Position

Senior Lecturer
School of Biological Sciences

Biography

Dr Charlie Huveneers lead the Southern Shark Ecology Group (SSEG) research lab at Flinders University. The SSEG delivers high quality research on the biology, ecology and population status of chondrichthyan (sharks, rays, skates, and chimaeras), as well as assessments of their vulnerability to fishing pressure, interactions with humans and related public perception. The primary aims of our research include the determination of life history characteristics of sharks to improve assessments of their vulnerabilities to human, environmental and climatic impact, and investigations of their movement dynamics and residency patterns using various tracking tools including acoustic telemetry and satellite tagging.

Over the years, he has worked on a wide range of species including wobbegongs, Port Jackson sharks, grey reef sharks, bronze whalers, dusky sharks, blacktip reef sharks, nervous sharks, smooth rays, fiddler rays, and white sharks.

He started his PhD at Macquarie University in 2003 on the biology and ecology of wobbegong sharks in relation to the commercial fishery in NSW. In 2007, he started running the Australian Acoustic Tagging and Monitoring System (AATAMS) part of the Integrated Marine Observing System program (IMOS) during which he deployed acoustic receivers around Australia and created a national network of acoustic telemetry users. He joined MISA through a joint position between SARDI - Aquatic Sciences and Flinders University where he acted as shark ecologist and Lecturer between 2009 and 2014.

Since 2014, he has been at Flinders University full-time and is now Senior Lecturer.

Qualifications

2002-2007

  • Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia)
  • PhD in Environmental Science awarded February 2007
  • The ecology and biology of wobbegong sharks (genus Orectolobus) in relation to the commercial fishery in New South Wales, Australia
1999-2002
  • University of Southampton (England)
  • BSc (Hons.) Oceanography with Marine Biology (Obtained: First class)
Biological related statistics, economics of the environment, physical and chemical oceanography, analytical chemistry, marine ecology, marine plants and animals, estuaries environment, primary production, sedimentation, fisheries and aquaculture, oceanography field course, marine benthos and shelf dynamics

1998-1999
  • Maryborough State High School (Australia).
1992-1998
  • Saint-Boniface-Parnasse (Belgium)

Honours, awards and grants

  • 2011, Co-author of runner-up for best poster at the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society Conference
  • 2011, Vice-Chancellor Early Career Research Award
  • 2010, South Australian Young Tall Poppy Finalist
  • 2009, Unsung Hero of the year 2009
  • 2007, Award from the Fondation de la Vocation, Belgium, $10,000
  • 2006, Commendation from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
  • 2006, American Elasmobranch Society student travel award
  • 2004, John Glover Award (Australian Society for Fish Biology student travel award)
  • 2001, Dean's List BSc (Hons.) University of Southampton

Key responsibilities

  • SA-IMOS deputy node leader
  • AATAMS Scientific Committee member
  • AATAMS data Sub-committee member
  • AATAMS receiver pool Committee member
  • IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group member
  • Shark Resource Assessment Group Observer

Teaching interests

  • Biology and Ecology of Chondrichthyes (sharks, rays, and chimaeras)
  • Shark conservation
  • Fisheries sciences
  • Acoustic telemetry
  • Behavioural ecology

Topic Coordinator:

Topic Lecturer:

Research expertise

  • Ecology
  • Zoology

Research interests

  • Biology and Ecology of Chondrichthyes (sharks, rays, and chimaeras)
  • Shark conservation
  • Fisheries science
  • Acoustic telemetry
  • Behavioural ecology

Supervisory interests

  • Animal behaviour
  • Bioacoustics
  • Fisheries sustainability
  • Marine animals
  • Marine park planning
  • Sharks and rays, biology
  • Sharks, rays and chimaeras, conservation

RHD research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor : Shark and ray ecology and biology (3) ; Fisheries sustainability (1) ;

Associate supervisor : Marine mammal ecology (1) ; Molecular biology (1) ; Marine ecology & biology (2) ;

Completion

Principal supervisor : Shark and ray ecology and biology (1) ;

Associate supervisor : Marine ecology & biology (1) ;

RHD Student Achievements

  • Holly Frazer
    Winner of the OCS annual conference Student presentation - October 2012
  • Matt Heard
    Flinders Univeristy overseas travel scholarship - October 2012
  • Mick Drew
    Commendation for the OCS annual conference Student presentation - October 2012

