backshall brought the underwater world into my home, sharing not only the weird and wonderful but also their passion, excitement, and concern for its future. These experiences instilled a desire to leave the world a little better than the way I found it by tackling environmental challenges. With your PhD underway, what advice would you give your younger self and anyone else considering making the leap? Make sure you choose something you’re passionate about. A PhD is long-term and can be quite challenging at times. That passion grounds you and motivates you when times get hard. Try not to lose sight of that. Accept that setbacks and failures are a part of the process of discovery. They will happen and you’ll have to be resilient and transform a negative experience into positive learning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/2af0ee1b-0d27-4936-ad8e-ecad109a2c39/zoe-sq.JPG ASFB Blog - ASFB’s students in the spotlight for International Day of Women and Girls in Science - Zoe Storm James Cook University Tell us about your research, and what it means to you. My PhD, Navigating Change: Understanding Coral Trout Vulnerability to Fishing Through Behaviour, Physiology, and Environment, examines how fish behaviour and physiology shape vulnerability to capture, and how these processes may shift under climate change. By linking individual-level traits to population-level outcomes, I aim to better understand how fishing and environmental change interact. I am passionate about fish and strongly believe in cross-disciplinary research, as ecological challenges are never purely biological. Collaborating internationally across fish ecology, physiology, and behaviour, I feel incredibly privileged to contribute to research at a time when understanding and protecting our oceans has never been more urgent. What inspired you to pursue a career in science? I have wanted to be a marine biologist since I was about ten, when summer holidays were the highlight of my year as I spent long days discovering critters in rock pools or exploring underwater with my mask on. The ocean fascinated me because, although it surrounds much of our planet, most of it remains hidden, a world full of mystery and discovery. That sense of wonder hooked me early and never let go. Biology allows me to explore these mysteries, understand organisms and their connections, ask questions, and stay curious for a living. With your PhD underway, what advice would you give your younger self and anyone else considering making the leap? I chose to pursue a PhD because I wanted to grow as a researcher and contribute to knowledge in a meaningful way. To my younger self, I would say: follow your dreams, but remember it is okay if they evolve. Life rarely moves in a straight line, and there is beauty in the winding paths it takes. Pause to appreciate where you are and trust the path you are on. Curiosity, perseverance, and above all, kindness, to yourself and others, will carry you forward. Keep asking questions, stay curious, and never stop standing up for what you believe in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/7895fdf1-653e-40dd-8d49-c3bfed1fa9c8/arieli-sq.jpeg ASFB Blog - ASFB’s students in the spotlight for International Day of Women and Girls in Science - Arieli Tristão Rézio University of South Australia Tell us about your research, and what it means to you. My research explores the use of chemical markers to track origins and movements of seafood. Part of my PhD looks at neodymium (Nd) isotopic ratios as a newer approach, but I also use other elemental markers to study connectivity among crab populations, for example. My goal is to contribute to improving fisheries management and conservation, as well as combat provenance fraud and seafood mislabelling. Developing this project has given me the chance to move between fundamental science and real-world impact, collaborate with amazing researchers, and work on what I truly care about, using science to support fisheries management and conservation. What inspired you to pursue a career in science? When I was in high school, I needed to prepare a presentation about molluscs. As I was researching it, the more I read, the more I became fascinated about them, but especially for cephalopods. Growing up in the middle of Brazil, far from the ocean, this was my first real exposure to learning about marine biology. Studying about these animals has ignited this fire, this sense of curiosity and wonder I had never felt before, and the deeper I delve into cephalopods, the more amazed I became by them. That’s when I realized I needed to pursue a career in marine science! With your PhD underway, what advice would you give your younger self and anyone else considering making the leap? I’d say be brave enough to take the leap and embrace the opportunity to follow your dreams, even if it means moving to a different country or city. Doing a PhD can feel overwhelming at times, so it’s important to stay curious, trust the process, remember why you started, and keep moving forward, even when challenges arise. Having a strong support network of friends, peers, and supportive supervisors has made the journey feel much lighter than it actually is. https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/micah-borok-amp-team-takam-png-perspectives-at-asfb-in-darwin monthly 0.5 2025-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/86e50ec3-66f9-409c-8e13-d31385843115/ASFB+20250821_171312+%282%29.jpg ASFB Blog - Micah Borok & Team Takam: PNG perspectives at ASFB in Darwin - Make it stand out “I made many new friends and contacts which is extra special to me.” - Micah Borok (centre, in the Team Takam T-shirt!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/b818586a-db8b-4cf3-bc42-118c023a26af/ASFB+20250821_171312+%281%29.jpg ASFB Blog - Micah Borok & Team Takam: PNG perspectives at ASFB in Darwin - Make it stand out Micah Borok and Michael Hammer outside Darwin Convention Centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/e64253ac-b17d-472b-bd95-26bf67097e35/ASFB+20250821_171312+%285%29.jpg ASFB Blog - Micah Borok & Team Takam: PNG perspectives at ASFB in Darwin - Make it stand out “A bit scary but a good challenge” - Micah presents at ASFB 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/7b647a1a-ec4c-4dc9-9ed1-23bc49b69e45/ASFB+20250821_171312+%283%29.jpg ASFB Blog - Micah Borok & Team Takam: PNG perspectives at ASFB in Darwin - Make it stand out Micah with ASFB President John Morrongiello. https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/on-the-line-with-yoel-jeremy monthly 0.5 2025-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/dcd59b8a-3698-495e-ae45-6220ac859f67/20231108_141836.jpg ASFB Blog - On the line with… Yoel Jeremy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/92774a84-f3f9-41e2-a8b5-6ee1270d156c/0_PXL_20240528_033002549.jpg ASFB Blog - On the line with… Yoel Jeremy - Make it stand out Yoel attends a fishway trial at Manly Creek with supervisor Iain Suthers (L) and the engineer who designed the fishway valve control, Clive Holden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/77fa3402-f56f-46d8-b320-d22df24b5c9c/IMG_0853.JPG ASFB Blog - On the line with… Yoel Jeremy - Make it stand out Yoel accepts the Barry Jonassen Award at the ASFB 2024 conference in Newcastle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1b13a76a-de94-44d2-aca2-b0bef7e41a38/IMG_1504.jpg ASFB Blog - On the line with… Yoel Jeremy - Make it stand out Yoel presents his research at the ASFB 2024 conference in Newcastle. https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/celebrating-international-womens-day monthly 0.5 2025-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/a3dc8ba4-8e4d-424e-929f-88b29a2022c0/COVER+IMAGE_IWD_ASFB+%281%29.jpg ASFB Blog - Celebrating International Women’s Day - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/365c9903-dd8b-441a-a665-fe179ed8d061/Nina+Wootton_IWD_ASFB.JPG ASFB Blog - Celebrating International Women’s Day - Dr Nina Wootton ASFB Representative for South Australia Marine Scientist at the University of Adelaide I’m interested in the connection between people and the marine environment, how marine ecosystems function and how we can better protect them. My work currently focuses on the impacts of plastic pollution and resource use in fisheries and coastal environments. Right now, I’m working on several interdisciplinary projects, including developing standardised methods for microplastic sampling, assessing plastic use and loss in aquaculture and fisheries and community outreach in remote Indigenous communities. A big part of my work is making sure research leads to real-world change, so I collaborate closely with industry, government, and Indigenous groups. I grew up on a farm in western Victoria, so have always loved being outside and connecting with nature. I’ve always been drawn to the ocean, but my interest in fish and marine ecosystems really took off during my undergrad degree when I went on a marine biology study tour to see fish markets and aquaculture systems in China. I love that marine science is so varied – one day you’re in the field, the next you’re working with policy-makers or running experiments. For women interested in this field, my advice is to back yourself and get involved. There are so many ways to be a marine scientist, and not all of them involve diving or lab work. Find good mentors, ask questions, and put your hand up for opportunities. Societies like ASFB play a crucial role in creating an environment where women can thrive – by creating professional networks, providing mentorship, and advocating for equity in research opportunities and leadership positions. Representation matters. Having more women in fish biology and marine science brings different perspectives and ways of thinking, which ultimately strengthens the field. The more we support and celebrate women in science, the more we can inspire the next generation of researchers to follow their passion for understanding and protecting our aquatic ecosystems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/995212e7-a0cc-47a5-b8a8-8304f1d85c78/1000015171.jpg ASFB Blog - Celebrating International Women’s Day - Dr Krystle Keller ASFB Representative for Australian Capital Territory Fisheries Scientist at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), Australian Government My role involves conducting and communicating outputs of scientific research to DAFF and relevant stakeholders, such as the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA). This helps inform critical policy and management decisions that underpin the sustainability of Australia’s important fisheries resources. My primary focus is on how to effectively manage these resources and mitigate impacts on the marine environment to preserve fishery resources for future generations. From a young age, I knew I wanted to be a marine scientist, inspired by my first family visit to the SeaLife Sydney Aquarium. My fascination with fish grew from that moment, driving my desire to learn about and protect them. My advice to young women is to follow your dreams, be open-minded and explore all available opportunities. As a student, I volunteered in the Ichthyology section of the Australian Museum and at the former Oceanworld Manly in Sydney. Since graduating from university, I've worked in various biological fields, from environmental monitoring in the Snowy River, New South Wales, to tracking freshwater fish in the Daly River, Northern Territory. Fish biology is a diverse field offering numerous opportunities to enhance skills and gain experience, but it requires hard work and commitment. As a woman in science, I believe celebrating every achievement and milestone is crucial to inspiring women of all ages to consider fish biology as a career. ASFB is a diverse and inclusive community that supports passionate scientists at every career stage by fostering professional networks and sharing experiences and challenges. This support has been invaluable to me since I joined the society as a PhD student. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/5fe920a4-35c5-4ac6-aa85-cda4d5214653/Jasmin+Martino_IWD_ASFB.jpg ASFB Blog - Celebrating International Women’s Day - Dr Jasmin Martino ASFB Representative for New South Wales Research Fellow at UNSW Sydney I am dedicated to uncovering the biological underpinnings of our aquatic ecosystems and using this knowledge to tackle real-world sustainability challenges. My research journey has spanned a wide breadth of topics, using innovative chemical and engineering tools to support finfish and octopus fisheries, ensure food traceability, and restore riverine fish passage. Currently, at UNSW, I am focused on mitigating barriers to riverine fish migration. My research involves both lab experiments with native Australian fish to enhance attraction and safe passage through pipe and open-channel systems, alongside field trials of novel pipe fishways. It's an interesting mix of discovery and application, paving the way for concrete solutions. My interest in fish biology stemmed from my love of being in healthy and flourishing natural environments, particularly the ocean. Fish are ubiquitous and key components of these environments, whilst being a critical food source and supporting livelihoods. So there are countless fascinating, hands-on research questions waiting to be tackled. From aquarium studies to boat and diving adventures, and using coding and modelling skills to untangle mysteries from big data, there's a huge diversity of experiences to delve into. For women keen to pursue fish biology, I would advise staying curious and dedicated. Find opportunities to increase your skillset or your understanding, such as volunteering and engaging in hands-on experiences, attending public seminars, and talking to people about their unique career journeys. "You can’t be what you can’t see." By celebrating women and other diverse groups, ASFB sends a powerful message to young people that there is a place for them here. Breaking into traditionally male-dominated fields like fisheries and fish biology can seem intimidating, but supportive initiatives help to break down those barriers. Diversity fosters innovation and enhances our science by incorporating broader perspectives and balancing biases, ultimately strengthening the field of fish biology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/87026089-aa6d-49c7-9a31-74a4ef8f605c/Tanika+Shalders_IWD_ASFB.JPG ASFB Blog - Celebrating International Women’s Day - Dr Tanika Shalders ASFB Representative for Western Australia Research Scientist at the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA), Western Australia Government My scientific questions centre on the impacts of climate change on marine species and ecosystems. I'm most interested in learning how the marine environment is responding to heatwaves and ocean warming. While I don't personally have the power to stop climate change in its tracks, I can help to find areas of resilience within our marine ecosystems that may benefit future generations. My interest in fish biology has slowly developed since I was a child. I've always been fascinated with biology, loved animals and practically lived in the ocean. But once I started studying and SCUBA diving there was no going back, I was hooked. In my opinion, in science - like in nature - a diverse community is better! Believe in yourself, if you want something, go out and get it. There's never one way to do something, if one door closes barge right through the next until you get to your destination. There is a saying "you can't be what you can't see". For this reason the representation of women and nonbinary people in traditionally male dominated fields is extremely important. By supporting and celebrating these scientists you can create role models who may inspire young women and nonbinary people to get involved in science. https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/un-international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science monthly 0.5 2024-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/0c6eb8d1-c570-45c6-bf72-614510ef39fc/Untitled+design+%2816%29.jpg ASFB Blog - Celebrating the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/831caf44-8e3a-4854-b749-bbdacc78c6fc/KC_OP2.jpg ASFB Blog - Celebrating the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/dbd61c95-0915-453f-8419-7a8b25b7c9e2/profile+picture+colour.jpg ASFB Blog - Celebrating the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/57b1da96-63fe-4864-99d4-398c1b3a841a/Tiff_Investigator2022.jpeg ASFB Blog - Celebrating the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science - Make it stand out Ana Hara, Western Australia Museum https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/on-the-line-with-emily-lester monthly 0.5 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/6c04d3bd-d701-44b7-a77d-e37240acd59f/Untitled+design+%287%29.jpg ASFB Blog - On the line with… Emily Lester - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/87785683-5fdf-41fb-be6a-6015c1ef518b/Em_Headshot.jpg ASFB Blog - On the line with… Emily Lester - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/7e90d0ba-6296-46f9-af5d-b2dc50064393/IPFC_Plenary+.jpeg ASFB Blog - On the line with… Emily Lester - Make it stand out Emily delivering a plenary presentation at the IPFC-ASFB 2023 Conference in Auckland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/8204f452-0a1a-4240-9327-e04bae5f2752/Untitled+design+%2810%29.jpg ASFB Blog - On the line with… Emily Lester - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/celebrating-the-career-of-tony-smith monthly 0.5 2022-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/e3263a4e-1f55-4ba0-99f1-2a886ce1824f/Ireland+093.jpg ASFB Blog - Celebrating the career of Tony Smith - Make it stand out Tony Smith coined the phrase “management strategy evaluation” in a 1994 paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/041fcc7d-2b92-4025-9845-1a46b1eb3227/TS+swellshark+08.JPG ASFB Blog - Celebrating the career of Tony Smith - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/be8440b4-78fa-4c6b-9db7-14ae50268980/TS+Galapagos+06.jpg ASFB Blog - Celebrating the career of Tony Smith - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/on-the-line-with-charlotte-birkmanis monthly 0.5 2024-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/47f7f68b-8c1d-49a3-9978-7ca9968d0868/DOVS+CB.jpg ASFB Blog - On the line with… Charlotte Birkmanis - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/d63d3d98-9639-4112-9443-2124734c640c/Tagging_lemon_sharks_Credit_Adrian-Gutteridge.jpg ASFB Blog - On the line with… Charlotte Birkmanis - Make it stand out Charlotte tagging a lemon shark. © Adrian Gutteridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/bc2a1867-1e25-40e5-b13c-842460ec68b1/Lulu+Cover+mock+up.jpg ASFB Blog - On the line with… Charlotte Birkmanis - Make it stand out Charlotte recently published a children’s book about ocean life. https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/on-the-line-with-rod-connolly monthly 0.5 2022-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/6c4c90c8-3fc3-4ce5-a709-9ff6187b638d/Moreton+Bay+mangroves+%28Global+Wetlands+Project%29.jpg ASFB Blog - 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Remembering Richard Tilzey - Make it stand out Richard Tilzey at the 2017 ASFB conference in Albany, WA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/cc17fcee-9c82-4da2-837e-2cebf69af4af/DSC_0227.JPG ASFB Blog - Remembering Richard Tilzey - Make it stand out "I think it’s probably apt that I’ve got a cigarette in my hand, because everybody knows me for that.” Richard Tilzey at the Albany conference in 2017. Photo: Andrew Katsis/ASFB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/3e33e2de-3800-47c6-9e1f-6bcf66133e25/DSC_0292.JPG ASFB Blog - Remembering Richard Tilzey - Make it stand out Richard Tilzey makes faces for the camera at the 2017 ASFB conference in Albany, with Dianne Bray and Martin Gomon. Photo: Andrew Katsis/ASFB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/41fa0f8f-fc6f-4eec-9111-c671b0c41625/Tilzey+newsletter.jpg ASFB Blog - Remembering Richard Tilzey - Make it stand out “R.D. Tilzey”, listed as a member in the first ASFB newsletter (dated 23 August 1971). