2025 COMMITTEE MEMBERS

2025 ORGANISING COMMITTEE

  • Eliza Kimlin

    CHAIR | Fisheries manager, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Northern Territory Government

  • Jo Randall

    CHAIR | Senior Research Scientist, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Northern Territory Government

  • Joni-Pini Fitzsimmons

    Research Fellow, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University

  • Sam Amini

    Research Assistant/Honours student, Northern Shark and Ray Research Group, Charles Darwin University

  • Grant Johnson

    Experimental Scientist Fish Ecology, Arafura Timor Research Facility, Australian Institute of Marine Science

  • Michael Hammer

    Curator of Fishes, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

  • Deepak Pazhayamadom

    CHAIR | Senior Research Scientist, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Northern Territory Government

  • Zach Clark

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Environmental DNA, Faculty of Science & Technology, Charles Darwin University

  • Brien Roberts

    Fisheries Research Scientist, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Northern Territory Government

  • Andrea Taylor

    Aquaculture Research Scientist, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Northern Territory Government

  • Alexander Basford

    Aquaculture Research Scientist, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Northern Territory Government

  • Christopher Boon

    ASFB Fisheries Management Committee & Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA)

  • Osmar Luiz

    Senior Research Scientist, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation, and Attractions (DBCA), WA

  • Katherine Cure

    Fish Ecologist and Indigenous Partnerships, Australian Institute of Marine Science

  • Shannon Burchert

    Aquatic Resource Manager, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Northern Territory Government

  • Shane Penny

    Assistant Director, Reef Fisheries and Data Assurance, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

  • Amy Kirke

    Fisheries Research Scientist, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Northern Territory Government

  • Danilo Malara

    CHAIR | Fisheries Research Scientist, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Northern Territory Government

  • Sandra Curin Osorio

    Fisheries Research Scientist, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Northern Territory Government

  • Keller Kopf

    Senior Lecturer, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University