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Contacts for our fisheries services.

Key contacts for Fisheries services

Dr Rosemary Hurst

Chief Scientist - Fisheries

Rosie has a PhD in Zoology and has worked in fisheries research in New Zealand since 1979. She is a specialist in middle depth and inshore fisheries resource surveys and stock assessment, climate effects on fisheries, and fish communities. She was also a Regional Manager at NIWA Wellington for eight years.

Dr Richard O'Dr...

Principal Scientist - Fisheries

Richard specialises in research aimed at improving estimates of fish abundance using acoustics, trawling, and complementary technologies. Since attaining his PhD from the University of Otago in 1997, he has had extensive sea-going and practical fisheries experience both in New Zealand and overseas, including the Antarctic. Richard is the immediate past chair (2017-2019) of the ICES Working Group on Fisheries Acoustics Science and Technology. He has worked at NIWA since 2000 and is currently a programme leader for NIWA's National Centre for the Fisheries Assessment and Monitoring programme.

Dr Ian Tuck

Principal Scientist - Fisheries

Ian has a background in European fisheries, having worked in Scotland before moving to New Zealand. He completed his PhD on scampi fisheries ecology in the early 1990s, before joining the FRS Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen. He has particular interests in scampi, and other shellfish fisheries, having been heavily involved in scampi assessment within the ICES system, and leading scampi research, survey and assessment activities for NIWA. He also has research experience investigating the effects of fishing on the seabed, and ecosystem indicators, and currently leads research in these areas. He has worked at NIWA since 2006, is a Principal Scientist in the Fisheries Centre, and leads the Fisheries Environmental Impacts Programme. Ian holds a co-appointment in the NIWA/Joint Graduate School in Coastal and Marine Science (1 day a week), through the Department of Statistics.

Dr Malcolm Clark

Principal Scientist - Fisheries

Malcolm began his research career in the 1980s as a fisheries biologist. He worked extensively on stock assessment of deepwater fish (in particular orange roughy), before broadening his research interests to more general deep-sea ecosystems. He studied seamounts for many years, and headed the Census of Marine Life on Seamounts, a major 6 year international research programme. His studies have involved a lot of time at sea; with over 70 surveys, including submersible dives, and international work in the Antarctic and southwest Pacific. Currently he leads NIWA research projects describing the biodiversity of deep-sea habitats, assessing ecological risk to these habitats and communities from fishing and mining activities, and ways to improve the management of environmental impacts.

Dr Malcolm Francis

Principal Scientist - Fisheries

Malcolm is a fisheries scientist and marine ecologist who has been studying the population biology of cartilaginous fishes for over 40 years. He specialises in investigations of migration and behaviour, age and growth, reproduction, trends in abundance and fishery bycatch. Recent research projects include tracking great white and mako sharks, estimating the mortality rates of sharks and rays discarded by tuna longliners, and assessing the population status of sharks caught in commercial fisheries.

Dr Matt Dunn

Principal Scientist - Fisheries

Matt has a Ph.D. in fisheries stock assessment from the University of Portsmouth (UK), and has worked in New Zealand since 2003. Matt has worked primarily on the biology and stock assessment of deep water fishes, from field work and biological studies, through to Bayesian stock assessment modelling. Matt has also worked on inshore fisheries, impacts of climate on fisheries, chondrichthyan biology, and food webs and ecosystem models. Matt is a member of various NZ Ministry for Primary Industries working groups, has conducted scientific research and reviews for agencies in Australia, Europe, South America, and the USA, and is currently a programme leader for the NIWA National Centre for Fisheries Assessing Fishery Resources programme.