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/2e8a9a64-d53e-46ad-861a-5a339742726c/DSC_0050.JPG ASFB Blog - Remembering Richard Tilzey - Make it stand out Richard Tilzey receives lifetime membership to the Australian Society for Fish Biology at our 2016 conference in Hobart. Photo: Andrew Katsis/ASFB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/757d0147-2951-41df-9618-ba8750b31242/TilzeyAlbanyConference.jpg ASFB Blog - Remembering Richard Tilzey - Make it stand out Richard Tilzey pulls a boatload of ASFB members at the 2017 Albany conference. Photo: Andrew Katsis, ASFB https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/celebrating-50-years-of-the-australian-society-for-fish-biology monthly 0.5 2021-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/d096a8d0-6931-4e1b-9962-5985e975efe8/Screenshot+of+50th+event+attendees.png ASFB Blog - Celebrating 50 years of the Australian Society for Fish Biology - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/a730f057-e6cd-42ae-b05b-00822cadd30f/Doug+Hoese+and+Helen+Larson.png ASFB Blog - Celebrating 50 years of the Australian Society for Fish Biology - Make it stand out Doug Hoese (left) and Helen Larson (right) shared their memories of the society’s earliest days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/2a8e4786-5d86-4388-afd7-2a3bccef4179/John+Koehn+and+Mark+Lintermans.png ASFB Blog - Celebrating 50 years of the Australian Society for Fish Biology - Make it stand out John Koehn (left) and Mark Lintermans (right) discussed the establishment of ASFB’s committees and student prizes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/47972e74-b57f-4069-bcc4-3994b83e98c5/Bronwyn+Gillanders+and+Mike+Steer.png ASFB Blog - Celebrating 50 years of the Australian Society for Fish Biology - Make it stand out Bronwyn Gillanders (left) spoke about the society’s rise on the international stage. Master of ceremonies Mike Steer (right) did an exceptional job keeping the evening on schedule. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/3a52fe0d-a223-489e-9644-0b10e8ab9bd6/Krystle+Keller+and+Leanne+Currey-Randall.png ASFB Blog - Celebrating 50 years of the Australian Society for Fish Biology - Make it stand out Leanne Currey-Randall (left) and Krystle Keller (right) described the importance of ASFB for early-career researchers. https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/asfb-50th-wearing-waders-and-sinking-like-a-stone monthly 0.5 2021-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1629623222539-GOJ4ZHM3W3Y3W20NN7R4/IMG_1632.JPG ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “Wearing waders and sinking like a stone…” - Make it stand out ASFB memorabilia for sale at the 2017 ASFB conference in Albany, Western Australia. © Andrew Katsis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1629622462972-F4DIOR0N8ABL1WR7PJ9L/ASFB+Presidents.JPG ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “Wearing waders and sinking like a stone…” - Make it stand out At our 2018 conference in Melbourne, we managed to assemble seven former Presidents, photographed with the Melbourne Cricket Ground as a backdrop. From left to right: Harry Balcombe (President 2017-19), Chris Fulton (2015-17), Gary Jackson (2013-15), Bronwyn Gillanders (2012-13), Mark Lintermans (2005-07), John Koehn (2001-03) and Andrew Sanger (1999-2001). © Andrew Katsis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1629622543296-M9XT7LEF7R7C4SGYTQAV/asfb+memoribilia.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “Wearing waders and sinking like a stone…” - Make it stand out Our President, Alison King, unearthed this treasure-trove of ASFB memorabilia, stretching all the way back to our 1991 conference in Hobart, Tasmania. Submitted by Alison King. https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/asfb-50th-three-trophic-level-observations-in-one-moment monthly 0.5 2021-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627808835514-JAAYSNK746NPHWXWDXBS/DSC_0061.JPG ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “Three trophic level observations in one moment.” - Make it stand out Delegates enjoy the final dinner at the 2016 ASFB-OCS joint conference, held at the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart, Tasmania. © Andrew Katsis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627806391513-N6B2028U0XFHG1OTMOF5/Madi+ASFB+2.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “Three trophic level observations in one moment.” - Make it stand out “As the student representative for the ASFB-OCS conference in 2016, I had a lot of fun organising events like the student night. It was a fantastic evening meeting new colleagues and spending time with old friends.” Submitted by Madi Green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627806483350-ZFFM9I0RZ8IJZ3XUIT61/Madi+ASFB+3.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “Three trophic level observations in one moment.” - Make it stand out Delegates mingle during the student night at the 2016 ASFB-OCS joint conference in Hobart, Tasmania. Submitted by Madi Green. https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/asfb-50th-the-informal-camaraderie-and-long-lasting-connections monthly 0.5 2021-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1628428684575-5BDZWI4SYA3NBVMNDGKZ/Fieldwork.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “The informal camaraderie and long-lasting connections.” - Make it stand out ASFB member Genevieve Phillips conducted fieldwork on the Great Barrier Reef in 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1628428355361-32DZJDD00F5DYFMPJ7HY/ASFB+Canberra.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “The informal camaraderie and long-lasting connections.” - Make it stand out “Presenting at the ASFB Conference in Canberra in 2019 on digital transformation in Australia’s fisheries as part of the speed talk panel.” Submitted by Genevieve Phillips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1628428312265-3WCFM79LBVFJEV4AZR6K/ASFB+Canberra+2.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “The informal camaraderie and long-lasting connections.” - Make it stand out “The Fisheries Queensland contingent at the 2019 conference in Canberra, enjoying the social aspects of the conference.” Submitted by Genevieve Phillips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1628428386588-T400TG879YOBT63VU87L/Fieldwork.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “The informal camaraderie and long-lasting connections.” - Make it stand out “Conducting fieldwork on the Great Barrier Reef in 2015 as part of my PhD on coral reef fish visual ecology. I am releasing a slingjaw wrasse back onto the reef after training it in behavioural experiments that tested their visual capabilities by hiding patterned prey fish against a variety of backgrounds – “Where’s Wally” for fish!” Submitted by Genevieve Phillips https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/asfb-50th-there-were-a-few-conferences-with-babies-in-tow monthly 0.5 2021-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627217137794-3BVA91OVQ5WQ7ATICY49/DSC_2205.JPG ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “There were a few conferences with babies in tow.” - Make it stand out The ‘Women in Ichythology’ poster exhibition at the 2016 ASFB conference in Hobart, Tasmania. © Andrew Katsis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627215309419-VSU148HMB1UJMPEL34FB/Gretta_Pecl_at_the_2016_Australian_Society_for_Fish_Biology_conference_in_Hobart%2C_Tasmania.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “There were a few conferences with babies in tow.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627215291657-98XW4J8WSTMCTSMFS5WK/Gretta+driving+poolta.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “There were a few conferences with babies in tow.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627215286433-SF5K4JM7V3AUWY5AQJQH/Gretta+Conference+and+babies.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “There were a few conferences with babies in tow.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627215984563-16F0O40SDZS24AKFBIOR/dr+harry+squid_cropped.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “There were a few conferences with babies in tow.” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/asfb-50th-i-was-warmly-welcomed-enjoyed-the-camaraderie-and-had-lots-of-laughs monthly 0.5 2021-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626017441582-ZS2WD2UJGJFM092V3YGK/2016HobartConferenceJPG ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “I was warmly welcomed, enjoyed the camaraderie, and had lots of laughs.” - Make it stand out Delegates mingle between talk sessions at the 2016 ASFB-OCS conference in Hobart, Tasmania. © Andrew Katsis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626016627533-YMOKL13KB0C9LL4WSFIA/Geoff+Collins+photo.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “I was warmly welcomed, enjoyed the camaraderie, and had lots of laughs.” - Make it stand out Geoff Collins samples fish during fieldwork in the lower Burdekin. Submitted by Geoff Collins. https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/asfb-50th-i-loved-how-friendly-and-encouraging-everyone-was monthly 0.5 2021-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1625393388150-5PBCOZY5VC8WMM0VQJUY/ASFB+Hobart+201+ferry.JPG ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “I loved how friendly and encouraging everyone was.” - Make it stand out A ferry takes ASFB delegates to their 2016 conference dinner at the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart, Tasmania. © Andrew Katsis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1625391338567-AX5WANIVLENRTX7Z95Q2/HobdayTuna1.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “I loved how friendly and encouraging everyone was.” “Tagging southern bluefin tuna in southern Australia with acoustic tags, to determine residence time and migration pathways, between 2001 and 2010 was a long-term effort. That was a career stage I still wish for!” Submitted by Alistair Hobday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1625391338567-DWG0MCM7SAK3FAXBX659/Hobday.JPG ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “I loved how friendly and encouraging everyone was.” “Seeing Australia take marine climate change more seriously has been satisfying — and making the news stream at an airport shows this work has impact for Australia.” Submitted by Alistair Hobday. https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/asfb-50th-not-too-small-and-not-too-large monthly 0.5 2021-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1624806971271-MJPTRREIUAPW27G6QOST/Melbourne+Cricket+Ground.JPG ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “Not too small, and not too large.” - Make it stand out The Melbourne Cricket Ground, a magnificent backdrop for the 2018 ASFB conference dinner in Melbourne, Victoria. Submitted by Andrew Katsis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1624806477091-AUM1ST5MYISRQ540NTY7/Tiffany+Sih_photo+1.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “Not too small, and not too large.” Peter Cowman, Tiffany Sih and Rohan Brooker (left to right) at the 2018 ASFB conference in Melbourne, Victoria. Submitted by Tiffany Sih. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1624806477773-WC75HFCFP5H1EX7GEH0S/Tiffany+Sih_photo+2.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “Not too small, and not too large.” Culum Brown’s fishy conference shirt at the 2018 ASFB conference in Melbourne, Victoria. Submitted by Tiffany Sih. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1624806480352-O6QO3WL4Q9AVCJ3A26KL/Tiffany+Sih_photo+3.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “Not too small, and not too large.” Rohan Brooker, Tiffany Sih, Jenni Donelson, Cassie Thompson, Leanne Currey-Randall and Paloma Matis (left to right) on the way to the 2018 conference dinner at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Submitted by Tiffany Sih. https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/asfb-50th-the-fire-pit-in-albury-was-pretty-amazing monthly 0.5 2021-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1624181710171-SB27SBSHIZ9B3CD1QB9I/Tarkine+from+helicopter_coast_30-01-2015_1.JPG ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “The fire pit in Albury was pretty amazing” - Make it stand out View of the beautiful Tarkine coastline, north-west Tasmania, during helicopter-based fish surveys in rivers in the region in January 2015. Submitted by Scott Hardie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1624178314468-6P8RG8FZWXSA144J5ZU3/Long-finned+eel_Ringarooma+River.JPG ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “The fire pit in Albury was pretty amazing” A large long-finned eel (Anguilla reinhardtii) from the lower Ringarooma River, north-east Tasmania upstream of the system’s Ramsar-listed floodplain wetland. Submitted by Scott Hardie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1624178267491-QRRO43KL351LRI85OBOO/Scott+Hardie_fyke+net+hauling_Kemps+Marsh_Lake+Sorell.JPG ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “The fire pit in Albury was pretty amazing” Scott Hardie hauling fyke nets in Kemps Marsh, Lake Sorell (central Tasmania) at the end of the Millennium Drought, when high water levels enabled golden galaxias (Galaxias auratus) to breed in the fringing wetlands of this lake for the first time in more than a decade. Submitted by Scott Hardie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1624178323716-O68LTJWXUKJ22KR90QRG/Tarkine+from+helicopter_coast_30-01-2015_1.JPG ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “The fire pit in Albury was pretty amazing” View of the beautiful Tarkine coastline, north-west Tasmania, during helicopter-based fish surveys in rivers in the region in January 2015. Submitted by Scott Hardie. https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/asfb-50th-i-felt-like-part-of-the-asfb-family monthly 0.5 2021-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1623586630483-B7OKFS3Y6ZOMDGJILDUW/ASFB+banner+2018.JPG ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “I felt like part of the ASFB family” - Make it stand out ASFB banner at the 2018 conference in Melbourne, Victoria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1623584939857-9X9F3QIEBKVZ65HJBHM5/Sean+Tracey_photo.jpg ASFB Blog - ASFB 50th: “I felt like part of the ASFB family” - Make it stand out “I was proud to host the first ASFB conference where gender equity was front and centre as a discussion topic (Hobart, Tasmania, 2016).” Submitted by Sean Tracey. https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/help-us-celebrate-our-50th-anniversary monthly 0.5 2021-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1621776716455-AY8F8BDVP4IFW6TSOR1T/ASFB+logo+2017.JPG ASFB Blog - Help us celebrate our 50th anniversary - Make it stand out ASFB logo on display at the 2017 conference in Albany, Western Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1623073863189-E5FQFT1TN4PMF1XLGWEM/Jonah+Yick_Hobart+2016.jpg ASFB Blog - Help us celebrate our 50th anniversary - Make it stand out “The 2016 conference in Hobart, Tasmania, was a very memorable conference for me, as I was able to present work on the Tasmanian Carp Management Program (CMP), alongside four other staff members from my team, who also covered varying aspects of the CMP. To be able to do this in my hometown was even more special.” Submitted by Jonah Yick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1623073648572-RE6CZ2AWS2W28RJPZOKT/James+Shelley+and+Tim+Winton.jpg ASFB Blog - Help us celebrate our 50th anniversary - Make it stand out “The ASFB supported my PhD research that led to the discovery of a new species of freshwater fish that we named after author and conservationist Tim Winton. A highlight of my career (and life) was presenting a Roger Swainston illustration of the newly-described Hannia wintoni to the man himself.” Submitted by James Shelley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1621775137223-ZORINUSO4DPVTUI9W1QG/Richard+Tilzey.JPG ASFB Blog - Help us celebrate our 50th anniversary - Make it stand out Long-time ASFB member Richard Tilzey hauls a boatload of conference attendees at the 2017 conference in Albany, Western Australia. © Andrew Katsis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1621775787448-0ND8239CZPKZI4UQMC26/BrendanEbnerASFB2019.jpg ASFB Blog - Help us celebrate our 50th anniversary - Make it stand out American Fisheries Society President Scott Bonar checks out a few North Queensland streams for fish with Ebb as a tour guide, just prior to the 2019 ASFB Conference in Canberra. © Brendan Ebner https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-blog/meet-the-gobies monthly 0.5 2021-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1619003409785-N0Y1DNJ8U4O93VQSQ3GZ/Pseudogobius+melanosticta.jpg ASFB Blog - Meet the gobies The black-spotted snubnose goby (Pseudogobius melanosticta), a new Australian record, from the Wet Tropics. © Michael Hammer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1619786369597-E66KZL0FPAUQNBVQUEX9/Pseudogobius+rhizophora_MH.jpg ASFB Blog - Meet the gobies Racing-stripe snubnose goby (Pseudogobius rhizophora), a new species from northern Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1619786312062-IACVX4KK9ZGHFEH86TJT/Pseudogobius+melanosticta_MH.jpg ASFB Blog - Meet the gobies Black-spotted snubnose goby (Pseudogobius melanosticta), a new Australian record from the Wet Tropics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1619786344823-OBXBFCYQBMZ3RBF6BCTA/Pseudogobius+olourm_MH.jpg ASFB Blog - Meet the gobies Swan River goby (Pseudogobius olorum), a redescribed species from south-western Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1619786391424-X0GAFF6ZTE52RIABSHTU/Pseudogobius+jeffi_MH.jpg ASFB Blog - 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A veritable font of achievements in his field of Biological Oceanography followed as he entered into a post-doctoral fellowship at the Scripps Institution (1998-1999). After a tenure at CSIRO Marine Research in Hobart (1999-2003), Dr Hobday lectured at the School of Zoology at the University of Tasmania (2004-2008) with a continuing 50% appointment at CSIRO for the duration of his lecturing, rising to the position of Senior Research Scientist in Sustainable Pelagic Fisheries and Ecosystems. He continued a meteoric rise through positions at CSIRO, and was recently appointed Research Director of Marine Resources and Industries, at CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere. Dr Hobday has demonstrated exemplary leadership across the entirety of his career through not only his supervision of a total 27 Honours and PhD students across 14 years of education but his editorial positions for various journals including Fisheries Oceanography, Global Change Biology and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. He maintains memberships across multiple scientific societies including the Australian Society for Fish Biology, Ecological Society of Australia and Australian Marine Science Association. Furthermore Dr. Hobday has provided national service to the AFMA ERA Expert Panel, the FRDC National Priority 1 Committee as well as international service to the International IMBER Program and the International CLIOTOP program. Dr. Hobday’s areas of research span a broad range of topics including climate impacts and adaptation for marine species and industries, environmental variation and influence on marine populations, ecological risk assessment for fisheries and the spatial dynamics of highly migratory pelagic species. His publication history is extensive, boasting over 200 journal articles and 10855 citations with over 20 highly cited articles (>100 cites). He is able to produce manuscripts with such speed that he makes his co-authors dizzy at times. His research has had broad impact internationally and importantly, he works closely with industry and stakeholders, ensuring the best science is directly applied to make a real difference. He has championed the idea that a multidisciplinary team is needed to tackle complex problems such as maximising benefits from fisheries to fishers, society and consumers, and he has led several groups of multidisciplinary researchers working on solutions to big and global problems. Described by his colleagues as an exciting, dynamic and productive researcher, his nerves of steel have proven time and again to be his greatest scientific tool. To the point of once passionately debating whether to take on an elephant blocking the road on a visit to a South African nature reserve. But back in Tasmania he has worked hard to improve the safety of roads for animals and humans alike, based on long-term roadkill (also termed bitumen butchery) analyses. His innovative nature sets him apart from others in his field as his expansive contributions to the landscape of Australian Science continue to revolutionise the industry. Dr. Alistair Hobday is a most deserving recipient of the KRA award and has the full support of his colleagues. For his outstanding contributions to Ichthyology Dr Alistair Hobday was awarded the K. Radway Allen Award for 2018 by the ASFB. Prepared by Harry Balcombe (Griffith University), Gretta Pecl (University of Tasmania), Eva Plaganyi (CSIRO) https://www.asfb.org.au/michael-john-kingsford daily 0.75 2020-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592446217619-PC3443947E4OM1LLHACJ/Professor-Michael-John-Kingsford.jpg Michael John Kingsford - Professor Michael John Kingsford Born in New Zealand, Mike graduated with a PhD from the University of Auckland in 1986 after completing his research at Leigh Marine Laboratory. After a brief stint working with the NZ Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, Mike took up a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Sydney (1987-1988), where he became a tenured academic, before taking up the role of Head of the School of Marine Biology and Aquaculture at James Cook University in 2001, where he is currently a Distinguished Professor in Marine Biology. Prof. Kingsford’s extensive