Prof Colin Simpfendorfer ~ Adjunct Professor
Marine & Aquaculture Sciences
- About
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- Interests
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- Research
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- Status and sustainable use of elasmobranch populations
- Science for the conservation of elasmobranch populations
- Nursery areas for sharks
- Analytical tools for acoustic monitoring studies
- Experience
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- 2020 to present - Adjunct Professor, James Cook University
- 2006 to 2020 - Professor, James Cook University (Townsville, Queensland)
- 1999 to 2006 - Senior Scientist, Mote Marine Laboratory (Sarasota, Florida, USA)
- 1993 to 1999 - Senior Research Scientist, Western Australian Fisheries (Perth, Western Australia)
- 1987 to 1993 - Academic Level A, James Cook University (Townsville, Queensland)
- Research Disciplines
- Socio-Economic Objectives
Prof Colin Simpfendorfer is a Professor of Marine Biology in the College of Science and Engineering. He has more than 25 years of experience in researching sharks, and has published extensively in the scientific literature on shark biology, ecology, fisheries and conservation. His expertise on sharks was recognized by his appointment as the Co-Chair of the IUCN’s Shark Specialist Group from 2012 to 2020.
Colin is a graduate of James Cook University, having undertaken both his undergraduate and postgraduate training in Townsville. After completing his PhD he worked on shark fisheries at the Western Australian Fisheries Department before moving to Florida to work at the Centre for Shark Research at Mote Marine Laboratory. He returned to JCU in 2007 to lead the Fishing and Fisheries Research Centre, where he has helped build a research group focused on improving our understanding of sharks and how best to conserve and manage their populations.
- Honours
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- Awards
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- 2013 - Advisor of the Year Award, Advisory Panel Category - Highly Commended
- 2011 - JCU Faculty of Science and Engineering Dean's Research Award (Group)
- Other
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- 2012 to 2015 - Co-Chair IUCN Shark Specialist Group
- 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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- Grant M, Kyne P, James J, Hu Y, Mukherji S, Amepou Y, Baje L, Chin A, Johnson G, Lee T, Mahan B, Wurster C, White W and Simpfendorfer C (2023) Elemental analysis of vertebrae discerns diadromous movements of threatened non-marine elasmobranchs. Journal of Fish Biology, 103 (6). pp. 1357-1373
- Lemke L and Simpfendorfer C (2023) Gillnet size selectivity of shark and ray species from Queensland, Australia. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 30 (3). pp. 300-309
- Monk C, Power M, Freitas C, Harrison P, Heupel M, Kuparinen A, Moland E, Simpfendorfer C, Villegas-Ríos D and Olsen E (in press) Atlantic cod individual spatial behaviour and stable isotope associations in a no-take marine reserve. Journal of Animal Ecology,
- Pacoureau N, Carlson J, Kindsvater H, Rigby C, Winker H, Simpfendorfer C, Charvet P, Pollom R, Barreto R, Samantha Sherman C, Talwar B, Skerritt D, Rashid Sumaila U, Matsushiba J, VanderWright W, Yan H and Dulvy N (2023) Conservation successes and challenges for wide-ranging sharks and rays. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120 (5).
- Sherman C, Simpfendorfer C, Pacoureau N, Matsushiba J, Yan H, Walls R, Rigby C, VanderWright W, Jabado R, Pollom R, Carlson J, Charvet P, Bin Ali A, Fahmi , Cheok J, Derrick D, Herman K, Finucci B, Eddy T, Palomares M, Avalos-Castillo C, Kinattumkara B, Blanco-Parra M, Dharmadi , Espinoza M, Fernando D, Haque A, Mejía-Falla P, Navia A, Pérez-Jiménez J, Utzurrum J, Yuneni R and Dulvy N (2023) Half a century of rising extinction risk of coral reef sharks and rays. Nature Communications, 14.