Full Staff List

Staff member	Position
Dr Teresa A'mar	Fisheries Modeller	Email Dr Teresa A'mar
Dr Tara Anderson	Marine Ecologist	Email Dr Tara Anderson
Owen Anderson	Fisheries Scientist	Email Owen Anderson
Helena Armiger	Principal Technician - Fisheries	Email Helena Armiger
Dr Cindy Baker	Principal Scientist - Freshwater Fish	Email Dr Cindy Baker
Sira Ballara	Fisheries Scientist	Email Sira Ballara
Dr Mike Beentjes	Principal Scientist - Fisheries	Email Dr Mike Beentjes
Dr Richard Bian	Fisheries Scientist	Email Dr Richard Bian
Dr Jaret Bilewitch	Molecular Biologist	Email Dr Jaret Bilewitch
Dr David Bowden	Marine Ecologist	Email Dr David Bowden
Dane Buckthought	Marine Ecology Technician	Email Dane Buckthought
Dr Malcolm Clark	Principal Scientist - Fisheries	Email Dr Malcolm Clark
Dr Samik Datta	Population Modeller	Email Dr Samik Datta
Ralph Dickson	Environmental Monitoring Technician	Email Ralph Dickson
Dr Ian Doonan	Senior Fisheries Modeller	Email Dr Ian Doonan
Dr Matt Dunn	Principal Scientist - Fisheries	Email Dr Matt Dunn
Adele Dutilloy	Fisheries Modeller	Email Adele Dutilloy
Dr Pablo Escobar-Flores		Email Dr Pablo Escobar-Flores
Mark Fenwick	Marine Ecology Technician	Email Mark Fenwick
Dr Brit Finucci		Email Dr Brit Finucci
Dr Malcolm Francis	Principal Scientist - Fisheries	Email Dr Malcolm Francis
Savannah Goode	Student	Email Savannah Goode
Jason Hamill	Fisheries Technician	Email Jason Hamill
Dr Sean Handley	Marine Biologist	Email Dr Sean Handley
Alan Hart	Marine Biology Technician	Email Alan Hart
Bruce Hartill	Principal Scientist - Fisheries	Email Bruce Hartill
Dr Simon Hoyle	Fisheries Modeller	Email Dr Simon Hoyle
Dr Rosemary Hurst	Chief Scientist - Fisheries	Email Dr Rosemary Hurst
Dr Graeme Inglis	Manager - Coasts and Oceans	Email Dr Graeme Inglis
Dr Emma Jones	Marine Ecologist	Email Dr Emma Jones
Marco Kienzle	Fisheries Modeller	Email Marco Kienzle
Dr Yoann Ladroit	Fisheries Acoustics Scientist	Email Dr Yoann Ladroit
Aiden Liu	Data Manager	Email Aiden Liu
Warrick Lyon	Marine Biology Technician	Email Warrick Lyon
Dan MacGibbon	Fisheries Scientist	Email Dan MacGibbon
Dr Jade Maggs	Fisheries Data Manager	Email Dr Jade Maggs
Peter Marriott	Principal Technician - Marine Biology	Email Peter Marriott
Dr Vidette McGregor	Ecosystem Modeller	Email Dr Vidette McGregor
Dr Andy McKenzie	Fisheries Modeller	Email Dr Andy McKenzie
Dr Keith Michael	Fisheries Scientist	Email Dr Keith Michael
Andrew Miller	Marine Ecology Technician	Email Andrew Miller
Dr Richard O'Driscoll	Principal Scientist - Fisheries	Email Dr Richard O'Driscoll
Pascale Otis	Communications Lead - Ocean Science	Email Pascale Otis
Derrick Parkinson	Principal Technician - Fisheries	Email Derrick Parkinson
Dr Darren Parsons	Marine Ecologist	Email Dr Darren Parsons
Christopher Ray	Electronics Technician	Email Christopher Ray
Kura Reihana	Data Entry Operator	Email Kura Reihana
Dr Ashley Rowden	Principal Scientist - Marine Ecology	Email Dr Ashley Rowden
Dr Alexandre Schimel	Fisheries Acoustics Scientist	Email Dr Alexandre Schimel
Keren Spong	Marine Ecology Technician	Email Keren Spong
Darren Stevens	Fisheries Scientist	Email Darren Stevens
Colin Sutton	Fisheries Technician	Email Colin Sutton
Di Tracey	Fisheries Scientist	Email Di Tracey
Dr Ian Tuck	Principal Scientist - Fisheries	Email Dr Ian Tuck
Joeye Vorster	Data Entry Supervisor	Email Joeye Vorster
Fred Wei	Database Administrator	Email Fred Wei
Dr James Williams	Fisheries Scientist	Email Dr James Williams
Jeanne Wissing	Personal Assistant	Email Jeanne Wissing
Caroline Wood	Data Manager	Email Caroline Wood
Brent Wood	Principal Technician - GIS and Spatial Data Management	Email Brent Wood
Jeremy Yeoman	Data Manager	Email Jeremy Yeoman

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