portfolio of 185+ publications (with 8,000+ citations) reveals a great depth and diversity of topics that he has explored in his research, including: population and community ecology of reef-associated and pelagic fishes; the importance of oceanographic features for larval fish dispersal; how otolith microstructure and elemental chemical tags in fishes can be used to elucidate patterns of connectivity and recruitment; the importance of sensory cues for larval fish settlement; and the consequences of climate change for marine ecosystems. Mike was well known for showing an incredible commitment and vigour in the field, and stints with him to various research stations on the Great Barrier Reef were always very productive, with never a dull moment. Besides numerous dives for the day, catching newly recruited fish and the general chores that go along with living at a research station for weeks or months, Mike always made time for a few antics, like repeatedly throwing his students into the water, and on one occasion temporarily relocating the outboard motor off a tinny while the occupants were diving underwater. They returned to the boat to find themselves with no motor, and set to paddling their way back across One Tree lagoon, to the delight of everyone waiting on the beach who watched a ‘gondola’ slowly make its way back. Mike was also well known for belting out a few songs while driving to and from dive sites and there was often much debate about the origin of these songs or whether Mike had just made them up. Prof. Kingsford has also shown an exceptional commitment to student-led science education. Mike has authored several textbooks, and has dedicated almost three decades to excellence in higher education through undergraduate courses in marine science, biological oceanography, invertebrate biology and marine ecology, as well as his development of degree-level programs among multiple institutions. Mike’s incredible love of science and fish in particular has no doubt encouraged many students into careers in marine biology. Mike has mentored over 80 students in the art and science of ichthyology, many of whom are now prominent members of the global community of fish and fisheries scientists and managers. Many a student will remember Mike not only coming into the field with them – he loved to shoot a fish or two whether with a camera or spear gun – but also the office meetings where he’d often say “Haven’t we talked about this before”. Moreover, Mike has contributed exceptional energy to institutional leadership via his roles in various government, museum and NGO advisory committees, as Director of One Tree Island Research Station and the Coral Reef Research Institute, and academic roles such as the Head of School, Dean, and Pro-Vice Chancellor. Mike has also contributed to fish-related science in Australia as lead organiser of the following major conferences: The International Larval Fish Conference, Sydney 1995; the Australian Society for Fish Biology, Sydney 1995; Australian Coral Reef Society 2003, Townsville; the Australian Society for Fish Biology, Townsville, 2011. For his outstanding contributions to ichthyology, Professor Michael Kingsford was awarded the 2017 K. Radway Allen Award by the ASFB. Prepared by Prof. Bronwyn Gillanders (U Adelaide), Assoc. Prof. Chris Fulton (ANU) and Dr. Heather Patterson (ABARES) https://www.asfb.org.au/bronwyn-gillanders daily 0.75 2020-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592446492330-YS21XG3QKXUJRURZP7AO/Professor-Michael-John-Kingsford.jpg Bronwyn Gillanders - Bronwyn Gillanders Professor Bronwyn Gillanders is a marine scientist with an outstanding and distinguished history of achievement and an international reputation for innovative and high quality science. She has made important contributions in a number of fields, which has included using otoliths to address a range of questions related to environmental history of organisms, population structure, connectivity of organisms between estuaries and open coastal regions. Recently, Bronwyn has been using ancient otoliths to overcome the shifting baseline syndrome in freshwater and estuarine environments; developing long-term otolith growth and chemical chronologies and linking these to environmental conditions and investigating the effect of hypoxia on fish species. She has also undertaken research on cephalopods, especially the giant Australian cuttlefish. Many know Bronwyn from her >150 publications, which have been cited over 7500 times, and include a text book on marine ecology in 2007 that was authored with her husband and fellow scientist Sean Connell. Others know Bronwyn from when she served as ASFB President from 2011-13, and was only the second female President of ASFB in its first 40 years. In this and many other ways, Bronwyn has provided a strong role model for young scientists, demonstrating that not only is it possible to have a science career and a family, but that it is possible to be an outstanding and highly influential scientist at the same time. Bronwyn was awarded her BSc in Zoology in 1984 from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. She then went on to get her MSc in marine science at the University of Otago. In 1991 she moved to Australia to undertake her PhD at the University of Sydney examining the links between estuarine and coastal populations of blue groper (Achoerodus viridis). She completed her PhD in 1995 and then worked as a Scientific Officer at NSW Fisheries studying the age, growth and reproduction of yellowtail kingfish. Bronwyn was then awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Post-doctoral Fellowship (1997-2000) at the University of Sydney, followed by a prestigious ARC QEII Fellowship from 2001-2005 at the University of Adelaide. She took up a position as Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide in 2006, and in 2009 she became the Director of the Marine Biology Program in the Environment Institute at the University of Adelaide, before being promoted to Professor in 2011. Over that time, Bronwyn has been actively working with government and industry via working groups and boards related to fisheries/marine science and natural resources, including the Primary Industries Research Providers Network (2014-present), National Committee for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Australian Academy of Sciences; 2013-present), South Australian Government working group on giant cuttlefish (2013-present), Marine Innovations South Australia Advisory Committee (2011-2015) and steering committee (2016-present), South Australia Fisheries Research Advisory Board (2006-10), Aquaculture Tenure Allocation Board (2005-11) and Scientific Working Group for Marine Protected Areas (2005-15). In mentoring the next generation of ichthyologists, Bronwyn has supervised over 20 PhD and over 30 Honours students, as well as 12 post-doctoral researchers. Indeed, her reputation attracts international students and researchers that specifically come to Australia to study or undertake research projects with her. Her students have gone on to successfully pursue academic positions, other research and management positions in state and Commonwealth government agencies, and consulting work. Bronwyn’s students are very appreciative of her open-door supervisory style as well as her guidance and words of wisdom with both professional and personal matters. She always has time to compare notes on gardening, a good traveling adventure or share a student’s excitement over a scientific breakthrough (no matter how small). She is great fun to go into the field with as she is very enthusiastic and hard working. A student of Bronwyn’s recalls collecting live cuttlefish with her: ‘She was netting cuttlefish so fast while snorkelling that I barely had time to carry the animals to holding bins on the beach before she captured another one! Then we lugged buckets full of water – each with a live cuttlefish – up a very steep, rocky embankment to our truck to take them back to the lab. Bronwyn was carrying a bucket in each hand up that cliff!’ For her outstanding contributions to ichthyology, Prof. Bronwyn Gillanders was awarded the 2016 K. Radway Allen Award by the ASFB. https://www.asfb.org.au/david-bellwood daily 0.75 2020-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592446639623-MECPYYWOO6KCPRBT8YQQ/David-Belwood.png David Bellwood - Prof. David Bellwood FAA Over the 18 years I have known Dave Bellwood, his enthusiasm for the study of fishes has been deep, infectious, and unwavering. Whether it be talking about some “little brown jobbie” that his team has found on the reef, or spectacular coral reef icons like Bolbometopon muricatum, Dave’s face and voice lights up with the joy of working with the finned beings that swim and feed on reefs around the world. Born in Yorkshire, Dave graduated from the University of Bath, UK in 1980. He trained in fisheries at MAFF (Lowestoft, UK), where he worked on North Sea inshore trawlers and discovered the joys of seasickness while hauling in beam trawls by hand, and in taxonomy at The Natural History Museum in London. In the NHM, he described new species of fish parasites under the guidance of Geoff Boxshall who he credits for teaching him key elements of practical science (e.g. how to respond graciously to negative reviews; a skill he is still working on). Dave’s greatest delight was to examine Charles Darwin’s personal collection of barnacles and to be given the key to the museum storerooms where he could have lunch breaks looking at the holotype of the sunfish Molamola and whale carcasses. Dave left Bath Uni with an Honours on the effects of cyanide as an anaesthetic for reef fishes, two papers on fish parasites, and a ticket for Australia. His PhD on parrotfishes at JCU in 1981-85, was followed by a year as a post-doctoral researcher at Silliman University in the Philippines (in 1986), where he arrived just in time for the ‘February Revolution’ and the overthrow of the Marcus Regime (a coincidence of timing not a causation). Dave’s early ambition was to work with Howard Choat (as Dave called him – the best marine biologist he had ever seen). Howard had just been awarded a professorship at JCU and was setting up a Marine Biology programme, so Dave returned to Australia as Howard’s first post-doc in 1988. At this time, Dave shared a small room with a PhD student called Kendall Clements. Dave assures me that if he had otoliths there would be a clear ‘Kendall band’ marking these exciting and formative years. This period was followed by a Faculty position at JCU and rapid promotion through the ranks from Lecturer in 1991 to a Personal Research Chair in Marine Biology in 2004, and Distinguished Professor in 2015; all the time working on fishes. Domestically, Dave has 12 fish tanks, two ponds and for a while supplied Townsville with home-bred bristle-nosed catfishes. His secret apparently is the special catfish pellets he uses (which look remarkably similar to the pellets he feeds to his chickens!). Over his career, Dave has made an outstanding contribution to our understanding of ichthyology that spans the systematics, evolution, biogeography, biology and ecology of reef fishes from both tropical and temperate seas. Perusing his research portfolio of 260+ publications (with 21,000+ citations) reveals a diversity of topics and surprising discoveries over the past four decades, including: the exceptional swimming abilities of larval reef fishes; parrotfishes as coral reef sculptors that are critical for ecosystem health; the world’s shortest lifespan for any vertebrate; hopping hotspots of fish diversity that traversed the world’s oceans since the Devonian; fossil fish assemblages that revealed the ancient origins of modern-day reef fishes; and batfishes coming to the rescue of coral reefs smothered in seaweed. He has dived all over the world examining the role of fishes in maintaining reef systems, from Mauritius to Malta and the Philippines to Panama, but no matter where he goes his dive buddies have no problems identifying him underwater with his inimitable white socks (fashion leader as well as ichthyologist, clearly). Dave’s achievements in research have been matched by his dedication to tertiary education. Dave has been a stalwart of the undergraduate marine biology teaching program at James Cook University, including a capstone course in reef fish evolution and ecology, where he delights students by showing them how to boil a fish head then reassemble all the bones. Based on my own experience and that of many others who have been part of Dave’s lab group, his student supervision has often been characterised by strong expectations to perform, backed by lively debate and a fierce loyalty for the many students who he has always treated as equals. The formula seems to work in fostering a new generation of ichthyologists, with many of his 70+ honours and postgraduate students from around the world having gone on to grow their own research groups, or take key roles in management, start-up consultancies or government. Dave’s influence on his students has been strong, from shaping how we think about the important stuff like work-life balance as a field marine biologist, to more subtle things like how many of his students now pronounce fish species names with a slight Yorkshire accent. For his outstanding contributions to ichthyology, Professor David Bellwood was awarded the 2015 K. Radway Allen Award by the ASFB. Prepared by Dr. Christopher J. Fulton, The Australian National University https://www.asfb.org.au/john-d-stevens daily 0.75 2020-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592446892950-YQKU9ZR8WJ34MRCUV3S9/John-D.-Stevens.jpg John D. Stevens - John D. Stevens by Colin Simpfendorfer John Stevens is a true pioneer of shark research in Australia. For more than 30 years he has worked tirelessly to understand the sharks that inhabit our waters. Along the way he has touched the careers of just about every shark researcher that has been active in the country. His humility and collaborative nature enabled him to share his knowledge and experience with many young researchers who have started working on Australia’s diverse and abundant shark fauna. John grew up on the Devon coast of SW England and attended London University for both his undergraduate and doctoral degrees. During his PhD research he worked out of the Marine Biological Association Laboratories in Plymouth where he had good access to blue sharks – the main focus of his research. John’s PhD work on using vertebrae to age blue sharks paved the way for a revolution in our understanding of shark life history. While growth bands had been observed in vertebrae previously, he was able to demonstrate that they were produced regularly and could be used to estimate age and so enable the fitting of growth models. The following decades have seen vertebral age and growth studies of many species of sharks, especially those taken in fisheries. The information produced from this type of work has led to improved understanding of the dynamics of shark populations and improved management. Following his PhD John did post-doctoral research at Aldabra Atoll in the Indian Ocean. Here he studied the sharks of coral reefs and produced a seminal work on their ecology that is still often cited. The long-term prospects were poor at Aldabra and John accepted a position at CSIRO in 1979 where he continued his work with sharks, first in Cronulla and then in Hobart. Much of the early focus of John’s work at CSIRO was in the north of Australia during a period when foreign vessels caught large quantities of sharks in this region. This work included life history studies on a diverse range of coastal species, tagging studies, fisheries biology and much more. In collaboration with a team from NT Fisheries led by Jeremy Lyle he produced a collection of scientific papers and reports that led to fundamental changes the way sharks were managed in the region. John’s passion for sharks led him all over the country to collect samples and data that would start to lift the lid on the mysteries of the life of sharks. This wealth of knowledge was integral in the production of “Sharks and Rays of Australia” with colleague and good friend Peter Last in 1994. This book, and the revised 2nd edition published in 2009, is the quintessential guide to sharks and rays and has served as the encyclopedia of Australian sharks and rays since it first appeared. John’s passion for sharks has seen him research a wide range of species, from the massive sleeper sharks that live in the deep sea, to the mako sharks that swim in the open ocean, the very rare speartooth sharks that inhabit the rivers of northern Australia, and all those in between. His breadth of knowledge and experience made him a common choice as an expert on committees and review panels. He was the Regional Vice-Chair (Australia and Oceania) of the IUCN’s Shark Specialist Group for nearly two decades, and helped assess many shark species for listing on the Red List of Threatened Species. He has contributed his scientific knowledge to fisheries management committees such as AFMA’s Shark Resource Assessment Group, Southern Shark MAC, and many others. John has been a regular at ASFB meetings throughout his career and he well known to many members. Despite his quiet and humble nature, he has still managed to be a winner of the Donald Francois Award for his contributions at an Annual Conference. He truly deserves his place in the ASFB Hall of Fame for all that he has contributed to the Society and the country as a whole. As a result of John’s work Australia’s sharks are better understood and better managed. He has been a role-model for many aspiring shark scientists, and helped formally and informally supervise many post-graduate students. These students have benefited from his experience and have ensured that the work that John started back in 1979 will continue for many decades into the future. While he has now retired and enjoying the eternal summers of Hobart and Devon, his influence on all things shark in Australia shows no sign of fading. https://www.asfb.org.au/rod-lenanton daily 0.75 2020-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592447318119-KHACP1ABSNHDCED3A26G/Rod-Lenanton.jpg Rod Lenanton - Rod Lenanton At the ASFB Conference in Townsville this year, the Society recognised the significant career achievements of one of its longstanding members, Western Australia’s Rod Lenanton, by awarding him the K.R. Allen Award. Rod, now a Senior Principal Research Scientist with the Western Australian Department of Fisheries, where he has worked for more than 45 years, is one of Australia’s most highly regarded finfish fishery scientists. He was born in 1944 in Claremont, an inner suburb of Perth where he still lives, and attended Perth Modern School. A keen angler since his earliest boyhood years, Rod was set on becoming a commercial fisherman after finishing high school. However, his father, a teacher, had other ideas and encouraged him to go onto university. In his final year at high school, Rod successfully applied for a fisheries research cadetship offered by the Western Australian Department of Fisheries (he was the first cadet appointed under this program). Thus, his distinguished scientific career really began in February 1962 when he commenced employment with the Department as a cadet, shortly before starting at the University of Western Australia (UWA) where he studied Zoology and Botany. He worked for the Department fulltime during each summer vacation before graduating in 1964. One of the ‘benefits’ of being a cadet was that you had to work as a deckie on the Department’s research vessel RV Lancelin during the long summer vacations. This old wooden boat lived up to all the best traditions of government research vessels by allowing young fisheries researchers to gain a thorough understanding of seasickness…with the only toilet being ‘over the side’. His early years working for the Deapartment saw Rod learning the ropes on various fisheries research projects including Western rock lobster (working with Bernard Bowen), Shark Bay prawns (working with Eric Barker) and the Exmouth Gulf turtle fishery. One of his first finfish jobs saw him sent to Shark Bay to undertake research on the whiting species that were the main target of the Shark Bay beach seine and mesh net fishery. Field trips in those days meant going bush for months but at least in your spare time you could go fishing and snorkeling in virtually pristine environments on the WA coast. Rod will always treasure the experience of being face-to face with a big tiger shark on the reef off Gnaraloo (north of Carnarvon). Of that time, Rod recounts tales of some hardship, especially the poor diet, while living onboard the sailboat of local net fisher Mick Fry, tagging whiting (with technical officer Peter Yewers) in and around the bays and inlets of Shark Bay’s inner gulfs. Rod subsequently wrote this research up for his Masters degree (‘Biology of the commercially fished whiting (Sillago spp.) in Shark Bay, Western Australia [UWA]) that he submitted in 1970. By this time he had formally became the inaugural leader of the newly created Finfish Research Group, the beginning of his career-long association with