Publications

  • Gillanders, B.M., Doubleday, Z., Cassey, P., Clarke, S., Connell, S.D., Deveney, M., et al. (2013). Spencer Gulf Ecosystem & Development Initiative: Report on Scenario development, Stakeholder workshops, Existing knowledge & Information gaps. Adelaide, Australia: University of Adelaide.
  • Huveneers, C. (2008). The Ecology and Biology of Wobbegongs in New South Wales, Australia. Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.
  • Sexton, S.C., Ward, T. and Huveneers, C.P.M. (2017). Characterising the spawning patterns of Jack Mackerel (Trachurusdeclivis) off eastern Australia to optimise future survey design. FISHERIES RESEARCH, 186 pp. 223-236.
    [10.1016/j.fishres.2016.08.029]
  • Dapp, D.R., Huveneers, C.P.M., Walker, T.I., Drew, M.J. and Reina, R.D. (2016). Moving from measuring to predicting bycatch mortality: predicting the capture condition of a longline-caught pelagic shark. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2(Art: 126)
    [10.3389/fmars.2015.00126]
  • Drew, M.J., Rogers, P. and Huveneers, C.P. (2016). Slow life history traits of a neritic predator, the bronze whaler (Carcharhinus brachyurus) Marine and Freshwater Research,
    [10.1071/MF15399]
  • Heard, M., Sutton, S., Rogers, P.J. and Huveneers, C.P. (2016). Actions speak louder than words: Tournament angling as an avenue to promote best practice for pelagic shark fishing. Marine Policy, 64 pp. 168-173.
    [10.1016/j.marpol.2015.11.019] [Scopus]
  • Huveneers, C.P., Klebe, S., Fox, A., Bruce, B., Robbins, R., Borucinska, J.D., et al. (2016). First histological examination of a neoplastic lesion from a free-swimming white shark, Carcharodon carcharias L. Journal of Fish Diseases, pp. 1-5.
    [10.1111/jfd.12458]
  • Huveneers, C.P., Simpfendorfer, C.A., Kim, S.W., Semmens, J., Hobday, A., Pederson, H., et al. (2016). The influence of environmental parameters on the performance and detection range of acoustic receivers. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, pp. 1-11.
    [10.1111/2041-210X.12520]
  • Izzo, C.J., Huveneers, C.P.M., Drew, M.J., Bradshaw, C.J.A., Donnellan, S. and Gillanders, B. (2016). Vertebral chemistry demonstrates movement and population structure of bronze whaler sharks. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 556 pp. 195-207.
    [10.3354/meps11840]
  • Kempster, R., Egeberg, C., Hart, N., Ryan, L., Chapuis, L., Kerr, C., et al. (2016). How Close is too Close? The Effect of a Non-lethal Electric Shark Deterrent on White Shark Behaviour. PLoS One, 11(7) pp. e0157717.
    [10.1371/journal.pone.0157717]
  • Dapp, D., Walker, T., Huveneers, C.P. and Reina, R. (2016). Respiratory mode and gear type are important determinants of elasmobranch immediate and post-release mortality. FISH AND FISHERIES, 17(2) pp. 507-524.
    [10.1111/faf.12124] [Scopus]
  • Corrigan, S., Huveneers, C.P., Stow, A.J. and Beheregaray, L.B. (2016). A multi-locus comparative study of dispersal in three codistributed demersal sharks from eastern Australia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 73(3) pp. 406-415.
  • Armasin, N., Lee, K., Huveneers, C.P. and Harcourt, R. (2016). Integrating social network analysis and fine-scale positioning to characterize the associations of a benthic shark. Animal Behaviour, 115(May) pp. 245-258.
    [10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.02.014]
  • Apps, K., Dimmock, K., Lloyd, D. and Huveneers, C.P. (2016). In the Water with White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias): Participants’ Beliefs toward Cage-diving in Australia. Anthrozoos, 29(2) pp. 231-245.
    [10.1080/08927936.2016.1152714]
  • Escalle, L., Speed, C.W., Meekan, M., White, W.T., Babcock, R.C., Pillans, R.D., et al. (2015). Restricted movements and mangrove dependency of the nervous shark Carcharhinus cautus in nearshore coastal waters. Journal of Fish Biology, 87(2) pp. 323-341.
    [10.1111/jfb.12724] [Scopus]
  • Drew, M.J., White, W.T., Dharmadi, , Harry, A.V. and Huveneers, C.P. (2015). Age, growth and maturity of the pelagic thresher Alopias pelagicus and the scalloped hammerhead Sphyrna lewini. Journal of Fish Biology, 86(1) pp. 333-354.
    [Scopus]
  • Huveneers, C.P., Holman, D., Robbins, R., Fox, A., Endler, J.A. and Taylor, A.H. (2015). White sharks exploit the sun during predatory approaches. American Naturalist, 185(4) pp. 562-570.
    [10.1086/680010] [Scopus]
  • Lee, K., Huveneers, C., MacDonald, T. and Harcourt, R. (2015). Size isn't everything: movements, home range, and habitat preferences of eastern blue gropers (Achoerodus viridis) demonstrate the efficacy of a small marine reserve. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 25(2) pp. 174-186.
