Dr Andrew Tobin

Senior Research Fellow

BSc University of Queensland

PhD, James Cook University

Visit: Room DB034-142, Townsville campus

Call: (+61) 7 4781 5113

Fax (+61) 7 4725 4099

Email: andrew.tobin@jcu.edu.au

Research Interests

  • Population biology of finfish and sharks

  • Ecological assessments of fisheries

  • Conservation biology of sharks and rays

  • Climate change impacts on fisheries

  • Habitat use of sharks and rays

  • Fisheries of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

My research has focused on the finfish and more recently sharks, and has included studies of life history, ecological and fisheries assessment, population dynamics, habitat use, conservation biology, climate variability impacts, and more.This research has occurred mostly within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, but also south-east Queensland, the Torres Strait, and Gulf of Carpentaria.

Current Projects

  • Ecological risk assessment of finfish and shark fisheries within the GBRWHA

  • Sustainability of Queensland’s east coast finfish and shark populations

  • Changing environment effects on fisheries production

  • Biology and ecology of inshore finfish and sharks

Work History

  • 1998 – 2003. Senior Research Scientist, Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries

  • 2004 – 2008. Commercial line, net and pot fisher within the GBRWHA.

  • 2008 – current. Senior Research Fellow, Fishing and Fisheries Team, School of Earth and Environmental Science, James Cook University

Selected Publications

Tobin, A.J., Sheaves, M.J., Molony, B.W. and Tobin, R.C. (in press). Potential ecological drivers and management implications of spatially variant growth of the tropical sparid Acanthopagrus berda. Fisheries Management and Ecology.

Ballagh, A.C., Begg, G.A., Mapleston, A and Tobin, A. (2006). Growth trends of Queensland east coast Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson) from otolith back-calculations. Marine and Freshwater Research 57(4), 338-348.

Tobin, A.J., Mapleston A. 2004. Exploitation dynamics and biological characteristics of the Queensland east coast Spanish mackerel fishery. Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Final Report 2001/019.

Mapstone, B.D., Tobin, A., Jones, A., Begg, G.A. 2003. A review of reef line fishing in the eastern Torres Strait. CRC Reef Research Centre, Townsville, 27pp.

Ley, J.A., Halliday, I.A. and Tobin, A.J. (2002). Ecosystem effects of fishing closures in mangrove estuaries of tropical Australia. Marine Ecology Progess Series 245, 223-238.

Ley, J.A., Halliday, I.A., Tobin, A.J., Garrett, R.N. and Gribble, N.A. (2002). How do Fishing Closures Influence Fish Biodiversity? - a Case Study. 2002 World Congress on Aquatic Protected Areas.

Halliday, I., Ley, J., Tobin, A., Garrett, R., Gribble, N. and Mayer D. (2001). Effects of net fishing: addressing biodiversity and bycatch issues in Queensland inshore waters. FRDC Final Report 97/206.

Tobin, A. J. (2000) Review of Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus commerson in Queensland waters: life history and biology, historical catch and effort, and recent trends. A report to the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, 62pp.

Sheaves, M. J., Molony, B. W. & Tobin, A. J. (1999). Spawning migrations and local movements of a tropical sparid fish. Marine Biology 133, 123-128.

Tobin, A. J., Sheaves, M. J. & Molony, B. W. (1997). Evidence of protandrous hermaphroditism in the tropical sparid Acanthopagrus berda. Journal of Fish Biology 50, 22-33.

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