this area of the WA Department of Fisheries’ research activities. In March 1970, he undertook a 6-month world study tour that saw him visit Hawaii, the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission in La Jolla, Washington State Fisheries Department in Olympia, Aarhus in Denmark, to attend an FAO Symposium, and finally the UK’s Fisheries Research Laboratories in Lowestoft. Through the 1970s, as well as Shark Bay whiting, Rod also worked on snapper and collaborated with CSIRO scientists working on species such as Australian salmon and herring. During this period, Rod was developing a keen interest in estuarine fishes, something he shared with both his mentor from UWA, Ernest Hodgkin, and later, with Ian Potter at Murdoch University, through their early research on temperate estuaries in the south-west of WA. These benchmark environmental impact assessments in the south-west’s estuarine systems initially, in the early 1970s on the Blackwood River, in response to a mineral sand mining proposal, and subsequently, in the mid 1970s on the Peel-Harvey system, are recognized as some of the first interdisciplinary studies of their type. This was the beginning of his long relationship with Ian and Murdoch University that was formally recognised with his appointment as an Associate Professor in 2000. Rod has helped supervise students researching virtually every species in every estuary in WA, with many of his ex-students now occupying the most senior positions in some of Australia’s leading universities and government institutions. In this alone, his contribution to coastal marine and estuarine research in Australia has been enormous. In 1980, Rod undertook a study trip to South Africa with Ernest Hodgkin to gain experience of estuarine research there, during which time he met a young Lynnath Beckley who was studying at Rhodes University, Port Elizabeth (now Prof Beckley of Murdoch University). During the 1980s Rod worked on his PhD thesis on the use of estuarine and inshore marine habitats by estuarine-dependent fish (‘The role of estuarine and inshore-marine environments in the life cycles of the exploited marine fish species of temperate Western Australia’, Murdoch University) that he submitted in 1988. During this same period he was also a valued collaborator in CSIRO’s coastal ecology program in WA. Between the late 1970s and early 1980s, Rod’s role with the Department of Fisheries was changing from that of a fulltime hands-on-scientist to one of managing the expanding Finfish Research Group and mentoring young scientists. As the Department’s finfish-related research and management workload increased, the Research Division pursued a policy of recruiting junior scientists to work on specific fisheries/species, a policy that saw David Heald (to work on sharks), Mike Walker (salmon and herring), Mike Moran (Shark Bay snapper), Rick Fletcher (pilchards) and many others join the team. In the mid-1980s, Rod continued to strongly support temperate shark research, in collaboration with workers in other southern states including Terry Walker in Victoria that resulted in Colin Simpendorfer joining the Finfish team also. The 1990s-2000s saw Rod busy supervising the various Finfish staff and their diverse research activities, providing input to Departmental working groups, representing the Department at a state (e.g. scientific advisor to Swan River Trust) and national level (Commonwealth Sharks, Tuna, Western Trawl). During this period he was also on the Editorial Board of Australian Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research. Rod was actively involved in developing and maintaining crucial linkages between the Department of Fisheries and Western Australia’s universities, in particular UWA and Murdoch University. He was instrumental alongside Ian Potter in the development of Murdoch’s Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research that opened in 2000. With Suzy Avayzian (who joined the Department from Murdoch University after completing a post-doc), Rod started and nurtured a project that has resulted in one of the Australia’s longest-running finfish recruitment time-series. This grew out of a tailor-tagging and post-capture survival project that recruited volunteer recreational fishers to catch the tailor. The research continues to this day. Every year, on Tuesday nights between February-April, from a jetty in the Swan River, with pizza, beer and general gasbagging, Rod is still prominent among the volunteers, casting his whitebait and reeling in 0+ tailor. Throughout his career Rod had been as strong supporter of ASFB, encouraging staff to join and attend annual conferences and was a WA state rep from the mid 1980s to 1992. In 2002, he was presented with an Outstanding Service Award (nominated by his peers), for service to the fishing sector in WA. Rod has always been a strong advocate of the need for dedicated research into recreational fishing in WA since his earliest years with the Department. In 1974, along with Nick Caputi he was responsible for a survey of recreational fishing in Blackwood River (the first published recreational fishing survey in Australia). In 1990, he played a key role in assisting the WA Recreational Fishing Advisory Committee undertake a major review of recreational fishing that clearly identified recreational research needs and that led to the introduction of voluntary logbooks for anglers, active engagement with angling clubs, and eventually the first broad scale recreational boat fishing survey on the west coast in 1996. These developments in WA, that also saw the creation of Australia’s first dedicated recreational fisheries manager, had a significant flow on effect at the national level. More recently Rod’s work has included risk assessment and prioritisation of sustainable harvest level estimation for WAs finfish indicator species, the development of monitoring and assessment strategies within a broader Ecosystem Based Fishery Management framework, and the assisting with the implementation of the Integrated Fisheries Management Initiative that attempts to set sustainable catch levels and equitable catch allocation between all fishing sectors. While Rod’s research interests over his long career are of a broad scope there are recurring themes, threads than can be followed, often involving long collaborations with colleagues. One such area is his interest in the influence of hydrodynamics on coastal processes and fisheries off the west coast and how marine environmental conditions change with time. He presented papers on the influence of the Leeuwin Current on WAs fisheries at Leeuwin Current Symposia, in 1991 and again in 2007. He contributed to the chapter on temperate coastal fish to the CSIRO National Flagship Marine Climate Change Impacts & Adaptation Final Report in 2009. He is currently a co-investigator with Nick Caputi and others on the FRDC-funded project ‘Management implications of climate change effect on fisheries in Western Australia’, that aims to address priority questions outlined in the NCCARF Adaptation Research Plan. Most recently, he worked with Alan Pearce & Gary Jackson to organize the ‘marine heatwave workshop’ held at Hillarys in May this year and published a report on the workshop outcomes. Rod relinquished supervision of ‘his’ Finfish Group in 2009 and moved to a part-time role to be able to spend more time with wife Zena and chasing Perth’s nearshore fish species in particular his two favourites, herring and tailor. Part of his legacy is a Finfish Research Group that now employs 13 scientists and 12 technical staff and continues to undertake high class research that provides the scientific basis that underpins the sustainable management of the finfish resources of Western Australia. He still works 3 days a week, jointly sharing his time in an oversight and advisory role with the Finfish and Stock Assessment and Data Analysis (SADA) Groups. We are still benefiting from his ability to get right to the scientific core of an issue and clearly communicate complex concepts to other staff and colleagues. From close friends and colleagues of more than 40 years then, a quiet achiever, a highly respected scientist, an innovator and a man with a deep passion for WAs finfish and marine environment. As his good friend Ross Cusak (in his memoir ‘Hooked for Life’) said, we all ‘listen to the Finfish Man’. https://www.asfb.org.au/peter-last daily 0.75 2020-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592447455216-FSM75RFLCWRAWSC4AJRY/Peter-Last.jpg Peter Last - Peter Last Career comment Dr Peter Last has made major contributions to Indo-Pacific ichthyology particularly within the fields of systematics, biodiversity and biogeography. He is regarded as a world authority on the taxonomy of elasmobranchs and Indo-Pacific deepwater fishes and is one of only a few world experts on the systematics and biogeography of batoid fishes, in particular the skates. Peter has also been the co-innovator of important work on threatened marine animals such as handfishes and freshwater elasmobranchs and plays an active role in the IUCN Shark Specialist Group assessing the conservation status of Australasian chondrichthyans. Senior Taxonomist at CSIRO, Hobart Publication record Since 1978, Peter has published papers that describe 153 species. In total, Peter has published 220 papers with 46 papers completed in 2008. These new species will be included in a revision of the widely acclaimed 500 page book on Australian chondrichthyans, ‘Sharks and Rays of Australia’ (of which Peter is senior author) that was recently published in February 2009. Editor He is an associate editor of Cybium. Mentoring students Peter has supervised two honours and three PhD students and has conducted training programs in Borneo, Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia in fish taxonomy. International Reputation He discovered the high levels of elasmobranch biodiversity in local endemic species in the Indo-Pacific region which has led to the increasing focus on the conservation of sharks and rays. Peter has studied the elasmobranch faunas in India, Japan, Thailand, Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia and New Zealand. Indonesian and the Philippines. In these countries, sharks and rays are overfished and his work has led to the development of national plans of action for shark management and conservation. Career History Peter completed his BSc Honours thesis on the taxonomy and ecology of Tasmanian monacanthids in 1975 at the University of Tasmania going on to complete his PhD on the ecology and zoogeography of Tasmanian shore fishes at the same university in 1983. In 1978, Peter joined the Tasmanian Fisheries Development Authority as a Research Scientist and then moved to the CSIRO Division of Fisheries in 1984 as the curator of the Australian National Fish Collection.He is now a Senior Principal Research Scientist with CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research in Hobart. Peter received an honorary professorship at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) in 1997 and has been invited to join three other leading international elasmobranch specialists in writing and editing the first comprehensive guide to rays of the world. Significant Career Achievements Following publication of his popular book ‘Fishes of Tasmania’ (citation index 400), he produced the 1994 edition of ‘Sharks and Rays of Australia’. This book was the first comprehensive revision of Australia’s shark and ray fauna since the 1940s. It identified almost 100 new species, and highlighted the extreme richness (nearly 300 species) and high number of endemic species in the Australian fauna compared to other regions. This book received the prestigious Gilbert Whitley medal in 1995 and was referred to by a reviewer as ‘the definitive text on the subject, and one of the best fish books you will see in a long time’. Since 1984, Peter has overseen a 70% increase in the CSIRO fish collection which now houses the most diverse collection of sharks, rays and deepwater fishes in the Southern Hemisphere. He has expanded the functionality of the National Fish Collection facility and moulded a research team with diverse and specialised skills to further this work. His dedication to improving data quality is reflected in projects to revamp the Australian fisheries data coding system (CAAB) and establish a comprehensive photographic index of Australian fishes (PIAF). The most recent development of PIAF, a project combining fish names, images, and distributions of the Australian fauna (being developed in collaboration with other Australian ichthyologists), will soon enable customised species lists and faunal atlases to be constructed at any locality in the EEZ. Peter has a continuing interest in improving Australia’s biological inventory. He co-initiated an international project to survey the deepwater resources of Lord Howe and Norfolk Island (NORFANZ), this voyage was extremely successful, providing images and specimens of more than 500 fishes and 1300 invertebrates, and providing hitherto unavailable basic information to assist marine management in the region. Much of the fauna is new to science and the biota of these ridges is biogeographically distinct from nearby continental Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. These data will be invaluable for investigating faunal affinities and origins in the Australasian region. Peter has also championed the need for common name stability of seafood and national standards in markets. Early in his career, he noticed that the use of multiple marketing names for each species was creating serious confusion within the fishing industry, as well as for consumers. After more than a decade of involvement in national committees to standardise the names of seafood products, he received an industry supported grant to produce a comprehensive handbook of Australian domestic seafood species (with two co-editors). In an international first, he assembled a team of specialists to provide an identification package to whole fish and fillets using a combination of classical taxonomy, morphology, and molecular biology. This book which sold almost 10 000 copies in the first twelve months, reached best seller lists nation-wide, received major accolades and won a National Print award. Peter has also initiated and developed (in collaboration with a CSIRO team) a novel, rapid assessment project in which species compositions of Asian fish markets are used to characterise fisheries and assess their health. Initial trials have proven fruitful and could provide a more cost effective method of appraising tropical fisheries at regional scales. Peter (with a colleague) was responsible for the initial development of an expanded habitat and biodiversity classification scheme that has been adopted in Australia as a marine management framework. He has initiated work to produce regionalisations of Australia's fish fauna used as surrogates for mapping the mesoscale spatial structure (provinces and biomes) of biodiversity in Australian seas from the shore to the bottom of the continental slope. The products have been used by the National Oceans Office to define major regional marine planning units. A national regionalisation of the deep sea (in progress) is the most ambitious project of its type attempted anywhere and has led to the development of unique spatial mapping tools and revolutionised our understanding of the composition and distribution of Australia's fish fauna. https://www.asfb.org.au/jeffrey-martin-leis daily 0.75 2020-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592447589735-4DF3E15WYM221APTF1NS/Jeffrey-Martin-Leis.jpg Jeffrey Martin Leis - Jeffrey Martin Leis Jeff Leis has had a distinguished career in marine science, he is recognised internationally as a pioneer in unravelling the taxonomy, early life history dynamics and behaviour of larval fishes. His work has been pivotal in challenging and changing the paradigm that fish larvae are essentially “biological drift cards” moving about passively at the mercy of ocean currents. Through a combination of innovative field and laboratory research and integration of biology and oceanography he has demonstrated that fish larvae are able to actively influence their trajectory and select where and when they settle. An important outcome of this work has been that dispersal and connectivity models now seek to incorporate larval behaviour as well as hydrodynamic factors to provide more accurate approximations of the patterns of settlement and recruitment in fish populations. Jeff, American by birth, commenced his tertiary studies at the University of Arizona, with every intention of completing a pre-med degree and then going onto to do a medical degree. Through a marine studies program he was introduced to fish taxonomy and SCUBA diving in the Gulf of California, Mexico and, mentored by Don Thompson and Lloyd Findley, developed a passion for marine science, graduating with high distinction in Zoology in 1971. He went on to complete his Doctor of Philosophy in Biological Oceanography at the University of Hawaii in 1978, focussing on the ichthyoplankton fauna of Hawaii. This research led Jeff to look beyond the belief that fish larvae drifted passively about in the ocean, with settlement occurring almost as a chance event. Rather he recognised the importance of taking a multidisciplinary approach to understanding fish dispersal, considering the interplay between both oceanographic processes and larval fish behaviour. In 1979 he was awarded a Queen’s Fellowship in Marine Science and moved to Sydney and the Australian Museum, where he joined the formable team of John Paxton and Doug Hoese. After a series of successful research grants while based at the museum, he joined the museum permanent staff in 1987 as a Senior Research Scientist, progressing to the position of Senior Principal Research Scientist, Ichthyology. In addition to his role at the museum he held the roles of Visiting Professor at the University of New South Wales, Honorary Teaching Associate at the University of Sydney and Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology. He also collaborated on international research expeditions and has been a convenor and invited keynote presenter at a number of international conferences, in particular focusing on fish systematics and zoogeography and larval fish behaviour. Jeff joined ASFB in 1979 and has been a member since, regularly contributing presentations at the annual conferences and helping to organise the 1995 conference and workshop. He has supervised several PhD students and mentored many other researchers. His publication record is impressive, with over 130 refereed articles published, almost 100 as senior author. Subjects include taxonomy of larval and adult fishes, fish phylogeny, larval fish ecology, dispersal, behaviour and sensory abilities, physical oceanography and fish population management. In 2007 Jeff was awarded ASFB’s highest honour, the K Radway Allen Award in recognition of his significant contributions to fish and fisheries science, and in 2013 he was presented the prestigious Bleeker Award for Ecology at the 9th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference, recognising his outstanding body of published work on larval fish behaviour. Jeff, humble as ever, points out that although these awards have his name on them, in reality, they represent the combined work of his many external collaborators, students and Australian Museum technical staff. Jeff will be officially retiring from the Australian Museum in early 2014 after 35 years of service and is relocating, with wife Suzanne Bullock, to Hobart. Retirement, however, does not mean he will be leaving science, he has taken up an appointment as an Honorary Research Professor at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (University of Tasmania) and, with several active projects and plenty of research questions still to be answered, he promises to remain research active for many years to come. Prepared by Jeremy Lyle https://www.asfb.org.au/norman-hall daily 0.75 2020-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592447729571-0G6CUKOKF2QL6NWP02LL/Normal-Hall.jpg Norman Hall - Dr Norman Hall Dr Norman (Norm) Hall felt highly honoured by the Society in 2005 when he was awarded the K. Radway Allen Medal, for his contribution to fisheries science in Australia. Now back with the Western Australian Department of Fisheries, where he has worked for nearly 40 years, following an extended period with Murdoch University’s Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research, Norm is widely recognised as one of Australia’s leading fisheries modellers and stock assessment scientists. Born in Geraldton, in Western Australia, Norm received a B.Sc. (Mathematics) from the University of Western Australia (UWA) in 1964 and, subsequently in 1965, a Dip.Ed. His first appointment saw him teaching mathematics and science at the Eastern Goldfields Senior High School in Kalgoorlie for two years before he moved on to take up a position lecturing in both subjects at Leederville Technical College in Perth. While there, between 1967 and 1969, Norm commenced part-time study at UWA for a post-graduate Dip. Comp. Keen to get