    [10.1002/aqc.2431] [Scopus]
  • Lee, K.A., Huveneers, C.P., Peddemors, V.M., Boomer, A. and Harcourt, R.G. (2015). Born to be free? Assessing the viability of releasing captive-bred wobbegongs to restock depleted populations. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2(18)
    [10.3389/fmars.2015.00018]
  • Rogers, P.J., Huveneers, C.P., Page, B., Goldsworthy, S., Coyne, M., Lowther, A.D., et al. (2015). Living on the continental shelf edge: habitat use of juvenile shortfin makos Isurus oxyrinchus in the Great Australian Bight, southern Australia. Fisheries Oceanography, 24(3) pp. 205-218.
    [10.1111/fog.12103] [Scopus]
  • Simpfendorfer, C.A., Huveneers, C.P., Steckenreuter, A., Tattersall, K., Hoenner, X., Harcourt, R.G., et al. (2015). Ghosts in the data: false detections in VEMCO pulse position modulation acoustic telemetry monitoring equipment. Animal Biotelemetry, 3(55)
    [10.1186/s40317-015-0094-z]
  • Huveneers, C.P., Ebert, D.A. and Dudley, S.F.J. (2015). The evolution of chondrichthyan research through a metadata analysis of dedicated international conferences between 1991 and 2014. African Journal of Marine Science, 37(2) pp. 129-139.
    [10.2989/1814232X.2015.1042911] [Scopus]
  • Donellan, S.C., Foster, R., Junge, C., Huveneers, C.P., Rogers, P., Killian, A., et al. (2015). Fiddling with the proof: The Magpie Fiddler Ray is a colour pattern variant of the common Southern Fiddler Ray (Rhinobatidae: Trygonorrhina) Zootaxa, 3981(3) pp. 367-384.
    [10.11646/zootaxa.3981.3.3] [Scopus]
  • Crossley, R., Collins, C., Sutton, S. and Huveneers, C. (2014). Public perception and understanding of shark attack mitigation measures in Australia. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 19(2) pp. 154-165.
    [10.1080/10871209.2014.844289] [Scopus]
  • Beckmann, C., Mitchell, J., Seuront, L., Stone, D. and Huveneers, C. (2014). From egg to hatchling: preferential retention of fatty acid biomarkers in young-of-the-year Port Jackson sharks Heterodontus portusjacksoni. Journal of Fish Biology, in press
    [10.1111/jfb.12451] [Scopus]
  • Lee, K.A., Huveneers, C., Gimenez, O., Peddemors, V.M. and Harcourt, R.G. (2014). To catch or to sight? A comparison of demographic parameter estimates obtained from mark-recapture and mark-resight models. Biodiversity and Conservation, 23(11) pp. 2781-2800.
    [10.1007/s10531-014-0748-9] [Scopus]
  • Heard, M., Van Rijn, J., Reina, R. and Huveneers, C.P. (2014). Impacts of crowding, trawl duration and air exposure on the physiology of stingarees (Family: Urolophidae) Conservation Physiology, 2 pp. 1-14.
    [10.1093/conphys/cou040]
  • Beckmann, C.L., Mitchell, J.G., Stone, D. and Huveneers, C. (2014). Inter-Tissue Differences in Fatty Acid Incorporation as a Result of Dietary Oil Manipulation in Port Jackson Sharks (Heterodontus portusjacksoni) Lipids, 49(6) pp. 577-590.
    [10.1007/s11745-014-3887-6] [Scopus] [Web Link]
  • Goldsworthy, S., Page, B., Rogers, P.J., Bulman, C., Wiebkin, A., Mcleay, L., et al. (2013). Trophodynamics of the eastern Great Australian Bight ecosystem: ecological change associated with the growth of Australia's largest fishery. Ecological Modelling, 255 pp. 38-57.
    [10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.01.006] [Scopus]
  • Beckmann, C.L., Mitchell, J.G., Seuront, L., Stone, D. and Huveneers, C. (2013). Experimental Evaluation of Fatty Acid Profiles as a Technique to Determine Dietary Composition in Benthic Elasmobranchs. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 86(2) pp. 266-278.
    [10.1086/669539] [Scopus]
  • Huveneers, C., Rogers, P., Beckmann, C.L., Semmens, J., Bruce, B. and Seuront, L. (2013). The effects of cage-diving activities on the fine-scale swimming behaviour and space use of white sharks. Marine Biology, 160 pp. 2863-2875.
    [10.1007/s00227-013-2277-6] [Scopus] [Web Link]
  • Huveneers, C., Rogers, P., Semmens, J.M., Beckmann, C., Kock, A.A., Page, B., et al. (2013). Effects of an Electric Field on White Sharks: In Situ Testing of an Electric Deterrent. PLoS One, 8(5) pp. e62730.
    [10.1371/journal.pone.0062730] [Scopus] [Web Link]
  • Huveneers, C., Stead, J., Bennett, M., Lee, K. and Harcourt, R. (2013). Age and growth determination of three sympatric wobbegong sharks: how reliable is growth band periodicity in Orectolobidae? FISHERIES RESEARCH, 147 pp. 413-425.
    [10.1016/j.fishres.2013.03.014] [Scopus]
  • Muter, B.A., Gore, M.L., Gledhill, K.S., Lamont, C.J. and Huveneers, C. (2013). Australian and U.S. news media portrayal of sharks and their conservation. Conservation Biology, 27(1) pp. 187-196.
