Wednesday, 20th August Australian Society for Fish Biology Conference 2025

• Use of technology to understand fish movement, physiology and behaviour - Timothy D Clark

This session will conclude with a 15 minute panel discussion

• Genetic management for sustainable native fish populations in the Murray-Darling Basin - Chris Brauer
• Positive Population Trends in Freshwater Fish Species in Victoria and New South Wales - Jarod Lyon
• From low flow to flood: fish assemblage variability reflects hydrological variability in the Lower Murray River - George Giatas
• Science, policy and native fish. The integration of scientific research into Murray-Darling Basin environmental water strategies to support native fish  - Shelley Thompson

Additional Chairs: Mitchell Brennan & Amy Tims
This session will conclude with a 15 minute panel discussion

• Functional morphology of the peripheral olfactory system of southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus maccoyii - Myoung Hoon Ha
• Climate change pressures and resiliency of larval habitat for Southern Bluefin Tuna off NW Australia - Michael R Landry
• Elasmobranch Gut Microbiome: Diversity, Function and Osmoregulatory Implications in Green Sawfish (Pristis zijsron) and Freshwater Sawfish (Pristis pristis) - Tyler N Dornan
• Recent insights into the ecology of Green Sawfish (Pristis zijsron) in Western Australia - David L Morgan

Fisheries Management Annual Committee Meeting

Session Chairs: Eva Plaganyi, Julie Robins, Denham Parker

• Filling knowledge gaps on Giant Mud Crabs (Scylla serrata) in Queensland - Julie Robins
• Perfecting the Prawn Paella: Tailored Approaches for Effective Multispecies Fisheries Management - Denham Parker
• Negligible influence of terrestrial and freshwater sources on the diet of a coastal marine fish (Protonibea diacanthus) in the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia - Jo Randall
• Efficient risk assessment of bycatch and byproduct species in data-limited, multi-species fisheries - Grant J Johnson
• Environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring of fish communities in the wet & dry tropics of north QLD - Geoffrey M Collins

• From plankton to fish and fisheries; an ontogeny - Iain Suthers

The ECR Committee invites all students and ECR's to this STUDENT LUNCH, a relaxed event where you can connect with fellow students from across the country!
Whether you're new to the society or a returning member, this is a great opportunity to expand your network, make new friends, and spark potential collaborations in a casual setting.

We’d love to see you there!

This session will conclude with a 15 minute panel discussion

• Strategic partnerships and science to deliver enhanced environmental outcomes within the Murray Darling Basin - Bryson Lashbrook and Mick Bettanin
• Little fish, BIG VISION: Stacking the odds for recovering the critically endangered Stocky galaxias - Jillian Keating
• The importance of collaboration in conserving a critically endangered fish. - Iain Ellis
• Ten years of the Native Fish Recovery Plan – Gunbower and lower Loddon: Reflections, connections, and future directions. - Peter Rose
• The important connections that will drive future native fish recovery in the Murray-Darling Basin - Stu Little

Session Chairs: Michael Hammer, Mitchell Brennan, Richard Pillans and Amy Tims

This session will conclude with a 45 minute panel discussion

• Unveiling the secrets: scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) in southeast Queensland, Australia - Maddison C Cross
• Putting sharks on the map: the Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) process - Adriana Gonzalez Pestana
• How many dragons are there? - David Booth

This session will conclude with a 30 minute panel discussion

• Going with the Flow: Tackling Data Limitations in BRUVS Relative Abundance Estimates of Fish - Thomas L Johnson
• A rapid remote sensing approach to coastal fish assemblage surveys using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - Paulina Okpei
• A guide to combining data from different transect-based methods to improve broad-scale fish assessments - Jordan S Goetze
• Oceanic fishes in the eastern Indian Ocean: influence of oceanography on their larvae - Lynnath E. Beckley

Session Chairs: Eva Plaganyi, Julie Robins, Denham Parker

• Rusty waters – a review of freshwater fish sampling for environmental impact assessment in the Pilbara region of Western Australia - Christopher Hofmeester and Jessica Delaney
• Mapping Sea Country: Co-Producing Habitat Data to Support Ecosystem-Based Management in Northern Australia - Natalie Robson
• Seasonal dispersal patterns and habitat use of sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) in the Australian wet-dry tropics - Matthew Hammond
• Connecting nursery function, biodiversity values and conservation outcomes across coastal seascapes - Andrew Olds
• Investigating the Effects of Restoration Treatments on Coral Reef Fish Assemblages: The Reef Song Experiment - Tiffany Sih
• Redesigning inshore fisheries with innovative or alternate fishing gears after the prohibition of gillnets throughout Australia - Kyle B Hillcoat

This session will conclude with a 15 minute panel discussion

• Stock structure and species misidentification of the eastern shovelnose ray (Aptychotrema rostrata) along the east coast of Australia. - Bonnie J Holmes
• Bridging Genomic Gaps: SNP-Driven insights into jackass morwong stock structure around Southeastern Australian waters - Olivia J Wilks
• Preliminary life history estimates of a commercially important resource: Goldband Snapper (Pristipomoides multidens) - Naomi Brunjes
• Identifying stock structure of the commercially important silver trevally (Pseudocaranx georgiunus) in Australia - Zoriana HT Lam
• A dive into the life history of an iconic deep-water grouper Hyporthodus ergastularius - Matthew N McMillan
• Seascape diversity and configuration shape habitat selection across coastal nurseries - Jesse Mosman

Session Chairs: Michael Hammer, Mitchell Brennan, Richard Pillans and Amy Tims

Threatened Fishes Annual Committee Meeting

This session will conclude with a 15 minute panel discussion

• Remediating a fishway entrance to improve fish attraction - Justin O'Connor
• Who, What, How and Why of Tube Fishways - Bill Peirson
• Restoring upstream fish passage with Tube Fishways at complex road culvert crossings - Bill Peirson
• Integrated Fishway Modelling System for River Murray Operations - Dale Engler
• Assessing climbing substrate options to enhance upstream passage of juvenile anguillid eels in Indonesian rivers - Vitas Prakoso
• Fish Discothèque: The influence of light and colour in fish passage preferences in pipe fishways - Fletcher B Arrastia

This session will conclude with a 45 minute panel discussion

• Mapping Biodiversity from Molecules: Building eDNA Reference Libraries for the Northern Territory - Zach Clark
• eDNA: Panacea or Pandora's Box - Nicholas Ling
• CO1 barcoding to assist identification of marine fish larvae from southern Australia - Tony Miskiewicz
• Towards a sustainable flake trade: Cost-effective DNA tools for shark species identification - Patrick Reis-Santos