involved in the field of computer programming, Norm began searching for career opportunities in this developing field. In August 1969, he accepted a position as a researcher with the Western Australian Department of Fisheries and Fauna, assisting Dr Richard Slack-Smith in the development of models of the prawn fisheries in Shark Bay and Exmouth Gulf. Despite any formal training in biology or fisheries science, he reassured himself at the time that he could always return to teaching if the Department realised its mistake and/or he found himself unsuited to a career as a fisheries scientist. Having now passed the 43-year milestone in his work in the field, Norm reflects that he may have made the right decision and has finally discarded any thoughts of returning to teaching high school maths… Between August 1969 and October 1995, Norm served progressively as a Research Officer, Senior Research Officer, and finally Principal Research Scientist with what is now the Research Division of the WA Department of Fisheries. Initially, he was responsible only for the provision of population dynamics support for fisheries research staff of the Western Australian Department of Fisheries and Fauna (later to become simply the Department of Fisheries with responsibility for the wildlife research and management going to the now WA Department of Environment and Conservation). As one of the few computer-literate staff in the early and mid-1970s in both the fisheries and wildlife research branches, Norm became responsible for providing a data processing service and undertaking much of the computer programming. During the same period he undertook the population dynamics modelling to support a diverse range of research programmes that included kangaroos, ducks, tortoises, bandicoots, forest fires, flora atlases, prawns, pearl oysters, and rock lobster. Later, following the appointment of a dedicated IT manager, Norm was able to resume his primary role in the area of fisheries population dynamics. While attending a course presented by Professors Carl Walters and Ray Hilborn, Norm became exposed to the computer modelling approaches that these international leaders-in-the-field were promoting. He recognised the potential that, in combination with the rapid development and deployment of personal computers, these approaches offered for fisheries stock assessments. Concerned that Australia was producing insufficient fisheries scientists with the necessary quantitative skills, Norm developed and presented a number of short courses at fisheries agencies around Australia. At about this time, he also commenced part-time studies for a PhD in fisheries modelling at Murdoch University. In late 1995, Norm was appointed to the position of Supervising Scientist with the Department’s Stock Assessment and Data Analysis (SADA) Group, a position that he occupied until January 2001. In this role, he was responsible for the population dynamics, statistical analysis, and fisheries statistics sections (including commercial catch and effort data), Library Services, and the Research Information Technology Section. His duties included the provision of advice and training on population dynamics, data collection, the design and implementation of databases, and the development of population dynamics models and stock assessment analyses. In 1999, Norm’s contribution to the Research Division’s work was recognised when he won the Minister for Fisheries’ Innovation and Technical Excellence Award. In 2000, Norm submitted his thesis (‘Modelling for fishery management, utilising data for selected species in Western Australia’) and, in 2001, was awarded his Ph.D. At this time, keen to concentrate more on research, Norm accepted a position as Associate Professor with the Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research at Murdoch University. His research became focused on the development of models for integrated management of fisheries consistent with the principles of Ecologically Sustainable Development. He also undertook supervision of a number of post-graduate research students, supporting, in particular, the development of the quantitative aspects of their studies. In January 2006, Norm became a Professor, before retiring from his fulltime role at Murdoch in September 2008. Norm assures us that the particularly sharp decline in the world’s finances, which occurred approximately two days after his retirement, was in no way influenced by his action!!! In combination with his enjoyment of fisheries science, the global financial crisis did, however, influence his subsequent decision to accept a part-time position at the Department of Fisheries, where he returned in 2009, to work as a Principal Research Scientist in the SADA Group. A return much welcomed by his long time colleagues at Fisheries. Norm continues to be actively involved with research at Murdoch University as an Emeritus Professor. In July 2012, the university recognised Norm’s significant contribution to the sustainable management of fisheries, in particular, the statistical modelling of fish stocks, with the highly prestigious award of an Honorary D.Sc. Norm has been a long term member and supporter of ASFB, in particular encouraging students to attend annual conferences and present their first papers. He served as member of the Editorial Advisory Committee of Marine and Freshwater Research from 2003-2007. Norm’s reputation extends far beyond his home state. He is one of Australia’s most sought after fishery scientists, in high demand to undertake external reviews of departments and fisheries agencies and sit on domestic and international stock assessment review panels for a wide range of important fisheries including in Australia, the Northern Prawn RAG and the MSC assessment for Lakes and Coorong Fishery, and in the US, various fisheries under the jurisdiction of the National Marine Fisheries Service. Students and colleagues would all acknowledge that Norm is one of the most generous, helpful and encouraging people you are likely to come across. Each of us who have been fortunate to have worked with him have their own personal stories, more usually, many of them. When faced with a mathematical or modelling problem that saw us subsequently talking with Norm, a solution was usually presented the following day, something that has often seen him up till the wee hours working on our behalf. He has made a truly huge contribution to the training, development and mentoring more broadly of under graduate and post graduate students and early career researchers around Australia over many decades. https://www.asfb.org.au/andre-eric-punt daily 0.75 2020-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592447863159-LVA5SH7RGGT0AJEZB5IS/Andre-Eric-Punt.jpg Andre Eric Punt - Andre Eric Punt Born in Cape Town, South Africa in February 1965, André studied at the University of Cape Town and was awarded a B.Sc. (Hons) in Computer Science in 1986, M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics in 1988 and Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics in 1991. As a Research Officer, he worked for 5 years on the Benguela Ecology Program. In 1992, he joined the School of Fisheries at University of Washington as Research Associate. He came to Australia in 1994 to work as a Resource Modeller for the Division of Marine Research at CSIRO, where he made a significant contribution to a large number of stock assessments in Australia. In recognition of his achievements, he was received the K.R. Allen Award from the Australian Society for Fish Biology in 1999. Currently, André is a Professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington, where he is currently mentoring graduate students, and teaching courses in probability and statistics, fisheries stock assessment, and decision and risk analysis. The methods that André has developed for assessment of renewable resource populations are used by national and international fisheries organizations to provide quantitative scientific advice for fisheries and wildlife management. These include new methods for assessing fish and marine mammal populations based on Bayesian and risk analysis methods. A few examples are given below and his papers are listed in the references. Descriptions of specific research projects are given on the website, http://fish.washington.edu/research/MPAM/ of theMarine Population Assessment & Management Group. André is a prolific writer with hundreds of published papers and reports, only some of which are listed in the references. He works with an enthusiastic group of young graduate students who apply a multi-disciplinary approach to develop quantitative methods for use in marine resource management of fish, cetacean and pinniped populations. The primary focus is the marine resources off the west coast of North America, and there is close collaboration between MPAM staff and students and the US National Marine Fisheries Service’s Northwest and Alaska Science Centers. Research is partially funded through the NMFS Stock Assessment Improvement Plan and the NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship in Population Dynamics. These programs are designed to foster NMFS-university partnerships and to train students in applied population modeling. Significant advances in fisheries science Development of new methods to account for spatial structure when conducting fisheries assessments. The results of this research have been used to improve population assessments, to integrate Marine Protected Areas into fisheries management, and to extend current ecosystem models. Quantification of the uncertainty associated with estimates of population status and of forecasts using Bayesian techniques. Development of population dynamics models to include a broader suite of factors, such as the impact of climate change, on population dynamics processes. Testing of fisheries management systems using the Management Strategy Evaluation approach. Development and distribution of software to allow fishery scientists to apply the methods generally. International Research Achievements & Collaboration André has established an international reputation through his work for theInternational Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas and the International Whaling Commission. His ongoing international research collaboration is extensive and involves partnerships in Australia and South Africa. In Australia, he collaborates with many research agencies including CSIRO and Fisheries Victoria, and has been involved in improvements to many stock assessment models currently in use in Australia. André is also an expert member of the External Review Panel Marine Resource Assessment and Management Group in South Africa (http://www.mth.uct.ac.za/maram/workshops.html). https://www.asfb.org.au/john-richard-paxton daily 0.75 2020-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592448013147-40A218RQU3PY0NKACT4T/John-Richard-Paxton.jpg John Richard Paxton - John Richard Paxton If there is a single ichthyologist known to nearly every member of ASFB, it must be John Paxton. John was one of the founders of ASFB, and served as President of the Society early in its history. John may well have attended more Annual Conferences than any other active ASFB member. Importantly, John Paxton is winner of the coveted Donald Francois Award for his contributions at an Annual Conference, and probably would have been a multiple award winner if the Francois Award had been established earlier. John makes up in professional stature and projection what he may somewhat lack in physical stature. He has spent his entire post-student career at the Australian Museum, initially as Curator of Fishes from 1968, and then, as job titles and structures changed, moving up to Principal Research Scientist at the time of his 'retirement' in 1998. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Australian Museum, where he continues his research on deep-sea fishes. John was hired by Frank Talbot, who moved to the Directorship of the Australian Museum only a year after succeeding Gilbert Whitley as Curator of Fishes. Gilbert was one of the pioneers of Australian ichthyology, describing over 450 species and a similar number of new genera, and John speaks fondly of Gilbert’s extensive knowledge of fishes, and his willingness to help this new arrival from California to come to grips with the awesome Aussie fish fauna. John is a native of Los Angeles who fled to Australia and became a new Australian after completing his BA in Zoology (1960), MSc in Biology (1965) and PhD in Biological Sciences (1968) at the University of Southern California. He studied under Professor Jay Savage , whose lab produced a number of prominent ichthyologists and herpetologists during the 1960s. John specialized during his graduate studies on meso- and bathypelagic fishes, an interest that has carried through to the present. However, John recognized that as the Curator of Fishes at the largest Natural History Museum in the Southern Hemisphere, he had a responsibility much wider than his own personal research agenda. He set about reorganizing the Australian Museum fish collection, and bringing it into the modern era. He also set about a vigorous collecting program, not only of deep-sea fishes, but also coastal, estuarine and fresh-water species. In this, he was joined at the Museum in 1971 by Doug Hoese, who had recently completed his PhD at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. As a result, the fish collection increased from about 80,000 specimens at John's arrival to over 1,000,000 – by far, the largest fish collection in Australia - when he retired. The Australian Museum now has the third largest type collection of marine fishes in the world. In 1979, a third research ichthyologist – Jeff Leis – arrived at the Museum. This was truly the golden era of ichthyology at the Australian Museum, with a number of other well-known fish contributors being members of the staff during John’s tenure, including Gerry Allen, Helen Larson, Barry Russell, Dianne Bray, Denise Rennis, Mark McGrouther, Sally Reader, Tom Trnski, Brooke Carson-Ewart, John Pogonoski, Alastair Graham and Amanda Hay. John initiated and maintained contacts with ichthyologists all over the world, and made it a priority to make the valuable specimens in his care available to other researchers, both as loans and during their visits to the Museum. John has always encouraged the use of the Australian Museum fish collection. He taught a popular ichthyology course at Macquarie University in the 1970s that inspired a number of students to pursue a career in fish biology, and he has supervised 1 BSc (hons), 3 MSc, and 4 PhD students. In addition, he encouraged and helped many Australian fish workers, and continues to collaborate widely. In 1981, John and Doug Hoese established the Indo-Pacific Fish Conference (IPFC), and this series of important, international conferences continues at 4-year intervals, with the 9th IPFC taking place in Okinawa in 2013. Amongst those who have attended an IPFC, it is known as the best fish conference series in the world. John truly internationalized taxonomic ichthyology in Australia. John has so far published over 100 scientific papers, including a major book – Encyclopaedia of Fishes (in two editions) – see publication list, below. Most people know him for his work on myctophid lanternfishes, and he is about to complete a massive publication on the myctophids of Australia with Alan Williams. But, John is also the world’s expert on the small, robust, large-mouthed, deep-sea Whale Fishes, which he personifies. He recently was a leading member of an international team that discovered what were always considered three separate families – Cetomimidae, Megalomycteridae, and Mirapinnidae – are in fact, the females, males and larvae, respectively of the one whalefish family, now known as Cetomimidae. Another milestone was the Catalogue of Australian Fishes, that was co-authored by a team consisting of John, Doug Hoese, Gerry Allen, Dianne Bray and Jenny Hadley. We now know that there are over 5000 species of fishes in Australian waters, perhaps the largest national fish fauna in the world. It is a little appreciated fact, that despite Australia being the driest inhabited continent, fishes constitute over 75% of our vertebrate species. In fact, the rate of discovery of fish species new to the Australian fauna has averaged about one per week for several decades, and John has played a major role in these discoveries. John has so far described 16 new species, and nine new genera (Table 1). Eighteen species and one genus are named in his honour (Table 1), and in most cases, John had collected most or all of the specimens from which others described these new species – with his help and encouragement. John has also made major contributions to fish conservation, especially sharks, having served for five years as Deputy Chair of the NSW Fisheries Scientific Committee, a group that for many years evaluated the threats to aquatic fauna in the State, and made recommendations to the Fisheries Minister on the status of NSW aquatic species and ecosystems. As one of the leading ichthyologists in Australia, John has always been sought out for advice and information on our fishes by students, other researchers, governments, the public and the media, and has always been generous with his time and expertise. This continues in retirement, as does his passion for birdwatching. In addition to the Francois Award, the Society has recognized John by making him a honorary life member in 1991, and most importantly, by bestowing upon him the second K Radway Allen Award in 1997 – its highest honour - for his “outstanding contributions in fish or fisheries science”. His many accomplishments since his award are proof that the Award Committee got it right. John truly belongs in the Australian Society for Fish Biology Hall of Fame. In addition, John has received a number of overseas honours, including: Stoye Prize and Honorary Foreign Membership from the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists; Honorary Membership from the Ichthyological Society of China; Honorary Membership from the Ichthyological Society of Japan; and Allan Hancock Fellowship from the University of Southern California. A list of John’s publications to date is attached, but keep your eyes open, for there will surely be more to come. With thanks to Mark McGrouther and Amanda Hay Jeff Leis Australian Museum, Sydney and Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania https://www.asfb.org.au/peter-young daily 0.75 2020-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592448834356-AEZ07ML2JO78VEX95HWP/Peter-Young.jpg Peter Young - Peter Young In 1995, the career of Peter Young was recognised when he received the first K.R. Allen Award. At the time, he was the CSIRO Chief of Division of Fisheries (1990-1996) and also the 16th ASFB President (1995-1997). His distinguished scientific career began in Surrey UK, where he was born in 1940, educated and received a scholarship in 1959. He studied Zoology at Imperial College, London University and graduated in 1962. In 1963, Peter moved to Australia to continue his studies as a Research Fellow in the Parasitology Department at the University of Queensland (1963-65) and within three years he had written 12 papers on fish parasites and completed his PhD. He returned to Britain in 1966 where he worked for 4 years for the Natural Environment Research Council’s Fisheries Helminthology Unit investigating the role of seals and cetaceans in transmitting larval nematodes (cod worm) to the flesh of cod and the pathology of the worms to the final hosts. There was a concern at that time that these worms were causing major problems for people who ingested them while eating cod. This work showed that that only grey seals were significantly responsible for transmitting the parasite to cod, and that the species they transmitted was different from that causing serious human disease. In 1970 he returned to Australia, to join and lead CSIRO’s Division of Fisheries and Oceanography’s East Coast Prawn Project and was appointed Officer-in-Charge of the Fisheries Research Laboratory at Deception Bay (1970-73). His research focus shifted to the prawn fisheries in South-East Queensland and the shallow inshore habitats and associated fauna in Moreton Bay. In 1973 he organised the first National Prawn Seminar and edited the Proceedings of the meeting. He continued to publish during the 1970s and produced 15 papers on fish parasites, coral and seagrass communities, and the prawn fisheries. His research showed for the first time in the world, the critical role that seagrasses play as habitat for post-larval prawns, particularly tiger prawns. He had an active role in the Australian Marine Sciences Association between 1971 and 1979 and became an ASFB Councillor in 1981. During the 1980s, his career at CSIRO progressed with leading roles in the Pollution Ecology program (1975-80), and the Tropical Species Group (1982-85), of the Fisheries Division. It was while he was project coordinator of CSIRO’s North West Shelf Program off northern Western Australia (1982-85) that he and his team first discovered that sexually related size differences in lethrinid fish (tropical