    [10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01952.x] [Scopus]
  • Rodgers, G.G., Linnane, A.J. and Huveneers, C. (2013). Contrasting diet in two temperate reef fish species (Notolabrus tetricus and Meuschenia hippocrepis) as determined from commercial rock lobster bycatch samples. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 137(1) pp. 80-89.
    [Scopus] [Web Link] [Web Link]
  • Rogers, P., Huveneers, C., Goldsworthy, S., Cheung, W., Jones, K., Mitchell, J.G., et al. (2013). Population metrics and movement of two sympatric carcharhinids: a comparison of the vulnerability of pelagic sharks of the southern Australian gulfs and shelves. Marine and Freshwater Research, 64(1) pp. 20-30.
    [10.1071/MF11234] [Scopus]
  • Rogers, P., Huveneers, C., Goldsworthy, S., Mitchell, J.G. and Seuront, L. (2013). Broad-scale movements and pelagic habitat of the dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus off Southern Australia determined using pop-up satellite archival tags. Fisheries Oceanography, 22(2) pp. 102-112.
    [10.1111/fog.12009] [Scopus]
  • Semmens, J., Payne, N., Huveneers, C., Sims, D. and Bruce, B. (2013). Feeding requirements of white sharks may be higher than originally thought. Scientific Reports, 3 pp. 1471.
    [10.1038/srep01471] [Scopus] [Web Link]
  • Gutteridge, A.N., Huveneers, C., Marshall, L.J., Tibbetts, I.R. and Bennett, M.B. (2013). Life-history traits of a small-bodied coastal shark. Marine and Freshwater Research, 64(1) pp. 54-65.
    [10.1071/MF12140] [Scopus]
  • Beckmann, C.L., Mitchell, J.G., Stone, D.A.J. and Huveneers, C. (2013). A controlled feeding experiment investigating the effects of a dietary switch on muscle and liver fatty acid profiles in Port Jackson sharks Heterodontus portusjacksoni. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 448 pp. 10-18.
    [10.1016/j.jembe.2013.06.009] [Scopus]
  • Frazer, H., Ellis, M. and Huveneers, C. (2012). Can a threshold value be used to classify Chondrichthyan reproductive modes: systematic review and validation using an oviparous species. PLoS One, 7(12) pp. 50196-50206.
    [10.1371/journal.pone.0050196] [Scopus]
  • Rogers, P.J., Huveneers, C., Page, B., Hamer, D., Goldsworthy, S., Mitchell, J., et al. (2012). A quantitative comparison of the diets of sympatric pelagic sharks in gulf and shelf ecosystems off southern Australia. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 69(8) pp. 1382-1393.
    [10.1093/icesjms/fss100] [Scopus]
  • Bryars, S., Rogers, P.J., Huveneers, C., Payne, N., Smith, I. and McDonald, B. (2012). Small home range in southern Australia's largest resident reef fish, the western blue groper (Achoerodus gouldii): implications for adequacy of no-take marine protected areas. Marine and Freshwater Research, 63(6) pp. 552-563.
    [10.1071/MF12016] [Scopus]
  • Speed, C., Meekan, M., Field, I., McMahon, C., Stevens, J., Mcgregor, K., et al. (2011). Spatial and temporal movement patterns of a multi-species coastal reef shark aggregation. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 429 pp. 261-275.
    [10.3354/meps09080] [Scopus]
  • Huveneers, C., Otway, N., Harcourt, R. and Ellis, M. (2011). Quantification of the maternal-embryo nutritional relationship of elasmobranchs: case study of wobbegong sharks (genus Orectolobus) Journal of Fish Biology, 78(5) pp. 1375-1389.
    [10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02938.x] [Scopus]
  • Gutteridge, A., Bennett, M., Huveneers, C. and Tibbetts, I. (2011). Assessing the overlap between the diet of a coastal shark and the surrounding prey communities in a sub-tropical embayment. Journal of Fish Biology, 78(5) pp. 1405-1422.
    [10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02945.x] [Scopus]
  • Benavides, M., Feldheim, K., Duffy, C., Wintner, S., Braccini, M., Boomer, J., et al. (2011). Phylogeography of the copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) in the southern hemisphere: implications for the conservation of a coastal apex predator. Marine and Freshwater Research, 62(7) pp. 861-869.
    [10.1071/MF10236] [Scopus]
  • Huveneers, C., Luo, K., Otway, N.M. and Harcourt, R.G. (2009). Assessing the distribution and relative abundance of wobbegong sharks (Orectolobidae) in New South Wales, Australia, using recreational scuba-divers. Aquatic Living Resources, 22(3) pp. 255-264.
    [10.1051/alr/2009046] [Scopus]
  • Corrigan, S., Huveneers, C., Schwartz, T., Harcourt, R.G. and Beheregaray, L.B. (2008). Genetic and reproductive evidence for two species of ornate wobbegong shark Orectolobus spp. on the Australian east coast. Journal of Fish Biology, 73(7) pp. 1662-1675.
