Sustainable Fisheries Expert Panel - member biographies
Associate Professor Ian Tibbetts
Associate Professor Tibbetts is appointed as the independent chair and brings an extensive research background in fish biology. He is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Queensland and has published numerous research papers about marine sciences.
Associate Professor Daryl McPhee
Associate Professor McPhee is appointed as a member. He has conducted extensive ongoing research on and commentary of fisheries management, including his work on reducing unprovoked shark bites. He is an ex-director of the Australian Government’s Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. He has published over 80 reports and publications including the textbook Fisheries Management in Australia and the book Environmental History and Ecology of Moreton Bay, which was nominated for a Queensland literary award.
Dr Sean Pascoe
Dr Pascoe is appointed as a member. He has extensive experience in applied economic analysis for a range of fisheries around the world. He is currently employed by the CSIRO as an economist for the Environment Business Unit and is an adjunct professor of economics at the Queensland University of Technology. He has also worked across bioeconomic modelling, capacity and efficiency analysis in fisheries and has worked with the European Commission and the Food and Agriculture Organization (United Nations) on the development of fisheries management policies and guidelines.
Professor Natalie Stoeckl
Professor Stoeckl is appointed as a member. She is a professor of economics at the College of Business and Economics at the University of Tasmania. She is interested in environmental and ecological economics and has extensive experience in the valuation of ecosystem services, particularly in marine environments. She has 172 career publications (including 93 refereed journal articles) and has published with more than 150 co-authors. She has supervised 17 higher degree research students to completion, worked on more than 40 research projects (as lead or chief investigator) and has held roles (writing and development, CI, leadership) in numerous large research consortiums. She has served on a range of assessment and advisory boards at regional, state, national and international levels.
Dr Beth Fulton
Dr Beth Fulton is CSIRO’s research domain leader for integrated oceans stewardship and the blue economy. In shaping the strategic direction for CSIRO’s research in this area, she is building off more than 20 years of work developing various system modelling tools for looking at marine ecosystems, sustainability and climate adaptation. She is also an Adjunct Professor and Deputy Director at the Centre of Marine Socioecology, a centre focused on working collaboratively to find transdisciplinary, equitable and sustainable solutions to the problems facing coasts and oceans.
Associate Professor Alana Grech
Associate Professor Grech is a spatial analyst and conservation planner with extensive expertise in the sustainable management of Australia’s tropical coasts. She is currently the head of earth and environmental science at the College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University. Associate Professor Grech collaborates with a range of government and non-government agencies and communities and is an appointed member of the Queensland Species Technical Committee.
Professor Bronwyn Fredericks
Professor Fredericks has over 30 years of experience working in and with the tertiary sector, State and Federal Governments, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-based organisations. Professor Fredericks was appointed as the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) at The University of Queensland in 2018 and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement) in 2023. She leads several strategic and operational areas of responsibility across the organisation and works in collaboration with university’s leadership on the senior executive team.
Professor Sean Tracey
Professor Tracey is a professor of fisheries and ecosystem sciences and head of the fisheries and aquaculture centre within IMAS. He has a distinguished career working across a diverse portfolio in fisheries and marine ecosystems science. He conducts research across multiple disciplines to address ecological questions and to facilitate sustainable management of marine resources. He studies marine species and how they interact with each other and their environment, assessing commercial and recreational fisheries and the importance of seafood to global food security. With over 20 years research experience at state, national and international levels, Professor Tracey has been able to facilitate a big picture perspective to local issues and, conversely, the importance of local issues to global challenges.