LIBRARY
2024
Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz, Camilla Novaglio, Joshua Cinner, Marta Coll, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Lauren Koerner, Catherine Longo, Heike K. Lotze, Julia Mason, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, David J. Welch, Julia L. Blanchard
Chapter B1. Using FishMIP projections to help support regional-scale policy and management
In, Blanchard, J.L. & Novaglio, C. (eds.) Climate change risks to marine ecosystems and fisheries – Projections to 2100 from the Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper, No. 707. Rome, FAO.
2022
Welch, D.J.
Strategic advisory framework for appropriate management of coastal fisheries in Pacific Island countries and territories
Concept note to the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Pacific branch. 16pp.
2022
Welch, D.J.
Establishing size limits for coastal reef fish species of Funafuti, Tuvalu: Final report
Report to the Tuvalu Fisheries Department, Tuvalu, 8pp.
2021
Johnson, J.E., Welch, D.J., Kabua-Tibon, E., Yamamura, B., Edwards, F.
Marshall Islands Community Marine Monitoring Toolkit: A Facilitators Guide to Implementing Local Monitoring to Support the Reimaanlok Conservation Area Plan
C2O Pacific and Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority, Majuro, Marshall Islands (57pp)
2020
Welch, D.J.
Review of management arrangements that support the Conservation Dependent listing of Scalloped Hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) under the EPBC Act: Update report to the Threatened Species Scientific Committee
Report to the Australian Marine Conservation Society and Humane Society International, January, 2020. 22p.
2020
Welch, D.J.
Assessing the risk of Tilapia from proposed aquaculture ponds establishing and becoming invasive in coastal marine ecosystems at Port Resolution (Tanna Island), Vanuatu.
Report to the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) under the Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change (PEBACC) project. 32p.
2019
Welch, David J., Hooper, Eryn, Kenneth, Willie and Lango, Kenneth
Port Resolution Community Conservation Area: Management Plan
Vanuatu Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change (PEBACC) project, implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Apia, Samoa. 23pp.
2019
Welch, David J., Hooper, Eryn, Kenneth, Willie and Lango, Kenneth
Port Resolution Community Conservation Area: Management plan development and supporting information
Report prepared under the Vanuatu Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change (PEBACC) project, implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Apia, Samoa. 49pp.
2019
Welch, David J., Hooper, Eryn, Kenneth, Willie and Lango, Kenneth
Port Resolution Community Conservation Area: Livelihood Plan
Report prepared under the Vanuatu Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change (PEBACC) project, implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Apia, Samoa. 13pp.
2018
Johnson JE, Monnereau I, Welch DJ, McConney P, Szuster B, Gasalla MA
Climate change adaptation: Vulnerability and challenges facing small-scale fisheries in small islands
FishAdapt Conference Proceedings, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Proceedings, Rome, FAO.
2018
Hooper, E., Johnson, J.E., Welch, D., Edney, G., Waterhouse, J.
Empowering communities to adapt to climate change: Monitoring marine ecosystems using a locally developed method to inform community-based management.
Poster presented at the Pacific Oceans Pacific Climate conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
2018
Barton Diane P., Taillebois Laura, Taylor Jonathan, Crook David A., Saunders Thor, Hearnden Mark, Greig Alan, Welch David J., Newman Stephen J., Travers Michael J., Saunders Richard J., Errity Chris, Maher Safia, Dudgeon Christine, Ovenden Jennifer
Stock structure of Lethrinus laticaudis (Lethrinidae) across northern Australia determined using genetics, otolith microchemistry and parasite assemblage composition.
Marine and Freshwater Research, 69(4) 487-501
2018
Johnson, J.E., Welch, D.J., Hooper, E., Moore, B., Edney, G., Waterhouse, J. and Kaltavara, J.
Community Marine Monitoring Toolkit: A locally-developed toolkit to inform community-based management of marine resources in Vanuatu
SPC Fisheries Newsletter, 155:2. The Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, New Caledonia.