    [10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02039.x] [Scopus]
  • Huveneers, C., Otway, N.M. and Harcourt, R.G. (2007). Morphometric Relationships and Catch Composition of Wobbegong Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Orectolobus) Commercially Fished in New South Wales, Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 128 pp. 243-249.
    [Scopus] [Web Link]
  • Huveneers, C., Walker, T.I., Otway, N.M. and Harcourt, R.G. (2007). Reproductive synchrony of three sympatric species of wobbegong shark (genus Orectolobus) in New South Wales, Australia: reproductive parameter estimates necessary for population modelling. Marine and Freshwater Research, 58(8) pp. 765-777.
    [10.1071/MF06187] [Scopus]
  • Huveneers, C., Harcourt, R.G., Gibbs, S. and Otway, N.M. (2007). Quantitative diet assessment of wobbegong sharks (genus Orectolobus) in New South Wales, Australia. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 64(6) pp. 1272-1281.
    [10.1093/icesjms/fsm111] [Scopus]
  • Old, J. and Huveneers, C. (2006). Morphology of the blood cells from three species of wobbegong sharks (Orectolobus species) on the east coast of New South Wales. Zoo Biology, 25(1) pp. 73-82.
    [10.1002/zoo.20079] [Scopus]
  • Huveneers, C. (2006). Redescription of two species of wobbegongs (Chondrichthyes: Orectolobidae) with elevation of Orectolobus halei Whitley 1940 to species level. Zootaxa, 1284 pp. 29-51.
    [Scopus] [Web Link]
  • Huveneers, C., Harcourt, R.G. and Otway, N.M. (2006). Observations of localised movements and residence times of wobbegong sharks (Orectolobus halei) at Fish Rock, NSW, Australia. Cybium, 30(4) pp. 103-111.
    [Scopus]
  • Allen, S. and Huveneers, C. (2005). First Record of an Australian Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) Feeding on a Wobbegong Shark (Orectolobus ornatus) Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 126 pp. 95-97.
    [Scopus] [Web Link]
  • Huveneers, C. (2008). The Ecology and Biology of Wobbegongs in New South Wales, Australia. Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.
  • Sexton, S.C., Ward, T. and Huveneers, C.P.M. (2017). Characterising the spawning patterns of Jack Mackerel (Trachurusdeclivis) off eastern Australia to optimise future survey design. FISHERIES RESEARCH, 186 pp. 223-236.
    [10.1016/j.fishres.2016.08.029]
  • Dapp, D., Walker, T., Huveneers, C.P. and Reina, R. (2016). Respiratory mode and gear type are important determinants of elasmobranch immediate and post-release mortality. FISH AND FISHERIES, 17(2) pp. 507-524.
    [10.1111/faf.12124] [Scopus]
  • Huveneers, C.P., Klebe, S., Fox, A., Bruce, B., Robbins, R., Borucinska, J.D., et al. (2016). First histological examination of a neoplastic lesion from a free-swimming white shark, Carcharodon carcharias L. Journal of Fish Diseases, pp. 1-5.
    [10.1111/jfd.12458]
  • Huveneers, C.P., Simpfendorfer, C.A., Kim, S.W., Semmens, J., Hobday, A., Pederson, H., et al. (2016). The influence of environmental parameters on the performance and detection range of acoustic receivers. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, pp. 1-11.
    [10.1111/2041-210X.12520]
  • Izzo, C.J., Huveneers, C.P.M., Drew, M.J., Bradshaw, C.J.A., Donnellan, S. and Gillanders, B. (2016). Vertebral chemistry demonstrates movement and population structure of bronze whaler sharks. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 556 pp. 195-207.
    [10.3354/meps11840]
  • Kempster, R., Egeberg, C., Hart, N., Ryan, L., Chapuis, L., Kerr, C., et al. (2016). How Close is too Close? The Effect of a Non-lethal Electric Shark Deterrent on White Shark Behaviour. PLoS One, 11(7) pp. e0157717.
    [10.1371/journal.pone.0157717]
  • Armasin, N., Lee, K., Huveneers, C.P. and Harcourt, R. (2016). Integrating social network analysis and fine-scale positioning to characterize the associations of a benthic shark. Animal Behaviour, 115(May) pp. 245-258.
    [10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.02.014]
  • Apps, K., Dimmock, K., Lloyd, D. and Huveneers, C.P. (2016). In the Water with White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias): Participants’ Beliefs toward Cage-diving in Australia. Anthrozoos, 29(2) pp. 231-245.
    [10.1080/08927936.2016.1152714]
  • Dapp, D.R., Huveneers, C.P.M., Walker, T.I., Drew, M.J. and Reina, R.D. (2016). Moving from measuring to predicting bycatch mortality: predicting the capture condition of a longline-caught pelagic shark. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2(Art: 126)
    [10.3389/fmars.2015.00126]

