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People development program: 2014 FRDC International Travel Bursary- Dr Zoe Doubleday

Project number: 2008-314.45
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure: $4,484.48
Organisation: University of Adelaide
Project start/end date: 2 Jun 2014 - 29 Jan 2015
Contact:
FRDC

Need

The International Otolith Symposium is only held every five years and is possibly the most important conference I could attend during my four-year post-doctoral appointment at The University of Adelaide. The Symposium will provide a platform for the exchange of information and promote the development of novel techniques and applications for otolith-based analysis in ecology and fisheries management. My research, under the direction of Prof Bronwyn Gillanders, is focussed on examining long-term changes in fish populations, associated with climatic variability and human impacts, through the use of otolith microchemistry and sclerochronology (growth pattern analysis). I also supervise multiple Honours and PhD student projects related to fish otoliths and other calcified tissues. The Symposium is thus highly relevant to my key field of research.

The Mediterranean Fisheries Science Laboratory in Sète, France, is Europe’s leading research group in ecosystem focussed fisheries management. The group develops innovative tools to assess global change impacts to marine ecosystems, with a particular emphasis on the resistance and resilience of exploited populations. This complements the research strengths of Prof Gillanders research group at The University of Adelaide. Visiting the laboratories in Sète will thus provide a further opportunity to foster international collaboration and exchange research skills and expertise in fish and fisheries research.

Funding opportunities for travel are limited for early career researchers and the International Travel Bursary will provide necessary financial support to undertake the proposed objectives. I will maximise the funding and benefit of the bursary by combining conference attendance with a laboratory visit.

Objectives

1. Attend the 5th International Otolith Symposium and present a research paper entitled “Broad and local scale drivers of growth of an estuarine fish species and implications for climate change."
2. Visit IFREMER’s (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) Mediterranean Fisheries Science Laboratories and present an overview of my research at the Laboratories’ weekly seminar series.
3. Develop collaborative linkages with a range of researchers at the Symposium and IFREMER.
Communities
PROJECT NUMBER • 2017-131
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Media messages about sustainable seafood: how do media influencers affect consumer attitudes?

We have conducted a comprehensive media survey of key media texts across all major genres and platforms for the past 3 years (2015-2018) to identify: the major reported issues affecting seafood sustainability; the role of celebrity chefs and media influencers in this media coverage; and the effects...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-026
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Measuring, interpreting and monitoring economic productivity in commercial fisheries

View the webinar at https://youtu.be/DGDYhk3rITQ The development of indicators to measure and monitor the performance of fisheries against economic objectives continues to challenge fisheries managers. The purpose of this webinar is to provide an overview of productivity...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
Industry
PROJECT NUMBER • 2019-147
PROJECT STATUS:
COMPLETED

Risk factors and management strategies associated with summer mortality in Australian abalone

In this project, we reviewed the scientific literature and collaborated with Australian abalone growers to develop a case definition for summer mortality. The case definition developed for summer mortality is as follows: i. Chronic mortality of unknown cause (if in doubt take this to mean...
ORGANISATION:
University of Adelaide
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