- Simpfendorfer C, Heithaus M, Heupel M, MacNeil M, Meekan M, Harvey E, Sherman C, Currey-Randall L, Goetze J, Kiszka J, Rees M, Speed C, Udyawer V, Bond M, Flowers K, Clementi G, Valentin-Albanese J, Adam M, Ali K, Asher J, Aylagas E, Beaufort O, Benjamin C, Bernard A, Berumen M, Bierwagen S, Birrell C, Bonnema E, Bown R, Brooks E, Brown J, Buddo D, Burke P, Cáceres C, Cambra M, Cardeñosa D, Carrier J, Casareto S, Caselle J, Charloo V, Cinner J, Claverie T, Clua E, Cochran J, Cook N, Cramp J, D’Alberto B, de Graaf M, Dornhege M, Espinoza M, Estep A, Fanovich L, Farabaugh N, Fernando D, Ferreira C, Fields C, Flam A, Floros C, Fourqurean V, Gajdzik L, Barcia L, Garla R, Gastrich K, George L, Giarrizzo T, Graham R, Guttridge T, Hagan V, Hardenstine R, Heck S, Henderson A, Heithaus P, Hertler H, Padilla M, Hueter R, Jabado R, Joyeux J, Jaiteh V, Johnson M, Jupiter S, Kaimuddin M, Kasana D, Kelley M, Kessel S, Kiilu B, Kirata T, Kuguru B, Kyne F, Langlois T, Lara F, Lawe J, Lédée E, Lindfield S, Luna-Acosta A, Maggs J, Manjaji-Matsumoto B, Marshall A, Martin L, Mateos-Molina D, Matich P, McCombs E, McIvor A, Mclean D, Meggs L, Moore S, Mukherji S, Murray R, Newman S, Nogués J, Obota C, Ochavillo D, O'shea O, Osuka K, Papastamatiou Y, Perera N, Peterson B, Pimentel C, Pina-Amargós F, Pinheiro H, Ponzo A, Prasetyo A, Quamar L, Quinlan J, Reis-Filho J, Ruiz H, Ruiz-Abierno A, Sala E, Salinas-de-León P, Samoilys M, Sample W, Schärer-Umpierre M, Schlaff A, Schmid K, Schoen S, Simpson N, Smith A, Spaet J, Sparks L, Stoffers T, Tanna A, Torres R, Travers M, van Zinnicq Bergmann M, Vigliola L, Ward J, Warren J, Watts A, Wen C, Whitman E, Wirsing A, Wothke A, Zarza-González E and Chapman D (2023) Widespread diversity deficits of coral reef sharks and rays. Science, 380 (6650). pp. 1155-1160
- Udyawer V, Huveneers C, Jaine F, Babcock R, Brodie S, Buscot M, Campbell H, Harcourt R, Hoenner X, Ledee E, Simpfendorfer C, Taylor M, Armstrong A, Barnett A, Brown C, Bruce B, Butcher P, Cadiou G, Couturier L, Currey-Randall L, Drew M, Dudgeon C, Dwyer R, Espinoza M, Ferreira L, Fowler A, Harasti D, Harborne A, Knott N, Lee K, Lloyd M, Lowry M, Marzullo T, Matley J, McAllister J, McAuley R, McGregor F, Meekan M, Mills K, Norman B, Oh B, Payne N, Peddemors V, Piddocke T, Pillans R, Reina R, Rogers P, Semmens J, Smoothey A, Speed C, van der Meulen D and Heupel M (2023) Scaling of Activity Space in Marine Organisms across Latitudinal Gradients. American Naturalist, 201 (4). pp. 586-602
- Baje L, Chin A, White W and Simpfendorfer C (2022) Dietary overlap of carcharhinid sharks in the Gulf of Papua. Marine and Freshwater Research, 73 (5). pp. 605-614
- Bouyoucos I, Simpfendorfer C, Planes S, Schwieterman G, Weideli O and Rummer J (2022) Thermally insensitive physiological performance allows neonatal sharks to use coastal habitats as nursery areas. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 682. pp. 137-152
- Buddle A, Van Dyke J, Thompson M, Simpfendorfer C, Murphy C, Day M and Whittington C (2022) Structure and permeability of the egg capsule of the placental Australian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon taylori. Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 192. pp. 263-273
- Cardenosa D, Shea S, Zhang H, Fischer G, Simpfendorfer C and Chapman D (2022) Two thirds of species in a global shark fin trade hub are threatened with extinction: Conservation potential of international trade regulations for coastal sharks. Conservation Letters, 15 (5).