Professional and community engagement

Professional and community services includes:

  • Invited member of the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Guest editor of the Shark International proceedings published in the African Journal of Marine Science (June 2014).
  • Reviewer for >20 scientific journals and funding agencies, including ARC, NOAA Federal funding (USA), Foundation for Science and Technology - Minister for the Educaction and Science (Portugal).
  • Member of the scientific advisory board for the Ministry of the Environment regarding network of marine parks, South Australia, 2009-2014
  • Invited as a mentor on the AMSA-South Australia branch student networking night (April 2014).
  • Reviewed report ‘Likely impact of Western Australian drum lining on white sharks’ requested by the Environmental Defender’s Office (Western Australia) (April 2014).
  • Invitation by the South Australian Science Premier to contribute to a collaborative initiative between Industry and Scientists due to being identified as an efficient science communicator (February 2014).
  • Featured in ‘72 and Rising’.
  • Invited as shark expert to present at Palau Shark Week (March 2012).
  • Invited as shark expert to present during Eye to Eye encounters Far North Queensland trip (November 2011).
  • Provide expert advice to PIRSA identifying shark teeth for State prosecution.
  • Ten public submissions.
  • Popular articles to 14 different magazines and non-governmental agencies (e.g., Nature Conservation Council and Council Conservation of South Australia), for which I won the public prize award for one of them.
  • Public talks to audiences such as scuba-diving clubs, high school students, Rotary clubs, and aquarium visitors.
  • Regular interviews to magazine, radio, and television nationally (e.g, ABC radio and television, Channel 7, 9, and 10, the Manly Daily, The Age, The Australian, Daily Telegraph, Sydney Morning Herald, The Advertiser), and internationally (i.e, Canada, Italy, Hawaii, England, Belgium).
  • Featured in various documentaries (e.g., Operation Maneater by Windfall Films, Great Southern Land by Cordell Jigsaw)

Expertise for media contact

Subject Titles

  • Biology
  • Ecology
  • Fish

Interests

  • Sharks and rays (General ecology, biology, movements, diets, reproduction, fisheries sustainability, and conservation of sharks, rays and chimaeras)

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