2018
Johnson, J., Bertram, I., Chin, A, Moore, B.R., Pratchett, M, Welch, D.J., Williams, A., Bell, J. and Govan, H.
Effects of Climate Change on Fish and Shellfish Relevant to Pacific Islands, and the Coastal Fisheries they Support
PACIFIC MARINE CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT CARD Science Review 2018: pp 74-98
2017
Pratchett, M.S., Cameron, D.S., Donelson, J., Evans. L., Frisch, A., Hobday, A.J., Hoey, A.S., Marshall, N.A., Messmer, V., Munday, P.L., Pears, R., Pecl, G., Reynolds, A., Scott, M., Tobin, A., Tobin, R., Welch, D.J. and Williamson, D.H.
Effects of climate change on coral grouper (Plectropomus spp.) and possible adaptation options
Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 27(2): 297-316.
2017
Taillebois, Laura, Barton, Diane P., Crook, David A., Saunders, Thor, Taylor, Jonathan, Hearnden, Mark, Saunders, Richard J., Newman, Stephen J., Travers, Michael J., Welch, David J., Greig, Alan, Dudgeon, Christine, Maher, Safia and Ovenden, Jennifer R.
Strong population structure deduced from genetics, otolith chemistry and parasite abundances explains vulnerability to localized fishery collapse in a large Sciaenid fish, Protonibea diacanthus
Evolutionary Applications, 10: 978-993
2017
Saunders, T., Barton, D., Crook, D., Ovenden, J., Newman, S.J., Saunders, R., Taillebois, L., Taylor, J., Travers, M.J., Dudgeon, C., Maher, S. and Welch, D.J.
Optimising the management of tropical reef fish through the development of Indigenous scientific capability.
Darwin, Northern Territory, Fishery Report No. 117.
2016
Taillebois L, Dudgeon C, Maher S, Crook DA, Saunders TM, Barton DP, Taylor JA, Welch DJ, Newman Sj, Travers MJ, Saunders RJ and Ovenden J
Characterization, development and multiplexing of microsatellite markers in three commercially exploited reef fish and their application for stock identification
PeerJ 4 (2016): e2418
2015
Brautigam A, Callow M, Campbell IR, Camhi MD, Cornish AS, Dulvy NK, Fordham SV, Fowler SL, Hood AR, McClennen C, Reuter EL, Sant G, Simpfendorfer CA and Welch DJ
Global Priorities for Conserving Sharks and Rays: A 2015-2025 Strategy
Strategy document prepared for The Global Sharks and Rays Initiative (GSRI)
2015
Welch DJ, Newman SJ, Buckworth RC, Ovenden JR, Broderick D, Lester RJG, Gribble NA, Ballagh AC, Charters RA, Stapley J, Street R, Garrett RN and Begg GA
Integrating different approaches in the definition of biological stocks: a northern Australian multi-jurisdictional fisheries example using grey mackerel, Scomberomorus semifasciatus
Marine Policy 55 (2015) 73-80
2014
Welch DJ, Saunders T, Robins J, Harry A, Johnson J, Maynard J, Saunders R, Pecl G, Sawynok B and Tobin A
Implications of climate change impacts on fisheries resources of northern Australia / Part 1: Vulnerability assessment and adaptation options
Report prepared for the Fisheries Research & Development Corporation
2013
Creighton C, Sawynok B, Sutton S, D'Silva D, Stagles I, Pam C, Saunders R, Welch D, Grixti D and Spooner D
Climate change and recreational fishing: implications of climate change for recreational fishers and the recreational fishing industry
Report prepared for the Fisheries Research & Development Corporation
2013
Currey LM, Williams AJ, Mapstone BD, Davies CR, Carlos G, Welch DJ, Simpfendorfer CA, Ballagh AC, Penny AL, Grandcourt EM, Mapleston A, Wiebkin AS and Bean K
Comparative biology of tropical Lethrinus species (Lethrinidae): challenges for multi-species management
Journal of Fish Biology 82 (2013) 764-788
2012
Moore BR, Simpfendorfer CA, Newman SJ, Stapley JM, Allsop Q, Sellin MJ and Welch DJ
