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Favourite papers?
Chapman, D. D., Feldheim, K. A., Papastamatiou, Y. P., & Hueter, R. E. (2015). There and Back Again: A Review of Residency and Return Migrations in Sharks, with Implications for Population Structure and Management. Annual Review of Marine Science, 7(1), 547–570.
Clarke, S. C., Harley, S. J., Hoyle, S. D., & Rice, J. S. (2013). Population trends in Pacific Oceanic sharks and the utility of regulations on shark finning. Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology, 27(1), 197–209.
Gurney, G., Mangubhai, S., Fox, M., Kim, M., & Agrawal, A. (2021). Equity in environmental governance: perceived fairness of distributional justice principles in marine co-management. Environmental Science & Policy, 124, 23-32.
Jaiteh, V.F., Loneragan, N.R., & Warren, C. (2017). The end of shark finning? Impacts of declining catches and fin demand on coastal community livelihoods. Marine Policy, 82, 224-233.
Walker, T.I. (1998). Can shark resources be harvested sustainably? A question revisited with a review of shark fisheries. Marine and Freshwater Research, 49(7), 553-572.
Dr Andrew Chin
Principal Scientist | Lab Director
@spinnershark7
BSc (Hons) | Central Queensland University
G DipEd (Sec) | Central Queensland University
PhD | James Cook University
Andrew was born and raised in southeast Asia and remains keenly interested in fisheries sustainability, livelihoods, collaborative research, and capacity building throughout the region. Now living in Townsville, Australia, Andrew has over 25 years of experience in marine research and management including work for NGOs, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, and experience with a wide range of fisheries and shark and ray projects. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed publications and is an editor for Pacific Conservation Biology. Andrew has extensive experience working with fishers, communities, and collaborators in northern Australia, and with Indigenous ranger groups. His Shark Search Indo-Pacific program works with in-country partners to build country-specific biodiversity and conservation profiles for sharks and rays across the Indo-Pacific. Andrew also served as the president of the Oceania Chondrichthyan Society for several years and as president of the Australian Marine Science Association (NQ Branch). He continues to serve on the IUCN Shark Specialist Group, and works with the Save Our Seas Foundation as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board.
Dr Andrew's current projects include:
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Marine Spatial Planning in the Seychelles
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Capacity-building workshops for shark and rays scientists and conservation practitioners in SE Asia
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Reducing bycatch of sharks, turtles, and dugongs in commercial fisheries
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Citizen science for sharks and rays with the PADI Aware Foundation
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Building country-specific profiles of shark and ray diversity and conservation through the Shark Search Indo-Pacific Program
Favourite species?
Porcupine ray Urogymnus asperrimus


