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About

Dr Clive Jones is internationally recognised for his aquaculture research and technology development, with a primary focus on marine rock lobster and freshwater crayfish aquaculture. Dr Jones’ 37 years of professional experience have equipped him with an exceptional skillset through research project leadership, building research teams to address industry development objectives across all necessary biological disciplines, bio-economics, social science, marketing and policy development. His work engages him with small-holder practitioners, medium and large scale commercial operators, government and University research organisations and senior government officials, to deliver practical solutions that enable industry development and growth. Dr Jones has secured more than $10 million in external funding for the projects he has led and participated in, delivered in Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka. He has published more than 230 scientific articles.

His current research focus is on development of rock lobster farming in Indonesia and the Philippines, improvement of nursery technology for redclaw freshwater crayfish in Australia and development of culture-based fisheries for giant freshwater prawns in Sri Lanka.

Dr Jones has a special interest in developing aquaculture opportunities for Australian Indigenous communities using rock lobsters and freshwater crayfish as target species.

He works closely with industry with a strong, successful track record in technology transfer from research to commercial production, bolstered in particular by an ability to communicate effectively at scientific, farmer, government and corporate levels. Dr Jones’ greatest motivation is from working with village-based, small-holder farmers in Asia to improve their lives and livelihoods.

Interests

Research

Tropical Rock Lobster Aquaculture
Redclaw freshwater crayfish aquaculture

Experience

2000 to 2012 - Senior Principal Scientist - Aquaculture, Queensland Department of Primary Industries (Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns)
1992 to 1999 - Senior Fisheries Scientist - Aquaculture, Queensland Department of Primary Industries (Freshwater Fisheries & Aquaculture Centre, Walkamin)
1990 to 1991 - Production Manager, Farmer Johnson Redclaw Farm (Innisfail)
1988 to 1989 - Fisheries Biologist - Redclaw Aquaculture, Queensland Department of Primary Industries (Freshwater Fisheries & Aquaculture Centre, Walkamin)
1982 to 1987 - Fisheries Biologist - Trawl Fisheries, Queensland Department of Primary Industries (Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns)

Research Disciplines

Socio-Economic Objectives

Honours

Awards

2010 - Finalist - Queensland Premiers Award 'Strong' Category for Tropical Rock Lobster Aquaculture
2007 - Seafood Services Australia, Research and Development Award for Tropical Rock Lobster Aquaculture

Fellowships

2004 - Australian Academy of Science, Scientific Visit Fellowship to Mexico

Publications

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Journal Articles

Greco L, Stumpf L, Timpanaro S, Cid A, Lamberti M, Battista A, LauraTomas A and Jones C (2022) Impact of low-cost diets on maturation of the red claw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus: An integrative approach during a long-term study. Aquaculture, 561.
Nankervis L and Jones C (2022) Recent advances and future directions in practical diet formulation and adoption in tropical Palinurid lobster aquaculture. Reviews in Aquaculture, 14 (4). pp. 1830-1842
Rigg D, Courtney R, Jones C and Seymour J (2021) Morphology and weight-length relationships for the first six instars of Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868). Freshwater Crayfish, 26 (1). pp. 9-16
Rigg D, Courtney R, Seymour J and Jones C (2021) Determining suitable thermal regimes for early instar redclaw juveniles, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868) (Decapoda, Parastacidae), for a proposed nursery phase. Freshwater Crayfish, 26 (1). pp. 17-23
Rigg D, Courtney R, Seymour J and Jones C (2021) Evaluation of four practical diets on the growth and survival of juvenile redclaw, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868). Freshwater Crayfish, 26 (1).
Jones C and Valverde C (2020) Development of mass production hatchery technology for the redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus. Freshwater Crayfish, 25 (1). pp. 1-6
Priyambodo B, Jones C and Sammut J (2020) Assessment of the lobster puerulus (Panulirus homarus and Panulirus ornatus, Decapoda: Palinuridae) resource of Indonesia and its potential for sustainable harvest for aquaculture. Aquaculture, 528.
Rigg D, Seymour J, Courtney R and Jones C (2020) A review of juvenile redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1898) Aquaculture: global production practices and innovation. Freshwater Crayfish, 25 (1). pp. 13-30
Diedrich A, Blythe J, Petersen E, Euriga E, Fatchiya A, Shimada T and Jones C (2019) Socio-economic drivers of adoption of small-scale aquaculutre in Indonesia. Sustainability, 11 (6).
Marchese G, Fitzgibbon Q, Trotter A, Carter C, Jones C and Smith G (2019) The influence of flesh ingredients format and krill meal on growth and feeding behaviour of juvenile tropical spiny lobster Panulirus ornatus. Aquaculture, 499. pp. 128-139
Jones C (2018) Progress and obstacles in establishing rock lobster aquaculture in Indonesia. Bulletin of Marine Science, 94 (3). pp. 1223-1233