emperors) were due to sex change and not to differential growth rates that had been previously believed. He subsequently demonstrated that sex change also occurred in nemipterid species. When the CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography was split into two Divisions and the Sydney laboratories moved to Tasmania, he was asked to redirect his research from tropical to temperate species. He was made program leader of research into Fisheries Resources of South and South-East Australia (1985-90). As a consequence of his leadership of the group he became a member of several fisheries advisory groups. These included the Bass Strait Scallop Fishery Task Force (1984-86), the Squid Research Group (1984), the Demersal Mollusc Research Group (1984-1990), South East Trawl Management Advisory Committee (1986-90), the Demersal and Pelagic Fisheries Research Group (1986-90) and the East Coast Tuna Management Committee (1986-90). At this time his personal interests in applied fisheries research were aimed at the Bass Strait Scallop Fishery where he and his team investigated the enigmatic problem of scallop recruitment and growth. In November 1990 Peter accepted the job of Chief of CSIRO’s Fisheries Division, with responsibility for a large ocean-going research vessel and over 300 staff in 4 research laboratories across Australia. As such he had to cease his active role in doing research, but instead played a major role in the management of Australia’s fisheries research. This included responsibilities such as: the Australian Observer of the International Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Foundation Director of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, Honorary Research Professor at the University of Tasmania, Foundation Director & Chairman of the Interim Board, Aquaculture CRC, Member of the Independent Scientific Review Committee to review the environmental implications of the offshore oil and gas development in Australia, Chairman of the Assessment Panel Appointed to Reassess the Fisheries Degree Course at the Australian Maritime College and membership of the Australian and New Zealand Standing Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture. As the ASFB President, Peter had a significant influence on the development of ASFB and enhanced the international profile in several ways. By attending the first World Fisheries Congress in Athens in 1992, he helped to pave the way for ASFB to host the next WFC in Brisbane four years later which he felt was a defining moment for fisheries science and management in Australia. In 1995, the International Larval Fish Conference was jointly hosted with American Fisheries Society in Sydney, which had a significant impact in progressing research on early life history and recruitment processes. The ASFB Darwin Conference in 1997, brought together fisheries managers and scientists to discuss “Taking stock: defining and managing shared resources”, which marked the conclusion of his term. In 1997 Peter decided to take early retirement from CSIRO to pursue alternative activities. He moved to Queensland where he accepted an honorary appointment at the University of Queensland for a number of years. During this time Peter also worked as a private consultant to government agencies and the fishing industry, acting as an expert witness and producing a number of reports on critical issues such as the Torres Strait Fisheries, the feasibility of farming Southern Bluefin Tuna, and the scientific information behind management arrangements for dugong in Queensland. At this time he was asked to chair the Australian Institute of Marine Science Reward and Remuneration Committee, the Tasmanian Marine Farming Planning Review Panel, the Queensland Fishing Industry Research Advisory Committee and the Queensland Trawl Management Advisory Committee. He was also a member of the New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries Research Tender Evaluation Panel. Peter has now ceased these activities to enjoy his retirement in Queensland while he reflects on a lifetime of scientific achievements and legacy of literature. However he has not stopped investigating new challenges, these include learning to play the violin, improving his French fluency, and replanting 12 acres of rain forest on his property in the outer Brisbane. https://www.asfb.org.au/blake-taylor daily 0.75 2020-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1607918356681-J45N6GRJCI8H9RTIA8SZ/Blake+Taylor.jpg Blake Taylor - Blake Taylor Northern Territory Government Blake Taylor is a senior fisheries manager with the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade in the Northern Territory. He studied Aquaculture and Coastal Zone Management at Curtin University graduating with first class honours in Aquatic Resources. He now has developed considerable technical expertise in resource management and effective stakeholder engagement having managed multiple fisheries in the Northern Territory including the Spanish Mackerel, Trepang, Aquarium, Small Pelagic and Coastal Line Fisheries. Mr Taylor is currently developing a multi-sector harvest strategy to ensure the sustainable use of Black Jewfish and Golden Snapper for all resource users in the Northern Territory. https://www.asfb.org.au/jo-randall daily 0.75 2021-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1634261601274-BLC3J38QHS2HUHFO7F2Z/Joanne+Randall.jpg Jo Randall - Jo Randall Charles Darwin University/Australian Institute of Marine Science Darwin Jo Randall is a post-doctoral researcher with a background in coastal ecology, food web tracking, molecular ecology, and underwater acoustics. She is currently investigating population dynamics and community structure in fish in the NT. https://www.asfb.org.au/hayden-schilling daily 0.75 2021-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1634253191493-6N421X11D279TRPWS1M0/Hayden+Schilling.jpg Hayden Schilling - Hayden Schilling Sydney Institute of Marine Science & UNSW Sydney, Eora Nation Hayden is a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Sydney Institute of Marine Science. Working closely with both modellers and fisheries scientists, he tries to bridge the gap between oceanographers and fisheries biologists. His current research projects span a wide range of topics from crab fisheries to larval dispersal and artificial reefs. Hayden previously worked as a data scientist at UNSW where he also completed a PhD on tailor. https://www.asfb.org.au/katherine-cheshire daily 0.75 2021-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1616031283147-UJ6FMZU3CZ0CKA382J2W/Katherine+Cheshire.jpg Katherine Cheshire - Katherine Cheshire DPI FISHERIES (NSW) Port Stephens, NSW I lead NSW Fisheries Freshwater Ecosystems Research team, we study fish using cutting edge technologies to help people look after fish! https://www.asfb.org.au/gerry-closs daily 0.75 2020-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1593476172522-ALL2PUQAO7RN8D322MEE/Gerry%252BCloss.jpg Gerry Closs - Gerry Closs University of Otago https://www.asfb.org.au/leanne-currey-randall daily 0.75 2020-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1593476294939-MCF6CVXHRN66L2VTLINE/Leanne%2BCurrey-%2BRandall.jpg Leanne Currey- Randall - Leanne Currey- Randall Australian Institute of Marine Science Leanne is an ecologist focused on understanding drivers of community structure and movement patterns of fishes. Enthusiastic about using multiple research methods for teleosts, elasmobranchs and fishery species in tropical waters. https://www.asfb.org.au/mischa-turschwell daily 0.75 2020-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1607918467543-H79V1VKMH2B138LGY89Q/Mischa+Turschwell.jpg Mischa Turschwell - Mischa Turschwell Griffith University Mischa is an aquatic ecologist with the Australian Rivers Institute at Griffith University, Australia. Mischa is particularly interested in using statistical modelling to understanding climate-change impacts on ecosystems. He has worked on predicting population success under climate change for headwater fishes, as well as quantifying predator-prey dynamics in tropical rivers. His current work involves trying to predict the interactive effects of multiple stressors on marine ecosystems, particularly seagrass and mangrove ecosystems. https://www.asfb.org.au/owen-burnell daily 0.75 2020-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1607918628068-3D2GJ6XJSU6T0PS39H86/Owen+Burnell.jpg Owen Burnell - Owen Burnell South Australian Government Dr Burnell has diverse marine research experience spanning fisheries science, invertebrate biology and marine ecology. His postgraduate research focussed on the influence of climate change on the physiology, growth and ecological impacts of key invertebrate species, such as urchins and abalone. Since joining SARDI Aquatic Sciences in 2014, Dr Burnell has worked across numerous different fisheries in South Australia, including abalone, prawns and small pelagic fish, with a focus on providing research that underpins the sustainable management of fisheries. His current research interests include using high resolution spatial data, catch-rate modelling and biological data to improve stock assessment of abalone. https://www.asfb.org.au/erica-durante daily 0.75 2021-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/927c2aa9-85ea-4fc2-8d97-e5cf665da2b2/Erica+Durante.jpeg Erica Durante - Erica Durante University of South Australia Adelaide I am currently a PhD student at the University of South Australia and am looking at all the different ways we can use cephalopod hard parts to learn more about cephalopods as well as their environment. https://www.asfb.org.au/joel-williams daily 0.75 2024-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/783f9634-31da-486f-a1d3-645bac41ff73/Joel+Williams.jpg Joel Williams - Joel Williams Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania Joel Williams is a Research Associate at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) at the University of Tasmania. Joel is a quantitative fish ecologist with interests in mesophotic ecosystems, Southern Ocean, and estuarine ecology. https://www.asfb.org.au/jonah-yick daily 0.75 2020-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1607919477159-WI76RZ202USFYUN2EUQP/jonah+yick.png Jonah Yick - Jonah Yick Inland Fisheries Service Jonah Yick is a fisheries manager at the Inland Fisheries Service in Tasmania, leading the Carp Management Program. He completed a Bachelor of Marine Science with Honours at the University of Tasmania and spent the early stages of his career working on sharks and rays. He is a passionate recreational game fisher and is also involved in many citizen science programs. https://www.asfb.org.au/emily-fobert daily 0.75 2021-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/a3ec13ba-b963-482d-9a53-dc080fdbc067/Emily+Fobert.jpg Emily Fobert - Emily Fobert University of Melbourne Melbourne Research Fellow in Fisheries Science at the University of Melbourne, focusing on eco-evolutionary impacts of anthropogenic stressors on fish behaviour, physiology, and life-history. https://www.asfb.org.au/james-shelley daily 0.75 2020-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1593475358243-S9VJE3AXYCNOO0CUBV1J/James%2BShelley.jpg James Shelley - James Shelley Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research I am a freshwater ecologist that has worked across Australia and New Zealand. I work mostly on fish, but love anything that’s wet. https://www.asfb.org.au/marta-panero daily 0.75 2021-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1634602312454-3YICR1OKBPVAN0423U49/ASFB+Committee+-+Blank.png Marta Panero - Marta Panero James Cook University https://www.asfb.org.au/laura-smith daily 0.75 2020-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1607917240995-TS6D33VGO2RXZ01E4DF5/Laura+Smith.jpg Laura Smith - Laura Smith University of Queensland Laura Smith is in her first year of a PhD program at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. Laura is studying sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) in the Indo-Pacific, and aims to determine their population structure, connectivity, movement, and habitat preferences. Laura is working closely with the recreational fishing sector in northern Australia. Laura has a background in policy and government, having previously worked for the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, and a BSc (Hons) from the Australian National University. Laura has experience working on executive committees and event planning for social sports teams. https://www.asfb.org.au/dianne-j-bray daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592972078093-62LEGNPZQVX5398QI695/Dianne+J+Bray.jpg Dianne J Bray https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592972229215-W0XB0Y8VXRR8OAIVWNIX/ResizedImage338258-dj1.jpg Dianne J Bray Di working in cramped conditions aboard RV Lewia during fieldwork in Vanuatu in 1996 with David Smith from the Smithsonian. https://www.asfb.org.au/patricia-dixon daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592972284515-X3YEHK62QDICZYJOE5MI/Patricia+Dixon.jpg Patricia Dixon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592972361104-7ZK31MT1SRFEH9V5W3BG/ResizedImage310210-pd1.jpg Patricia Dixon Pat enjoying a chat with fellow ASFB members Ken Graham & Richard Tilzey on the ferry to the ‘Peppermint Bay’ Conference dinner in Hobart, 2006. https://www.asfb.org.au/stephen-hamar-midgley daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592974168926-1XNMXBSX4GNYAW8D557X/Stephen+Hamar+Midgley.jpg Stephen Hamar Midgley https://www.asfb.org.au/alfred-dunbavin-butcher daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592972434247-AKSCOSFGXZDR16L4J9TO/Alfred+Dunbavin+Butcher.jpg Alfred Dunbavin Butcher https://www.asfb.org.au/andre-eric-punt-1 daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592972587724-2LORU25B94QQTUHZ3724/Andre+Eric+Punt.jpg Andre Eric Punt https://www.asfb.org.au/chris-francis daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592972764115-9LC8LY6VK466FQAC0R8S/Chris+Francis.jpg Chris Francis https://www.asfb.org.au/don-francois daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592972849470-MA88LS2OFR5E7XPUR482/Don+Francois.jpg Don Francois https://www.asfb.org.au/beth-fulton-1 daily 0.75 2020-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592972921750-NEVT1J67WHA757GGFOFF/Beth+Fulton.jpg Beth Fulton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592972981412-MKGFDXCCMH8WKXOGKZ2U/ResizedImage307230-bf1.jpg Beth Fulton Beth doing what she enjoys most – exploring how we can use models to understand how marine ecosystems fit together and respond to change. https://www.asfb.org.au/bronwyn-gillanders-1 daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592973113803-6NPYLBLXUWTCII43CRFY/Bronwyn+Gillanders.jpg Bronwyn Gillanders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592973272946-YTDAPDSUYS8K8TA4M67O/ResizedImage253168-b.g-casual.jpg Bronwyn Gillanders Bronwyn and her son Zac, in between dives for research on the giant Ausralian cuttlefish at Point Lowly, South Australia. https://www.asfb.org.au/martin-gomon daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592973346613-3OYN76N23G7I23UIBYM6/Martin+Gomon.jpg Martin Gomon https://www.asfb.org.au/michael-hall daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592973596388-6HKB1ESCIFIHTVTYHEM5/Michael+Halll.jpg Michael Hall https://www.asfb.org.au/norman-hall-1 daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592973837898-MCHMDMD10WK07EHGXAUA/Norman+Hall.jpg Norman Hall https://www.asfb.org.au/dr-alistair-hobday daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592974294676-Z99XETNPKL9LVW7N7TFC/Dr+Alistair+Hobday.jpg Dr Alistair Hobday https://www.asfb.org.au/doug-hoese daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592980475012-GN4IXPMIFKZ0PWKDQ5A3/Doug+Hoese.png Doug Hoese https://www.asfb.org.au/professor-michael-john-kingsford daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592980552848-DQUJFGWEABWCECQU1A1J/Professor+Michael+John+Kingsford.jpg Professor Michael John Kingsford https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592980640903-QY5HVOJ0ZXU85543VNMS/ResizedImage600439-Band-of-research-brothers.jpg Professor Michael John Kingsford Band of research brothers at One Tree Island Research Station in 1994. Spot the Kingsford! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592980660497-EU7CR9S4BEHOZ9UKY1HS/ResizedImage600450-Research-team-on-a-cruise.jpg Professor Michael John Kingsford Research team on a cruise within the Capricorn Bunker Group of the Great Barrier Reef in 2015. https://www.asfb.org.au/helen-larson daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592980713476-IBOWO9EWIFYSR0IH1JWK/Helen+Larson.jpg Helen Larson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592980772944-DLE5603YPXXJD9W1VUG6/ResizedImage340257-hl1.jpg Helen Larson Helen studying Eviota within a reef bench pool on Guam for her Masters research. https://www.asfb.org.au/peter-last-1 daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592980959348-4FZGGWME5HDA4EYOUCBG/peter+last.png Peter Last https://www.asfb.org.au/rod-lenanton-2 daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592981099182-LOJQV952S8DKYMSPYK57/Rod+Lenanton.jpg Rod Lenanton https://www.asfb.org.au/pamela-mace daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592981196145-0Z0EB74FCOMXJ8Y770LB/Pamela+Mace.jpg Pamela Mace https://www.asfb.org.au/jeffrey-martin-leis-1 daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592981339559-R82T4AH1IUJQ2UO0EMJE/Jeffrey+Martin+Leis.jpg Jeffrey Martin Leis https://www.asfb.org.au/tony-miskiewicz daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592981483500-4D1ZQS61PJWT5X2JV0K8/Tony+Miskiewicz.jpg Tony Miskiewicz https://www.asfb.org.au/sue-morrison daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592981598371-Z9ZRUMVBDGXPKC8R6GP2/Sue+Morrison.jpg Sue Morrison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592981674160-1EX1OOMZOJ6HXIDWDHLG/ResizedImage419346-sm1.jpg Sue Morrison Sue within a glycerol bath to preserve a rare megamouth specimen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592981689341-OIU9U7EX768QN77E65IH/ResizedImage404302-sm2.jpg Sue Morrison A 3am nap while trawl sampling in Shark Bay, WA https://www.asfb.org.au/mick-olsen daily 0.75 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1592981768894-FU4AV57ED7IOIFORHXE4/Mick+Olsen.jpg Mick Olsen https://www.asfb.org.au/gretta-pecl daily 0.75 2022-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1593052504215-JT0N5TXGZG2Y3WZMH4LN/Gretta+Pecl.jpg Gretta Pecl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1593052595302-QCC9BXRQ2RH85V0D3YF3/ResizedImage311304-gp1.jpg Gretta Pecl Gretta enjoying another day of fieldwork in Great Oyster Bay, Tasmania. https://www.asfb.org.au/gilbert-percy-whitley daily 0.75 2020-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1593052668465-WHG6Z2YFO9NTULRINOGD/Gilbert+Percy+Whitley.jpg Gilbert Percy Whitley Gilbert Whitley c1965. 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Beth Fulton Dr Beth Fulton is a mid-career research scientist at CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, in Hobart. Raised in Goulburn, NSW, she studied marine biology, maths and statistics as an undergraduate and honours student at James Cook University. At the University of Tasmania, Beth completed her PhD in 2001, innocuously titled “The effects of the structure and formulation of ecosystem models on model performance”. Little did this foreshadow that Beth would soon begin development of an ecosystem model to do everything. This Atlantis model, based in her PhD but extended and applied in many regions around the world, has helped propel Beth into the category of excellence that ASFB seeks to recognize in its Hall of Fame. Her strongest research contribution has been as a leading developer of amongst the first end-to-end (or whole-of-system) models which give equal attention to biophysical and human components of marine ecosystems, but she has also been an advocate for in situ data collection in marine systems. Beth has been recognized as a high performer since her early career stage – with undergraduate prizes culminating in a University Medal in Marine Biology and Mathematics and Statistics and the Palmerston-Rundel Prize for Best Honours in Biological Sciences at James Cook University. Her PhD work was also recognised by the RoyalSociety of Tasmania. In 2007, Beth helped propel marine science into the public consciousness when awarded the Science Minister’s Prize for Life Scientist of the Year– these awards are part of the Australian Prime Minister’s Science Prizes. She kept working away at the Atlantis family of models, developing versions for use in different parts of Australia, aided by funding from CSIRO to build a modelling support team. These Atlantis models, each tuned to a particular region and situation, are now used in more than 30 systems in more than a dozen countries around the world. Along the way, Beth has worked with many students and early career researchers, both as a formal and informal mentor. Some 15 PhD students and 6 Post-docs have been directly guided by her. One of her faults is to agree to just about anything – so getting emails sent from her at all hours of the night might be due to her work patterns, or travel to far off locations. A career highlight came in 2010, when Beth was awarded a prestigious Pew Marine Conservation Fellowship. As part of this Fellowship, Beth was able to advance development of Atlantis models applicable to support management decisions across a diverse range of systems, but focusing on Indonesia and Antarctica. Beth is a sought-after speaker at conferences and symposia, and in such situations, is always generous in her recognition of her collaborators. Her extensive international engagement, and some 100 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters (including in Nature and Science), show that Beth is recognised as a thought-leader around the world. Her international service has included stints as an editor on special journal issues, and an ongoing role with Conservation Letters. Despite a modelling focus, she has always recognised the importance of long-term in situ benthic, fish and plankton datasets. Thus, recognition by ASFB in the area of ecosystem modelling is not out-of-place. Beth Fulton has been instrumental in raising the importance of fisheries research, management and conservation in Australia and internationally. 