Tuesday, 19th November Australian Society for Fish Biology Conference 2024

• Navigating the Frontiers of Fish Conservation in a Changing Climate - Juergen Geist
• Exploring new frontiers in fish environments under pressure - Tiffany Sih

Plus 20minutes Q&A at the end of the session. 

Additional Facilitators: Leanne Currey-Randall and Joel Williams

•  Leading on the Edge - Rachael Robertson
• Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Session Panel Discussion - Joel Williams

Equity Diversity and Inclusion Session

• Review of the National Guidelines to Develop Fishery Harvest Strategies - Nicholas Giles
• Barriers to Harvest Strategy Development and Implementation - Natalie A Dowling
• Identifying priority recreational fishing objectives for inclusion in harvest strategies - Ashley M Fowler
• Integrating economic and social benefit to develop long-term, precautionary approach for West Coast Rock Lobster Harvest Strategy - Aidan T Walsh
• Approaches for incorporating Indigenous Rights, practices and catch into resource sharing and harvest strategy frameworks, based on international experiences - Nicholas McClean

Panel discussion to follow end of presentations

• The evolution of a critical ecosystem function for the future of coral reefs - Alexandre Siqueira
• Flow variability shapes riverine fish assemblages in the Australian wet-dry tropics - Alison King
• Salt River Secrets - Fish Diversity and Human Impact in Okinawa’s Rare Anchialine System - Jeffrey Jolly
• Subsidising the overharvest of the overgrazing Longspined Sea Urchin for kelp restoration and abalone habitat protection - John P Keane
• Efficiency and selectivity of sampling methods: learnings from a comprehensive fish and invertebrate survey - Daniel Yeoh
• Quantifying the exposure, protection, and status of seafloor habitats in Spencer Gulf, South Australia to prawn trawling - Gretchen Grammer

• Advancing Trans-Tasman Collaboration on Fish-Protection Screens: Strategies, Innovations, and Future Directions. - Craig Boys
• Pre-Screen Viewing: Understanding Influences of Pump Driven Water Diversion on River Hydraulics - Patrick McSweeney
• Prioritising pumps for mitigation of impacts on fish - Michael J Hutchison
• Impingement susceptibility and approach velocity responses of freshwater fish and crustacean species at a simulated fish protection screen - Joachim B. Bretzel
• Implementing modern fish-protection screens: challenges and opportunities - Rodney Price
• Too much screen time: designing fish screening facilities for New Zealand native fish - Mike Hickford

• Species abundances surpass richness effects in global biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships - Helen F Yan
• Reef Associated Fishes Drive Spatial and Temporal Differences in Fish Assemblage at the Norfolk Island Reef - James Wong
• Patterns and Distribution of Freshwater Fishes and Amphibians on Australian Islands - Chak Lam Samuel Ho
• Fish functional diversity drives coral reef ecological functioning in a sub-tropical reef system - Joshua T Hill
• Strong El Niño–Southern Oscillations have differential impact on the distribution of pelagic and reef fish in the Western and Central Pacific - Juan J Wang
• When traditional knowledge meets modern ecology - Range extension and insights into the life history of freshwater whiprays Urogymnus dalyensis - Barbara E Wueringer

• Simulation testing of empirical abalone harvest control rules - Malcolm Haddon
• Testing three different abalone harvest strategies for their pros and cons - Cathy Dichmont
• Incorporating environmental variability into harvest strategies: applying a novel approach to the data-moderate Northern Territory Barramundi Fishery - Brien Roberts
• Revisiting the performance indicator for the South Australian Giant Crab harvest strategy - Kevin Mark
• Development of harvest control rules to use with Close-Kin Mark-Recapture based stock assessments - Pia Bessell-Browne

• The ecological succession of fish and benthic communities on offshore artificial reefs - Stephanie H Woolley
• Reef-ining underwater habitats: comparing artificial reef fish communities to other nearby habitat in tasmania - Alyssa Marshell
• Effects of connectivity with remnant oyster reefs on the distribution and composition of coastal fish assemblages - Lucy A Goodridge Gaines
• A battle of self-control: How will the demise of coral reefs affect inhibitory control abilities in humbug damselfish (Dascyllus aruanus) - Annabell Klinke

• Fish Screening Requirements for Irrigation Pumps in Tropical Queensland: Insights from the Lower Burdekin River Delta - Thomas J Molloy
• Review of the fish screen design for a large river abstraction - Matthew van den Bosch
• Practical Modern Screening Solutions   - Peter Ebenwaldner
• The Economics of Fish Screening to Support Native Fish and River Restoration - Boyd D Blackwell
• Scaling up: prioritising water diversions for modern fish-protection screening - Tom Rayner

Panel discussion to follow end of presentations

• River flows and fisheries in northern Australia - a synthesis of current knowledge and future research needs - Kaitlyn O'Mara
• Looking back to move forward – MDBA involvement in native fish recovery in the Murray–Darling Basin - Stu Little
• Dioxin contamination in fish and crustaceans in Sydney Harbour a decade after remediation - Matt D Taylor
• Deep-water inter-reef habitat provides refuge for key fishes on the Great Barrier Reef - Stacy L Bierwagen
• A harmonised guide for microplastic sampling in marine environments, including fish - Nina Wootton
• A new invasion: redfin perch on a remote island - Jonah Yick

• Early Insights into Kinship of the Critically Endangered Largetooth Sawfish (Pristis pristis) from the Daly River - Samuel R. Amini
• The misunderstood giants of Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park (CYPAL) - Amica Benoit-Limosani
• Sight behind the saw: visual acuity and opsin expression of sawsharks - Patrick Burke
• Morphometry of the Australian cownose ray (Rhinoptera neglecta) from eastern Australia and recommendations for their commercial use - Alysha J Chan
• Abundance index of adult fish stock supports the recovery of Pacific bluefin tuna stock   - Shui-Kai (Eric) Chang
• Quantifying distinctions in otolith shape of morphologically similar Sub-Antarctic Macrourus species to assist fishery observer identifications. - Alyssa Marshell
• Development of a SNP-based breeding plan for aquacultured Mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus). - Lachlan P Dennis
• Adhering with the Australian Fish Screening Guidelines - Peter Ebenwaldner
• Understanding indirect effects of fishing on non-target reef associated fishes in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Marine Park - Virginia A Gilliland
• Stomach content and metabarcoding analysis of three marlin species reveal high importance of key fishery species to diet - Tristan A Guillemin
• Assessing Changes in Threatened Black Rockcod Epinephelus daemelii Abundance and Length Over the Past 15 Years. - David Harasti
• A preliminary risk assessment for stocking giant trevally and bigeye trevally in large lowland tropical and subtropical impoundments - Michael J Hutchison
• Tiger Shark Highway: mature male tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) movement along eastern Australia - Alexandra I Ikpe
• Fish functional diversity drives seagrass meadow ecological functioning - Amarina James
• Tidying-up the IDs of some ariid catfishes of India, South-east Asia, and Australia - Patricia Kailola
• Echoes of Predation: Using a novel acoustic approach to investigate the Predator-prey interactions of Manta Rays and Zooplankton - Hannah Moloney
• Marlin and molecules - Using DNA barcoding to solve marlin mysteries - Ryan J Nevatte
• Investigating the effects of variable fishing pressure and marine protected areas on fish body size - Jessica Randall
• The state of screening: modern fish-protection technology in Australia - Marita Pearson
• Assessing the effects of climate change and marine heatwaves on deep reef ecosystems across the Temperate East Marine Parks Network for improved management - Joel Williams
• Environmental factors drive differences in activity between sexes of a large marine predator - Adrienne Gooden