Book Chapters

Jones C, Anh T and Priyambodo B (2019) Lobster aquaculture development in Vietnam and Indonesia. In: Lobsters: Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture. Springer, Singapore, pp. 541-570

More: ResearchOnline@JCU stores 62+ research outputs authored by Dr Clive Jones from 1982 onwards.

Current Funding

Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research - Research Grant

Improved productivity and efficiency of the culture based fishery for giant freshwater prawn in Sri Lankan reservoirs.

Indicative Funding: $2,100,000 over 4 years
Summary: Productivity of the fisheries resources of Sri Lankan reservoirs has been improved through application of culture based fishery (CFB) practices. In addition to a variety of finfish that serve to provide protein to local communities, the addition of stocked giant freshwater prawn (GFP)-Macrobrachium rosenbergii, has added significant value, due to high market price, 10 times higher than that of finfish. Currently, the GFP are captured as a bycatch to finfish and the stocking practices are ad-hoc, resulting in very low yield per seed prawn stocked. The fishery is managed as a single multi-species fishery, and although the project will focus on research of GFP, some aspects of the research will involve the entire fishery, particularly modelling of stocking and yields. This will provide benefits for production of all species, with an emphasis on enhancement of GFP production through specific research of stocking practices, production dynamics, harvest and socio-economic aspects 0of the fishery and the supply chain.
Investigators: Clive Jones and Amy Diedrich in collaboration with Asanka Jayasinghe, Dileepa De Croos and Asoka Jayasinghe (College of Science & Engineering, University of Ruhuna Faculty of Science, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka and National Aquaculture Development Authority)
Keywords: Macrobrachium rosenbergii (Palaemonidae); reservoir fisheries; Aquaculture; culture-based fishery

Anindilyakwa Land Council - Contract Research

Lobster Aquaculture Groote Eylandt Phase 2A - Nursery

Indicative Funding: $48,974 over 1 year
Summary: This project is part of a research and development program to establish tropical rock lobster aquaculture at Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory. The project complements Phase 1 (lobster seed assessment, on-going) and will support development of nursing of seed lobsters. The project will include components of both research and development, examining and trialling various technologies in the sea and on land to nurture small lobsters from the puerulus stage to a size of up to 100g. The project includes aspects of aquaculture technology development, training, extension, social science, economics and marketing. The project will provide the Anindilyakwa Land Council with the means and confidence to establish commercial lobster nursery operations. The project represents the first part (Part A) of nursery development and there is an expectation of a follow-on project (Part B) to continue the nursery development through 2022.
Investigators: Clive Jones (College of Science & Engineering)
Keywords: Panulirus ornatus (Palinuridae); Aquaculture; Nursery

Anindilyakwa Land Council - Contract Research

Lobster Aquaculture Groote Eylandt Phase 1

Indicative Funding: $59,024 over 1 year
Summary: The project follows a preliminary activity completed in September 2020, seeking to assess and develop tropical rock lobster aquaculture on Groote Eylandt. This project represents Phase 1 of 3 phases, that will quantitatively assess the local resource of naturally settling post-larval lobsters. If the seed lobsters are available, Phase 2 will comprise development of nursery and Phase 3 the growout of the lobsters. The project includes aspects of resource assessment, training, production technology extension, social science, economics and marketing.
Investigators: Clive Jones (College of Science & Engineering)
Keywords: Panulirus ornatus (Palinuridae); Aquaculture; Puerulus