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He is a marine and behavioural ecologist interested in understanding how fishes and other aquatic animals sense and interact with their environment and in particular, how the behaviour of animals is affected by human activities. https://www.asfb.org.au/david-harasti daily 0.75 2020-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1599179944158-DWSUCX40NP2HKJPBCJ3D/David-Harasti.png David Harasti - First Name Last Name Originally from New Zealand, Rohan obtained his Ph.D. in Marine Biology from James Cook University, Queensland, and subsequently completed postdocs in the USA, Canada, and most recently at Deakin University in Victoria. He is a marine and behavioural ecologist interested in understanding how fishes and other aquatic animals sense and interact with their environment and in particular, how the behaviour of animals is affected by human activities. https://www.asfb.org.au/karin-limburg daily 0.75 2020-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1600202191675-2NAGVHY5Y3S860AAYKFI/Karin+Limburg_covid+pic.png Karin Limburg - First Name Last Name Originally from New Zealand, Rohan obtained his Ph.D. in Marine Biology from James Cook University, Queensland, and subsequently completed postdocs in the USA, Canada, and most recently at Deakin University in Victoria. He is a marine and behavioural ecologist interested in understanding how fishes and other aquatic animals sense and interact with their environment and in particular, how the behaviour of animals is affected by human activities. https://www.asfb.org.au/emma-johnston daily 0.75 2020-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1599180976309-T4T418U1F83Z46M3K91C/Emma-Johnston.png Emma Johnston - First Name Last Name Originally from New Zealand, Rohan obtained his Ph.D. in Marine Biology from James Cook University, Queensland, and subsequently completed postdocs in the USA, Canada, and most recently at Deakin University in Victoria. He is a marine and behavioural ecologist interested in understanding how fishes and other aquatic animals sense and interact with their environment and in particular, how the behaviour of animals is affected by human activities. https://www.asfb.org.au/kathy-cure daily 0.75 2020-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1607919346190-N02IPFKY1F6FZ4ML4DMN/Kathy+Cure.jpg Kathy Cure - Kathy Cure Australian Institute of Marine Science Kathy Cure is a Fish Ecologist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science in Perth, WA. She is originally from Colombia and has worked with fish, fisheries and monitoring in coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific and Caribbean. Kathy’s work to date has centred on the responses of reef fishes to changing environments, focusing on invasive species and the impacts of climate change on species distributions. She is also passionate about communications and design, and served as the “Lateral Lines” editor for the Australian Society for Fish Biology (2017-2020). She is currently working on monitoring with Indigenous Ranger groups using baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVS), as well as trying to understand oil and gas infrastructure as a habitat for fish communities in the Bass Strait. Kathy would love to re-join the ASFB Executive as a State Representative for Western Australia, and help empower the next generations of fish and fisheries scientists in Australia. https://www.asfb.org.au/daniel-yeoh daily 0.75 2021-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1634701045063-M8KLD4P6AYO7Y5SLI05L/Daniel+Yeoh.JPG Daniel Yeoh - Daniel Yeoh Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Perth Marine and estuarine ecologist working on fish and invertebrates, with a key interest in community ecology, movements and understanding environmental drivers of populations and fisheries. https://www.asfb.org.au/nick-ling daily 0.75 2020-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1607921542187-AQQYT8H6TQ91I2YW1YBC/nick+ling.jpg Nick Ling - Nick Ling University of Waikato Nick Ling did his PhD on swim bladder structure and biomechanics in snapper at the University of Auckland before a brief post-doctoral position at King’s College London and subsequently settling at the University of Waikato. Since at Waikato he has specialised in freshwater ecology working on NZ threatened species (conservation genetics) and alien fishes. He is currently working with using scent detection dogs to detect alien fishes and galaxiid spawning sites, ecotoxicology projects on toxic trace elements, and fish behaviour projects on freshwater and marine species. He is also dabbling in other diverse animal projects involving giraffe, turtles, kiwi and bats. https://www.asfb.org.au/members-in-action daily 0.75 2021-03-15 https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-50th-anniversary daily 0.75 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626855570782-WVSTBRCKNFW5PJFIUXHH/Jonah+Yick_Hobart+2016.jpg ASFB 50th Anniversary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626855435569-WN4HOG8S05YESV7YTWQ7/Tarkine+from+helicopter_coast_30-01-2015_1.JPG ASFB 50th Anniversary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627268847968-ND8OX2QGZTM3IONZIYEK/DSC_2205.JPG ASFB 50th Anniversary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627806483350-ZFFM9I0RZ8IJZ3XUIT61/Madi+ASFB+3.jpg ASFB 50th Anniversary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626854990248-0JDNQ6JUIILPZ6QVYY6Z/James+Shelley.jpg ASFB 50th Anniversary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626855317541-I34S4CPLQO6ZTX0NPIDX/HobdayTuna1.jpg ASFB 50th Anniversary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626856627191-7L5SL30MHNJYLNM2IY12/Geoff+Collins_Sampling+in+the+lower+Burdekin.jpg ASFB 50th Anniversary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626856601494-02D6R10T5IJOJJPCEK62/Sean+Tracey_photo.jpg ASFB 50th Anniversary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626855372150-01GM9GD474IY2369TM8Z/Long-finned+eel_Ringarooma+River.JPG ASFB 50th Anniversary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626855393982-3XA48X2638J2LVPJH2LQ/Scott+Hardie_fyke+net+hauling_Kemps+Marsh_Lake+Sorell.JPG ASFB 50th Anniversary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626855294693-RX44UP47OV5O8QKQGD0J/Hobday.JPG ASFB 50th Anniversary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627269405933-BDL3YLWXKQSDV808SUU1/Gretta_Pecl_at_the_2016_Australian_Society_for_Fish_Biology_conference_in_Hobart%2C_Tasmania.jpg ASFB 50th Anniversary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626855067366-7EL7LWUZRC5LK9WK4DHS/Tiffany+Sih_photo+3.jpg ASFB 50th Anniversary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627217562795-MU32VJZB6KD99BR4CNZ8/dr+harry+squid_cropped.jpg ASFB 50th Anniversary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627217577380-JVQTLQI315PCCP0E7936/Gretta+Conference+and+babies.jpg ASFB 50th Anniversary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627806391513-N6B2028U0XFHG1OTMOF5/Madi+ASFB+2.jpg ASFB 50th Anniversary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1631499256720-G2LKNT6XN8JMHH4AKTI3/ASFB+50th.jpg ASFB 50th Anniversary - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-lifetime-memberships daily 0.75 2025-09-10 https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-memories daily 0.75 2021-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626013351256-PRD1ZECMT6SL94PHUYHC/BronwynGillandersHobart2016.JPG ASFB Memories - Make it stand out Bronwyn Gillanders speaks at the “Women in Ichthyology” keynote session at the 2016 joint ASFB-OCS conference in Hobart, Tasmania. © Andrew Katsis https://www.asfb.org.au/asfb-in-pictures daily 0.75 2021-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626855570782-WVSTBRCKNFW5PJFIUXHH/Jonah+Yick_Hobart+2016.jpg ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out “The 2016 conference in Hobart, Tasmania, was a very memorable conference for me, as I was able to present work on the Tasmanian Carp Management Program (CMP), alongside four other staff members from my team, who also covered varying aspects of the CMP. To be able to do this in my hometown was even more special.” Submitted by Jonah Yick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626854990248-0JDNQ6JUIILPZ6QVYY6Z/James+Shelley.jpg ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out “The ASFB supported my PhD research that led to the discovery of a new species of freshwater fish that we named after author and conservationist Tim Winton. A highlight of my career (and life) was presenting a Roger Swainston illustration of the newly-described Hannia wintoni to the man himself.” Submitted by James Shelley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626856290878-MHL0P5KUTF4AVKO53FNP/DSC_0348.JPG ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out Long-time ASFB member Richard Tilzey hauls a boatload of conference attendees at the 2017 conference in Albany, Western Australia. © Andrew Katsis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626855203157-XVQP3N7ANFFY2WQPJP8Z/Geoff+Collins_Sampling+in+the+lower+Burdekin.jpg ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out Geoff Collins samples fish during fieldwork in the lower Burdekin. Submitted by Geoff Collins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626855006651-3R7LL2WGWYGRHMHNXE22/Sean+Tracey_photo.jpg ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out “I was proud to host the first ASFB conference where gender equity was front and centre as a discussion topic (Hobart, Tasmania, 2016).” Submitted by Sean Tracey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626855372150-01GM9GD474IY2369TM8Z/Long-finned+eel_Ringarooma+River.JPG ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out A large long-finned eel (Anguilla reinhardtii) from the lower Ringarooma River, north-east Tasmania upstream of the system’s Ramsar-listed floodplain wetland. Submitted by Scott Hardie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626855393982-3XA48X2638J2LVPJH2LQ/Scott+Hardie_fyke+net+hauling_Kemps+Marsh_Lake+Sorell.JPG ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out Scott Hardie hauling fyke nets in Kemps Marsh, Lake Sorell (central Tasmania) at the end of the Millennium Drought, when high water levels enabled golden galaxias (Galaxias auratus) to breed in the fringing wetlands of this lake for the first time in more than a decade. Submitted by Scott Hardie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626855435569-WN4HOG8S05YESV7YTWQ7/Tarkine+from+helicopter_coast_30-01-2015_1.JPG ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out View of the beautiful Tarkine coastline, north-west Tasmania, during helicopter-based fish surveys in rivers in the region in January 2015. Submitted by Scott Hardie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626855317541-I34S4CPLQO6ZTX0NPIDX/HobdayTuna1.jpg ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out “Tagging southern bluefin tuna in southern Australia with acoustic tags, to determine residence time and migration pathways, between 2001 and 2010 was a long-term effort. That was a career stage I still wish for!” Submitted by Alistair Hobday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626855294693-RX44UP47OV5O8QKQGD0J/Hobday.JPG ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out “Seeing Australia take marine climate change more seriously has been satisfying — and making the news stream at an airport shows this work has impact for Australia.” Submitted by Alistair Hobday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626855024745-6CR0W743PCA75TPHG8KF/Tiffany+Sih_photo+1.jpg ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out Peter Cowman, Tiffany Sih and Rohan Brooker (left to right) at the 2018 ASFB conference in Melbourne, Victoria. Submitted by Tiffany Sih. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626855046236-M7ZJ33JDEOMT0RV6UHZW/Tiffany+Sih_photo+2.jpg ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out Culum Brown’s fishy conference shirt at the 2018 ASFB conference in Melbourne, Victoria. Submitted by Tiffany Sih. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626855092092-8C4VD5CL2HLTU2GBZG9N/Tiffany+Sih_photo+3.jpg ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out Rohan Brooker, Tiffany Sih, Jenni Donelson, Cassie Thompson, Leanne Currey-Randall and Paloma Matis (left to right) on the way to the 2018 conference dinner at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Submitted by Tiffany Sih. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627217562795-MU32VJZB6KD99BR4CNZ8/dr+harry+squid_cropped.jpg ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out “I’ve had some great times out in the field, and taken the odd celebrity here and there out on trips. The celebrity, in this case, is Dr Harry Cooper (second from right), not the almost-as-famous-in-the-marine-world Sean Tracey, Belinda McGrath, or Mike Steer!” Submitted by Gretta Pecl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627217577380-JVQTLQI315PCCP0E7936/Gretta+Conference+and+babies.jpg ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out Gretta Pecl attends an ASFB conference with one of her infant children in tow. Submitted by Gretta Pecl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627217547291-FT2HJOLTBG5H7JPOMTOM/Gretta_Pecl_at_the_2016_Australian_Society_for_Fish_Biology_conference_in_Hobart%2C_Tasmania.jpg ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out Gretta Pecl gives a keynote talk at the 2016 ASFB conference in Hobart, Tasmania. Submitted by Gretta Pecl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627268847968-ND8OX2QGZTM3IONZIYEK/DSC_2205.JPG ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out The ‘Women in Ichythology’ poster exhibition at the 2016 ASFB conference in Hobart, Tasmania. © Andrew Katsis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627806198502-SUS7ICHPVMGBMSXEB66Q/Madi+ASFB+2.jpg ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out “As the student representative for the ASFB-OCS conference in 2016, I had a lot of fun organising events like the student night. It was a fantastic evening meeting new colleagues and spending time with old friends.” Submitted by Madi Green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1627806127928-1NAU2DH7I6OUJ8X4CTVY/ASFB+2016+student+night.jpg ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out Delegates mingle during the student night at the 2016 ASFB-OCS joint conference in Hobart, Tasmania. Submitted by Madi Green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1628429514228-GEHEKFGBPLOM20JJJDXL/ASFB+Canberra.jpg ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out “Presenting at the ASFB Conference in Canberra in 2019 on digital transformation in Australia’s fisheries as part of the speed talk panel.” Submitted by Genevieve Phillips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1628429574669-15DH8SKSAF1GV94F7JXC/ASFB+Canberra+2.jpg ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out “The Fisheries Queensland contingent at the 2019 conference in Canberra, enjoying the social aspects of the conference.” Submitted by Genevieve Phillips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1628429605784-LOC4LKL8C0E8JWE2EHOK/Fieldwork.jpg ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out “Conducting fieldwork on the Great Barrier Reef in 2015 as part of my PhD on coral reef fish visual ecology. I am releasing a slingjaw wrasse back onto the reef after training it in behavioural experiments that tested their visual capabilities by hiding patterned prey fish against a variety of backgrounds – “Where’s Wally” for fish!” Submitted by Genevieve Phillips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1629621602271-TKNQ4CBWWUCG3ZJ7ZJ7F/asfb+memoribilia.jpg ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out Our President, Alison King, unearthed this treasure-trove of ASFB memorabilia, stretching all the way back to our 1991 conference in Hobart, Tasmania. Submitted by Alison King. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1629622008788-9WZK9YPSRMKT7HA3HKBQ/DSC_0223.JPG ASFB in Pictures - Make it stand out At our 2018 conference in Melbourne, we managed to assemble seven former Presidents, photographed with the Melbourne Cricket Ground as a backdrop. From left to right: Harry Balcombe (President 2017-19), Chris Fulton (2015-17), Gary Jackson (2013-15), Bronwyn Gillanders (2012-13), Mark Lintermans (2005-07), John Koehn (2001-03) and Andrew Sanger (1999-2001). © Andrew Katsis https://www.asfb.org.au/10-questions daily 0.75 2021-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626015276478-YRNA9ANIFRTF7H6SXSKQ/ASFBPresidentsMelbourne2018.JPG 10 Questions - Make it stand out Former ASFB Presidents photographed at 2018 conference in Melbourne, Victoria, with the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the background. From left to right: Harry Balcombe (President 2017-19), Chris Fulton (2015-17), Gary Jackson (2013-15), Bronwyn Gillanders (2012-13), Mark Lintermans (2005-07), John Koehn (2001-03) and Andrew Sanger (1999-2001). © Andrew Katsis https://www.asfb.org.au/from-the-archives daily 0.75 2021-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626853276112-9AK7JY6KGN2MW1WMRFDR/John+Paxton+1978.jpg From the Archives - Make it stand out Dr John Paxton demonstrating his taxonomic skills to a barmaid at the 1978 conference in Victor Harbour, South Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626853354099-YV427HK3Z0V5SP6DZNMD/Bendigo+1999.jpg From the Archives - Make it stand out Delegates to the 1999 annual conference at the Bendigo Regional Arts Centre., Victoria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626853405887-OS4PBOXMQGV9EFBJY4ZM/Bunbury%2C+2001.jpg From the Archives - Make it stand out Meeting of minds at the 2001 conference dinner at Bunbury, Western Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626853428900-UIORNTTTMHJJSM28902O/Wellington+2003.jpg From the Archives - Make it stand out Trans-Tasman communication at the 2003 annual conference in Wellington, New Zealand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626853454090-R8RDYLMK2N5E2CWW4ISD/Mark+Lintermans.jpg From the Archives - Make it stand out ASFB stalwart Mark Lintermans (and four-legged friend) proudly displaying the Donald D. Francois trophy, which he won at the 2003 conference in Wellington, New Zealand. While President of the Society, Mark backed up and won the DDF trophy for a second time at the Canberra conference in 2007, a sterling effort! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1626853512416-5VCS3S18ER89DAIUHU4B/The+Duck+in+2004.jpg From the Archives - Make it stand out The ASFB conference mascot, “The Duck”, enjoying the 2004 conference dinner in Glenelg, South Australia. https://www.asfb.org.au/50th-anniversary-online-event daily 0.75 2021-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1631498974851-PVG7PLJ2D7177ZVXN51A/ASFB+50th.jpg 50th Anniversary Online Event - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.asfb.org.au/annual-committee-meeting-minutes daily 0.75 2021-11-16 https://www.asfb.org.au/alien-fishes-committee daily 0.75 2025-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/2c4a5888-84fa-40d9-82ec-9ae41ecc3e75/IMG_6644.JPG Alien Fishes Committee - Bonnie Holmes Co-Chair University of the Sunshine Coast bholmes@usc.edu.au https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/2aa28cf7-6d17-4167-a817-023f75aba841/Mariah+Millington.jpg Alien Fishes Committee - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.asfb.org.au/education-committee daily 0.75 2025-03-04 https://www.asfb.org.au/threatened-fishes-committee daily 0.75 2021-12-03 https://www.asfb.org.au/fisheries-management-committee daily 0.75 2025-12-16 https://www.asfb.org.au/fish-welfare-committee daily 0.75 2023-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/d4b4b749-723b-44e3-b5ef-c0b9a6c3df9e/Culum+Brown.png Fish Welfare Committee Prof. Culum Brown Chair Maquarie University culum.brown@mq.edu.au https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/35dda0b8-d9ac-45e7-adf3-4e3bb1c5677a/Karina+Hall.png Fish Welfare Committee - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/347b66a6-aa57-4a4a-a989-653d76831457/Victoria+Camilieri-Asch.png Fish Welfare Committee - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/12c54db7-350f-41d5-9cea-c180bb5379f9/Dianne+Bray.png Fish Welfare Committee - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/781c2c31-1446-465a-88ee-2e3f18eb6dd7/Matt+Beitzel.png Fish Welfare Committee - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/c839bf3e-88b0-4365-874d-8ceb2f346cc0/Keller+Kopf.png Fish Welfare Committee - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/a7a6a327-bffd-45bc-b595-5281ae5f84d6/Gerry+Close.png Fish Welfare Committee - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/bf27e18d-7a70-4562-8514-7ce0c5840cd4/Rafael+Freire.png Fish Welfare Committee A/Prof. Rafael Freire Deputy Chair Charles Sturt Univeristy rfreire@csu.edu.au https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/e009e6b2-0e06-468e-8ff9-ce5dbdd2b5d6/John+Mitchell.png Fish Welfare Committee - 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This year’s conference dinner theme is ‘Outrageous Aquatic’. So show us your best clam-shells, bedazzle your best threads or dress to impress as your favourite flashy fishy. 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During the submission processes, you will also be able to indicate if you would like to apply for an award: John lake Poster Award (best poster): more info available here Gilbert P. Whitley Memorial Student Award (best oral presentation): more info available here John Glover Travel Fund (only for ASFB student members): more information available here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/18159db2-0b59-4380-b171-f2840dd3ee35/Crown.png ASFB 2022 - VENUE AND ACCOMMODATION The Organising Committee warmly welcomes all delegates to Crowne Plaza, Surfer’s Paradise in Queensland. 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Charlotte Birkmanis Early Career Researcher Charlotte is a shark scientist, marine ecologist and wildlife science communicator known as the ‘PR Manager’ for sharks and other predators. Researching where sharks are, why they are there and how this, and their numbers, change over time (kinda like time travel) is at the core of her work. Charlotte also looks at shark movement and behaviour, and how climate change may impact them. She completed her PhD in marine ecology and statistics in 2021, where she developed models to shed light on the distribution and protection of pelagic sharks in Australian waters and the adjacent high seas, both now and at the end of the century. Working towards a sustainable future, Charlotte also uses her skills and experience as an offshore renewable energy consultant. Passionate about making science available to everyone, Charlotte promotes ‘bite-sized science’ through her books, podcast and radio show, along with her work as a ‘Superstar of STEM’ with Science and Technology Australia. https://www.asfb.org.au/troy-rogers daily 0.75 2022-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/fdbfd71a-a21e-49e9-8e68-c191aaf78576/Troy+Rogers.jpg Troy Rogers - Troy Rogers South Australian Government https://www.asfb.org.au/nicki-duncan daily 0.75 2023-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/566f2df8-eeac-4513-8527-b0cb09177a2f/longtom.jpg Nicki Duncan - Nicki Duncan Charles Sturt University Nicki is a PhD student at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Albury with a multidisciplinary background in social science, natural resource management and ecology. Her work has been within the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) framework, focussing on fish passage and tropical inland fisheries as a food provisioning resource. She's been fortunate to work with CSU, International Water Management Institute, WorldFish and AMPERES. Her main research interest is in getting the best outcomes for wild fish in modified environments. https://www.asfb.org.au/henry-wootton daily 0.75 2022-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/ca5e3dc9-99bc-4bd2-a9e8-5ec2fd53a027/Henry+Wootton.png Henry Wootton - Henry Wootton https://www.asfb.org.au/communications-manager daily 0.75 2023-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/b4a0cce5-486a-401b-88df-2bb67b62963e/ASFB+Logo.png https://www.asfb.org.au/fish-welfare-interesting-links daily 0.75 2023-12-15 https://www.asfb.org.au/future-of-the-society-committee daily 0.75 2023-02-15 https://www.asfb.org.au/trawled-fishes-of-southern-indonesia-and-northwestern-australia daily 0.75 2023-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/31851ff4-eb79-48ce-942b-e376a9a80ad4/Trawled_fishes_SI_NWA_front_cover.PNG https://www.asfb.org.au/past-conferences-and-workshops daily 0.75 2023-06-01 https://www.asfb.org.au/krystle-keller daily 0.75 2024-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/c12d8053-5fac-443f-a90d-e3155a919c87/Krystle+Keller.jpg Krystle Keller - Krystle Keller Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australian Government I am a Fisheries Scientist at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and have been an active ASFB member since 2014. I am currently on the ASFB Future of the Society Committee (FOSC), previously I was part of the ASFB threatened fishes committee and was an NT representative in 2018-19. I have also attended several ASFB conferences, including the 2015 ASFB conference in Sydney where I assisted as a student conference organiser. https://www.asfb.org.au/jasmin-martino daily 0.75 2024-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/a48cf6ad-ac5c-4397-95a6-5583d9c07ce1/Jasmin+Martino.jpg Jasmin Martino - Jasmin Martino UNSW Jasmin is a Research Fellow in aquatic ecology at UNSW Sydney. Her current research focuses on freshwater fish passage and fishway solutions using closed-conduit systems. Jasmin is also involved in the management and control of invasive species, such as carp. https://www.asfb.org.au/nina-wootton daily 0.75 2024-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1cfd6f06-31f5-4c25-a4d9-52e176a42d81/Nina+Wootton.jpg Nina Wootton - Nina Wootton University of Adelaide Nina is a post-doctoral researcher in the Southern Seas Ecology Laboratories at the University of Adelaide. Nina works on marine plastic pollution, seagrass restoration, and marine science outreach and education. https://www.asfb.org.au/tanika-shalders daily 0.75 2024-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/73a75df3-2c8b-4c94-abab-3d03bf7ddaee/IMG_4134.JPG Tanika Shalders - Tanika Shalders Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions Tanika Shalders is a Research Scientist at the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA). Tanika is a marine ecologist with interests in temperate ecosystems, and climate change ecology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/d292735a-e2ec-442a-9c3c-bc2f9b03cabe/GB1+Tanika.JPG Tanika Shalders - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.asfb.org.au/richard-allibone daily 0.75 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/81975e9d-f878-4077-bd9d-6b9ab655dc9c/Richard+Allibone.png Richard Allibone - Richard Allibone Water Ways Consulting Richard is a freshwater fish biologist that has been working of rover 30 years on New Zealand native freshwater fish. He has worked in research and management positions and currently operates as an independent consultant. He has a broad range of work activities including management of threatened fish species, fish passage and fish screen requirements, working with Council to determine instream environmental flows and assessment of aquatic effect for development proposal. Richard also co-supervisors post-graduate student at the University of Otago and provides training course on fishing methods and fish identification. https://www.asfb.org.au/james-wong daily 0.75 2024-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/b0c9539c-1252-4058-af1e-a5e104d5592a/James+Wong.jpg James Wong - James Wong University of Newcastle James is a PhD Candidate at the University of Newcastle and is studying the ecology of subtropical reef fishes at Norfolk Island. He has a Bachelor of Science majoring in Marine Science and completed an Honours with UoN studying foodweb dynamics of seagrass-associated fishes in Lake Macquarie. Jim loves loves all things fish and foodwebs! https://www.asfb.org.au/new-page daily 0.75 2026-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/83846aac-7cdd-4d64-83d6-1c928071d9ad/ASFB_logo.png https://www.asfb.org.au/fisheries-manager-travel-bursary daily 0.75 2025-05-23 https://www.asfb.org.au/threatened-species-list-updates daily 0.75 2024-10-21 https://www.asfb.org.au/kyle-tyler daily 0.75 2025-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/c8beb668-dacf-41f4-9620-6237436ef8a3/kyle+tyler.jpg Kyle Tyler - Kyle Tyler NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Kyle is a Programs Officer for NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, where he is working to review, update, and implement the NSW Long Term Water Strategies to guide the management and delivery of environmental water in the NSW Murray-Darling Basin. Previously, he has investigated threatened, endangered and protected species bycatch in commercial fisheries, he has researched the hydrological and other environmental drivers of spatial-temporal variation in riverine fish reproduction, and he has investigated the salinity and temperature tolerances of juvenile prawns to determine their susceptibility to estuarine flooding. https://www.asfb.org.au/vincent-raoult daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/340ebd62-6e13-43d4-9c60-a2a4c6829343/Vince+pic.jpg Vincent Raoult - Vincent Raoult Griffith University Vincent is an ecologist with a broad interest in marine systems and specializes in the biology of sharks and rays. He is passionate about using new technologies like drones to enhance conservation of ecosystems. https://www.asfb.org.au/christopher-henderson daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/6af1452c-5979-44c6-93b3-9c1af766a7a3/Christopher+Henderson.png Christopher Henderson - Christopher Henderson University of the Sunshine Coast Chris Henderson is a marine ecologist from the University of the Sunshine Coast working on fish in a range of different coastal environments. This work focuses on functional, restoration and conservation ecology with an overall aim to improve coastal management. https://www.asfb.org.au/agm-2025 daily 0.75 2025-08-19 https://www.asfb.org.au/katherine-lockton daily 0.75 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/cc9c0f53-484e-4c7c-8033-a4caf3204288/1000028396.jpg Katherine Lockton - Katherine Lockton University of Auckland and Earth Sciences New Zealand Katherine Lockton is currently undertaking her PhD on the drivers and impacts of milky-white flesh syndrome in Australasian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus, tāmure) as a student at the joint graduate school UoA-ESNZ JGS for Coastal and Marine Science. This condition (milky-white flesh syndrome) is characterised by degenerative myopathy, pale colouration, and emaciation. Prior to her PhD, she worked at the Animal Health Laboratory (for the Ministry for Primary Industries) and undertook a wide range of diagnostic testing for import/export testing and exotic disease investigation. Additionally, she holds a research affiliate position at the national museum of New Zealand (Te Papa Tongarewa) where she investigates phylogenetic patterns in molluscs. https://www.asfb.org.au/daniel-hewitt daily 0.75 2025-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/e9c00c59-f883-4573-a935-166040a37266/GMC_selfie_1.jpg Daniel Hewitt - Daniel Hewitt University of New South Wales Dan is a postdoctoral fellow in fisheries oceanography at the University of New South Wales. His work focuses primarily on animal movement and behaviour, and how quantifying these processes can lead to better management outcomes. https://www.asfb.org.au/k-radway-allen-award daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://www.asfb.org.au/early-career-awards daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://www.asfb.org.au/early-career-international-travel-scholarship daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://www.asfb.org.au/john-lake-poster-award daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1589857576783-YD7BGMHT21DWLO96LVBR/frdc_logo.png John Lake Poster Award https://www.asfb.org.au/gilbert-p-whitley-memorial-student-award daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1589859949386-MSFOEU9JLPI53IGRBN9S/frdc_logo.png Gilbert P. Whitley Memorial Student Award https://www.asfb.org.au/barry-jonassen-award daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://www.asfb.org.au/michael-hall-student-innovation-award daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://www.asfb.org.au/video-competition-in-science-communication daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://www.asfb.org.au/student-international-travel-scholarship daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://www.asfb.org.au/john-glover-travel-fund-bursaries daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/1589856803907-5UEQVQOM3S3BYTJ0M3OB/frdc_logo.png John Glover Travel Fund Bursaries https://www.asfb.org.au/zoe-storm daily 0.75 2026-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/4e7683db-d507-47b2-b66c-6283506d2509/zoe-sq.JPG Zoe Storm - zoe storm James Cook University Zoe is a first-year PhD student at JCU, studying how environmental change affects coral trout fisheries through behaviour, physiology, and ecology. Prior to this, she completed an MSci in Marine and Freshwater Biology at the University of Glasgow and has worked on various fish-related topics with research teams at AIMS and CRIOBE in French Polynesia. Passionate about all things fish, Zoe loves connecting research across disciplines. 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John works in both marine and freshwater systems investigating how animals respond to environmental change on contemporary and evolutionary time scales. He is keenly interested in the impacts of, and adaptations to, fishery activity, natural and human-induced flow variability, and rapid climatic change. John asks questions at different levels of biological organisation, ranging from individuals to assemblages, using field-based and experimental techniques. John is a well-respected teacher and coordinates undergraduate courses in marine ecology and animal biology. He leads a vibrant research lab of PhD, Masters and Honours students and together they ask fundamental and applied questions relevant to Australian and international fish and fisheries. University of Melbourne Ph. 03 8344 8929 Mobile. 0403 338 554 https://www.asfb.org.au/executive-council/tiffany-sih monthly 0.5 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/48e84957-f45c-4b81-89e3-01c3a4dd179b/Tiffany+Sih.png Executive Council - Tiffany Sih - Secretary - Tiffany Sih Whadjuk Region/Perth, WA Secretary I am a fish ecologist that specialises in deepwater fish assemblages. Early Career Researcher https://www.asfb.org.au/executive-council/luke-lythgoe monthly 0.5 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/d030e378-2915-42f5-9cfd-bea189f45751/Luke+L.png Executive Council - Luke Lythgoe - Communications Manager - Luke Lythgoe Communications Manager Luke Lythgoe is a professional science communicator with a decade of experience across media, government and scientific institutions. A trained journalist, he channels his expertise into raising awareness around biodiversity restoration and management. His previous roles include communicating breakthroughs at one of the UK's leading biodiversity genomics initiatives, promoting new reference genomes for fish and other marine organisms in the North Atlantic, Southern Ocean and Pacific. Having spent most of his career on the island of Britain, taking advantage of his family's proximity to the tidal pools and temperate reefs along the Cornish coast, Luke has recently relocated to the edge of a much larger reef in Tropical North Queensland. https://www.asfb.org.au/executive-council/katherine-cheshire monthly 0.5 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/7e1b6930-3de4-44d4-9368-28d1f46ee70a/Katherine+C.png Executive Council - Katherine Cheshire - President - Katherine Cheshire NSW Department of Primary Industries President Dr Katherine Cheshire is a freshwater fisheries researcher and resource manager with an extensive background in freshwater fish and riverine management. Kat is the Research Leader for Freshwater Ecosystems, currently leading 45 staff at NSW DPI Fisheries. Her work supports evidence-based policy and decision-making across three themes: Restoration & Recovery; Ecology & Environment; and Recreation & Culture. The team delivers high-quality information, insights, and innovations to empower the protection, enhancement, and sustainable use of freshwater fish, dedicated to helping people look after fish. With over 15 years of experience in Australian fish biology across multiple State and Commonwealth research and management agencies, Kat has also been passionately involved in our society since 2005, regularly attending annual conferences, serving as the State representatives on the ASFB Executive Council and the Future of the Society Committee, she played a key role in implementing amendments to the ASFB Constitution in 2015, recognizing Indigenous people and their vital connection and contribution to our lands, waters, and fish. Recognised for her scientific leadership and as a diversity champion, Dr Cheshire has led major projects working across research, management, and policy, providing scientific and technical advice across government, industry, and the community. These programs have significantly shaped the management of Australia's fisheries, freshwater, and marine natural resources, contributing to the development of national policy reform, research strategies, priorities, and plans. https://www.asfb.org.au/executive-council/daniel-svozil monthly 0.5 2025-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/b2085a2f-51bd-4ff9-8dea-62cac2196f90/ASFB+Committee+%282%29.png Executive Council - Daniel Phillip Svozil - Treasurer - Daniel Svozil Treasurer Dr Daniel Svozil is an aquatic ecologist with a wide range of experience in freshwater and fisheries research, monitoring and evaluation projects in NSW and Victoria, with a special interest in evolutionary and functional ecology. Daniel works with the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water’s (DCCEEW) Water Science team, providing evidence-based risk assessments, water sharing plan evaluation, and research to support equitable water resource management outcomes for NSW. His work focuses on monitoring and evaluating the impact of water management plans and policies on flow-ecology responses of coastal freshwater and migratory fish populations and estuary ecosystems and processes. Daniel brings 15 years of experience in the university and public sectors, including 7 years of experience with recreational fishing club committees, Landcare groups and has been a member and supporter of our society since 2016, attending several conferences and now proudly serving as the society’s treasurer. https://www.asfb.org.au/executive-council/leanne-currey-randall-workshop-conference-coordinator monthly 0.5 2025-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/913dafca-ad33-4fa8-8771-c3740cacafd8/Leanne+C-R.png https://www.asfb.org.au/executive-council/joel-williams-vice-president-and-workshop-conference-coordinator monthly 0.5 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/44c1356f-0bf4-4d73-8e87-14cb266d2eaa/Joel+W.png https://www.asfb.org.au/executive-council/miranda-spencer-altice monthly 0.5 2026-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ebb3517f3c03f0e621e7df5/3d2525bd-e550-4cff-a835-c766db2d686d/Miranda+S.png Executive Council - Miranda Spencer Altice - Newsletter Editor - Miranda Spencer-Altice Miranda Spencer-Altice - Newsletter Editor Miranda Spencer-Altice is a marine ecologist, science communicator and editor with some 20 years of experience spanning marine research, environmental consulting and journalism. Currently completing a PhD at the University of the Sunshine Coast on maternal investment and stress in juvenile sharks, Miranda also holds a Master of Environmental Science and Management from Southern Cross University, where her research explored coral heat resilience and assisted evolution. Miranda brings a rare combination of scientific depth and editorial polish to the role. She has a bachelor's degree in Communications/Journalism from Jacksonville University (Florida) and has been a published writer since 2004. She has served as editor and co-chief editor for science-focused organisations, and in her consulting work has routinely translated complex science into clear, accessible reports for government and community audiences.