Projects

Ongoing

Developing epigenetic techniques to estimate biological parameters for key Indian Ocean fish stocks (POPSICLE)
Establishing an environmental DNA (eDNA) based monitoring system for complementing dive-based bioinventories, and conducting initial assessments of ballast water for early detection of invasive species (GPMDLR ADNe)
Examining population dynamics using Close-Kin-Mark-Recapture and stock assessment models of large pelagic tuna and billfish (FLOPPED and TALE)
Monitoring and mapping coral reef habitats through environmental DNA (eDNA) and visual surveys (PLANCHA and pPUMP-IT)
Conducting biological sampling of large pelagic tuna and billfish in the Indian Ocean
Designing low-cost fishing equipment to reduce fisheries bycatch (SMARTSNAP)
Deploying low-cost tags to investigate post-release mortality of bycatch
Engineering affordable coastal buoys for nearshore ocean monitoring
Performing satellite tagging of large pelagic tuna and billfish in the Indian Ocean
Defining ecoregions to support the Ecosystem-Based Management Approach for tuna and tuna-like species of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans
Formulating innovative strategies for estimating fishing effort

Population discrimination of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) in the southern Indian Ocean (SIOFA-TOP)
Feasibility of the maintenance of small tuna in land-based tanks
Support for the geolocation of marine turtles via a network of LoRa gateways
Scoping study on the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) (SIOFA-TOP)
Investigating the effects of FADs in the Indian Ocean purse seine tuna fishery