Spatial variation in life history reveals insight into connectivity and geographic population structure of a tropical estuarine teleost: king threadfin, Polydactylus macrochir
Fisheries Research 125-126 (2012) 214-224
2012
Harry AV, Morgan JAT, Ovenden JR, Tobin AJ, Welch DJ and Simpfendorfer CA
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
Journal of Fish Biology 81 (2012) 1225-1233
2011
Ovenden RJ, Morgan JAT, Street R, Tobin A, Simpfendorfer C, Macbeth W and Welch D
Negligible evidence for regional genetic population structure for two shark species Rhizoprionodon acutus (Ru¨ ppell, 1837) and Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) with contrasting biology
Marine Biology 158 (2011) 1497-1509
2011
Broderick D, Ovenden JR, Buckworth RC, Newman SJ, Lester RJG and Welch DJ
Genetic population structure of grey mackerel Scomberomorus semifasciatus in northern Australia
Journal of Fish Biology 79 (2011) 633-661
2011
Morgan JAT, Welch DJ, Harry AV, Street R, Broderick D and Ovenden JR
A mitochondrial species identification assay for Australian blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus tilstoni, C. limbatus and C. amblyrhynchoides) using real-time PCR and high-resolution melt analysis
Molecular Ecology Resources 11 (2011) 813-819
2011
Morgan JAT, Harry AV, Welch DJ, Street R, White J, Geraghty PT, Macbeth WG, Tobin A, Simpfendorfer CA and Ovenden JR
Detection of interspecies hybridisation in Chondrichthyes: hybrids and hybrid offspring between Australian (Carcharhinus tilstoni) and common (C. limbatus) blacktip shark found in an Australian fishery
Conservation Genetics 13 (2011) 455-463
2010
Newman SJ, Allsop A, Ballagh AC, Garrett RN, Gribble N, Meeuwig JJ, Mitsopoulos GEA, Moore BR, Pember MB, Rome BM, Saunders T, Skepper CL, Stapley JM, van Herwerden L and Welch DJ
Variation in stable isotope (δ18O and δ13C) signatures in the sagittal otolith carbonate of king threadfin, Polydactylus macrochir across northern Australia reveals multifaceted stock structure
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology 396 (2010) 53-60
2010
Sumpton WD, Brown IW, Mayer DG, McLennan MF, Mapleston A, Butcher AR, Welch DJ, Kirkwood JM, Sawynok B and Begg GA
Assessing the effects of line capture and barotrauma relief procedures on post-release survival of key tropical reef fish species in Australia using recreational tagging clubs
Fisheries Management & Ecology 17 (2010) 77-88
2010
Tobin A, Schlaff A, Tobin R, Penny A, Ayling T, Ayling A, Krause B, Welch D, Sutton S, Sawynok B, Marshall N, Marshall P and Maynard J
Adapting to change: minimising uncertainty about the effects of rapidly changing environmental conditions on the Queensland Coral Reef Fin Fish Fishery
Report prepared for the Fisheries Research & Development Corporation
2010
Newman SJ, Wright IW, Rome BM, Mackie MC, Lewis PD, Buckworth RC, Ballagh AC, Garrett RN, Stapley J, Broderick D, Ovenden JR and Welch DJ
Stock structure of grey mackerel, Scomberomorus semifasciatus (Pisces: Scombridae) across northern Australia, based on otolith stable isotope chemistry
Environmental Biology of Fishes 89 (2010) 357-367
2010
Brown I, Sumpton W, McLennan M, Mayer D, Campbell M, Kirkwood J, Butcher A, Halliday L, Mapleston A, Welch D, Begg GA and Sawynok B
An improved technique for estimating short-term survival of released line-caught fish, and an application comparing barotrauma-relief methods in red emperor (Lutjanus sebae Cuvier 1816)
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology 385 (2010) 1-7