Dr Ashley Williams ~
Marine & Aquaculture Sciences
- About
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- Experience
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- 2012 to present - Senior Fisheries Scientist, Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (Noumea, New Caledonia)
- 2008 to 2012 - Fisheries Scientist, Oceanic Fisheries Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (Noumea, New Caledonia)
- 2006 to 2008 - Senior Research Fellow, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University (Townsville)
- 2003 to 2006 - Research Fellow, CRC Reef Research Centre, James Cook University (Townsville)
- 2003 - Research Officer, CRC Reef Research Centre, James Cook University (Townsville)
- 1995 to 2002 - Fisheries Research Assistant, CRC Reef Research Centre, James Cook University (Townsville)
- Research Disciplines
Dr Ashley Williams is a Senior Fisheries Scientist in the Oceanic Fisheries Programme of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community in Noumea, New Caledonia. Dr Williams is also an Adjunct Principal Research Fellow in the School of Earth and Environmnetal Sciences at James Cook University. Dr Williams completed his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at James Cook University.
Dr Williams has focussed his research on the synthesis and application of fisheries data and fish population dynamics to improve assessments of exploited fish stocks and to evaluate the relative performance of alternate fisheries management strategies through formal Management Strategy Evaluation. He has extensive experience across a wide range of fisheries including coral reef fish fisheries, pelagic fisheries such as tunas, and tropical deepwater fisheries.
The results of his research have been published widely in international journals and have contributed significantly to improving management of state, national and international fisheries. In recognition of his experience in fisheries, Dr Williams has been appointed as the scientific member of fisheries managment advisory committees in Queensland and Torres Strait.
- Publications
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These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.
- Journal Articles
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- Andrews K, Copus J, Wilcox C, Williams A, Newman S, Wakefield C and Bowen B (2020) Range-wide population structure of 3 deepwater eteline snappers across the Indo-Pacific Basin. Journal of Heredity, 111 (5). pp. 471-485
- Raymundo L, Burdick D, Hoot W, Miller R, Brown V, Reynolds T, Gault J, Idechong J, Fifer J and Williams A (2019) Successive bleaching events cause mass coral mortality in Guam, Micronesia. Coral Reefs, 38 (4). pp. 677-700
- Dibattista J, Wakefield C, Moore G, Bunce M, Williams A, O'Malley J, Humphreys R, Halafihi T, Williams A, Green M, Graham K, Tucker S, Cruz E and Newman S (2018) Genomic and life-history discontinuity reveals a precinctive lineage for a deep-water grouper with gene flow from tropical to temperate waters on the west coast of Australia. Ecological Genetics and Genomics, 9. pp. 23-33
- Carter A, Davies C, Emslie M, Mapstone B, Russ G, Tobin A and Williams A (2017) Reproductive benefits of no-take marine reserves vary with region for an exploited coral reef fish. Scientific Reports, 7. pp. 1-12
- Kennington W, Keron P, Harvey E, Wakefield C, Williams A, Halafihi T and Newman S (2017) High intra-ocean, but limited inter-ocean genetic connectivity in populations of the deep-water oblique-banded snapper Pristipomoides zonatus (Pisces: Lutjanidae). Fisheries Research, 193. pp. 242-249
- Moore B, Stapley J, Williams A and Welch D (2017) Overexploitation causes profound demographic changes to the protandrous hermaphrodite king threadfin (Polydactylus macrochir) in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Fisheries Research, 187. pp. 199-208
- Newman S, Wakefield C, Williams A, O'Malley J, Taylor B, Nicol S, Nichols R, Hesp S, Hall N, Hill N, Ong J, Andrews A, Wellingtion C, Harvey E, Mous P, Oyafuso Z, Pardee C, Bunce M, DiBattista J and Moore B (2017) International workshop on advancing methods to overcome challenges associated with life history and stock assessments of data-poor deep-water snappers and groupers. Marine Policy, 79. pp. 78-83
- Wakefield C, O'Malley J, Williams A, Taylor B, Nichols R, Halafihi T, Humphreys R, Kaltavara J, Nichol S and Newman S (2017) Ageing bias and precision for deep-water snappers: evaluating nascent otolith preparation methods using novel multivariate comparisons among readers and growth parameter estimates. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 74 (1). pp. 193-203
- Williams A, Wakefield C, Newman S, Vourey E, Abascal F, Halafihi T, Kaltavara J and Nicol S (2017) Oceanic, latitudinal, and sex-specific variation in demography of a tropical deepwater snapper across the indo-pacific region. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4.
- Andrews K, Williams A, Fernandez-Silva I, Newman S, Copus J, Wakefield C, Randall J and Bowen B (2016) Phylogeny of deepwater snappers (Genus Etelis) reveals a cryptic species pair in the Indo-Pacific and Pleistocene invasion of the Atlantic. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 100. pp. 361-371
- Frisch A, Cameron D, Pratchett M, Williamson D, Williams A, Reynolds A, Hoey A, Rizzari J, Evans L, Kerrigan B, Muldoon G, Welch D and Hobbs J (2016) Key aspects of the biology, fisheries and management of Coral grouper. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 26 (3). pp. 303-325
- Newman S, Williams A, Wakefield C, Nicol S, Taylor B and O'Malley J (2016) Review of the life history characteristics, ecology and fisheries for deep-water tropical demersal fish in the Indo-Pacific region. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 26 (3). pp. 537-562
- More
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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 64+ research outputs authored by Dr Ashley Williams from 2001 onwards.
- Supervision
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Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.
These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.
- Completed
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- Diving into the deep-end: investigating tropical deep-reef fish assemblages (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Collaboration
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