- Chin A, Molloy F, Cameron D, Day J, Cramp J, Gerhardt K, Heupel M, Read M and Simpfendorfer C (2022) Conceptual frameworks and key questions for assessing the contribution of marine protected areas to shark and ray conservation. Conservation Biology, 37 (1).
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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 287+ research outputs authored by Prof Colin Simpfendorfer from 2002 onwards.
- Current Funding
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Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors - Global Partnership for Sharks & Rays (GPSR)
Global Shark Trends Project
- Indicative Funding
- $134,766 over 2 years (administered by Simon Fraser University)
- Summary
- This project will deliver planning tools and communicate knowledge of the trajectories and extinction risk of shark and ray populations. We will provide the first indices of the effects of fisheries exploitation (and other threats) upon chondrichthyans for incorporation into intergovernmental processes, (inc. 5th Global Biodiversity Outlook and UN Sustainable Development Goal annual reporting. These indicators have the potential to set the ocean conservation agenda for the next decade beyond 2020 as decision-makers look forward to developing targets out to 2030. Critically, these outcome-focused indicators and priorities can help maximise the effectiveness of conservation actions and reduce the risk of squandered investment.
- Investigators
- Nick K Dulvy and Colin Simpfendorfer in collaboration with Cassandra Rigby and Melissa Joyce (Simon Fraser University and College of Science & Engineering)
- Keywords
- Shark; Conservation; ICUN Red List; Ray Crystal-Structure; population status
- 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.
- Current
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- Conservation Genomics and Ecology of True Sea Snakes (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Impacts of ocean deoxygenation on elasmobranchs (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Completed
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- Assessing ecological risk posed to common rays by prawn trawling (2022, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Evaluating the effectiveness of large-scale marine reserves on wide-ranging sharks: a case study of the Cook Islands Shark Sanctuary (2021, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Multi-scale patterns in movement and space use of sharks on inshore reefs (2021, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Ecological energetics of climate change for tropical sharks (2020, PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
- Resolving the global distribution of sawfishes (family Pristidae) using environmental DNA (2023, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Ecology of rays on tropical coral reefs (2020, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Functional roles of reef sharks on the Great Barrier Reef (2020, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Refining the ecological role of stingrays in coral reef ecosystems (2019, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Life history and spatial ecology of sharks and rays in mangrove habitats (2024, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
- Conservation biology of wedgefishes (Family Rhinidae) and giant guitarfishes (Family Glaucostegidae) (2022, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Conservation of non-marine elasmobranchs (2022, PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
- The biology and ecology of Carcharhiniform sharks in the Gulf of Papua prawn trawl fishery (2020, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
- Data
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These are the most recent metadata records associated with this researcher. To see a detailed description of all dataset records, visit Research Data Australia.
- Sherman, S. (2020) Repeatability of baited remote underwater video station (BRUVS) results within and between seasons. James Cook University
- Martins, A. (2020) Tidal-diel patterns of movement, activity and habitat use by juvenile mangrove whiprays using towed-float GPS telemetry. James Cook University
- Martins, A. (2020) Diurnal activity patterns and habitat use of juvenile Pastinachus ater in a coral reef flat environment. James Cook University
- D'Anastasi, B. (2018) Conservation genomics of Western Australian Aipysurus group sea snake species. James Cook University
- Harry, A. (2012) Data for: Comparison of the reproductive ecology of two sympatric blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus and Carcharhinus tilstoni) off north-eastern Australia with species identification inferred from vertebral counts. James Cook University
- Collaboration
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The map shows research collaborations by institution from the past 7 years.
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- 1 collaboration
- Indicates the Tropics (Torrid Zone)
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