Anindilyakwa Land Council - Contract Research

Lobster Aquaculture Groote Eylandt Phase 1

Indicative Funding: $7,500
Summary: The project seeks to assess and develop tropical rock lobster aquaculture on Groote Eylandt. Phase 1 will quantitatively assess the local resource of naturally settling post-larval lobsters. If the seed lobsters are available, Phase 2 will comprise development of nursery and grow out of the lobsters. The project includes aspects of resource assessment, training, production technology extension, social science, economics and marketing.
Investigators: Clive Jones (College of Science & Engineering)
Keywords: Panulirus ornatus (Palinuridae); Aquaculture; Puerulus

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research - Contract Research

ACIAR Lobster Nutrition Review

Indicative Funding: $35,490 over 1 year
Summary: A new ACIAR scoping project is being prepared in support of possible new ACIAR investment in tropical rock lobster (Panulirus homarus and Panulirus ornatus) aquaculture in Indonesia. A thorough review of literature is proposed in order to prepare for the nutrition and feeds development component of the project, ensuring that we apply the learnings from previous projects and current scientific literature. The review will inform the detail of the experimental approach in a proposed new ACIAR project, which will benefit from advanced planning prior to the project start to maximise outcomes (possible start in July 2021). In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has prevented any scoping travel to Indonesia in the short-term, providing opportunity to complete a review and facilitating best use of resources once the project starts.
Investigators: Leo Nankervis and Clive Jones (College of Science & Engineering)
Keywords: Aquaculture; Indonesia; Lobster (Panulirus sp); Developing Economies; Crustacean nutrition; Review

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research - Research Grant

Development of a culture based fishery for giant freshwater prawn in Sri Lankan reservoirs

Indicative Funding: $249,490 over 2 years
Summary: Giant freshwater prawn (GFWP) - Macrobrachium rosenbergii is a high value aquaculture species suited to culture-based fishery stocking into reservoirs in Sri Lanka. The project will develop a science based stocking strategy of hatchery reared juvenile prawns, to improve the yields of GFWP in reservoirs and design and use of fishing gear that will prevent damage to the animals. Socio-economic research will lead to a better understanding of the value chain to enable further improvements to the fishery. The research will ensure the fishery is profitable, efficient and sustainable in the long term. The research is part of an ACIAR Small Research Activity (SRA) that will form the basis of a larger, full four year project to follow on in 2019.
Investigators: Clive Jones in collaboration with Sena De Silva, Hiranya Wijenayake, Asoka Mudalige and Gamini Senayake (College of Science & Engineering, Pisces, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, National Aquaculture Development Authority and Ruhuna University)
Keywords: Macrobrachium rosenbergii (Palaemonidae); reservolir fisheries; aquaculture; Culture-based fishery

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research - Research Grant

Expanding spiny lobster aquaculture in Indonesia

Indicative Funding: $1,870,638 over 5 years
Summary: Project will provide research and extension to support expansion and increased productivity for spiny lobster aquaculture in Indonesia. Research will focus on improving survival and growth of lobsters from capture of natural seed through to market size, particularly through improved nutrition, husbandry and disease management. Extension will focus on demonstration of best practice to farmers. Impact will be on men, women and children in impoverished coastal communities. Some research will be conducted in Vietnam and Australia, with a view to improving sustainability of lobster farming in Vietnam and exploring opportunity for establishing Indigenous lobster aquaculture enterprises in Australia.
Investigators: Clive Jones (College of Science & Engineering)
Keywords: Spiny Lobster; aquaculture

Supervision

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

Identify factors influencing the variability of survivorship of juvenile redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1898) in aquaculture (2021, PhD , Primary Advisor)

Collaboration

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