CURRICULUM VITAE

LOWRY, Nicholas.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

University Of Edinburgh, 1987-1991.

University of Aberdeen 1992-1993.

MSc. RESEARCH PROJECT
I completed a thesis on the effect of an increase in netting twine thickness on the cod-end selectivity of trawls for haddock in the North Sea, in association with the SOAFD Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen. The project involved carrying out experiments on board a commercial trawler in the North Sea, analysing the data obtained and relating this to the fishing industry and to mathematical models of selectivity. ^(1,10)

University of Washington, School of Fisheries 1997 -

EMPLOYMENT RECORD:

November 1993- February 1998, Danish Institute for Fisheries Technology and Aquaculture (DIFTA), Hirtshals, Denmark. Fishing gear division.
Projects:

• Mesh size experiments in the Baltic Sea cod trawl and gillnet fishery. Examination of catch size, composition and value with changes in mesh size in different areas with different vessel sizes and gear type. (Danish ministry for fisheries) ^(2,3)
• Status and bycatch of harbour porpoise in Danish waters. A wide ranging review of populations and their interrelations with fisheries. (Project leader) (Danish ministry for fisheries) ^(4,5,12)
• Selectivity of gillnets (EC, AIR program)
• Variability of trawl cod-end selection. Examining the influence of factors other than mesh size on selectivity. (EC, AIR program). 1. Twine thickness effects (cruise leader) ⁽⁷⁾ , 2. Catch size effects (cruise leader).
• Improvement in cod-end cover design ⁽⁹⁾
• Selectivity and use of square mesh windows in Baltic cod trawls (Project leader) (Danish ministry for fisheries) ^(6,8)
• Square mesh windows in fish and Nephrops trawls (EC, Study contract)
• Selectivity and survival of fish escaping from commercial fishing gears (Project co-ordinator) (EC, Study contract) ^(11,13)
• Survival of fish and Nephrops after escape from commercial fishing gears (Project co-ordinator) (EC FAIR project) ^(14,15)

October 1996, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Fisheries Research Institute, Kavala, Greece. Summer School 1996: Fisheries and environmental degradation of the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Invited lecturer (Selective fishing gear).

June 1994- July 1994, Scotnet, Fraserburgh, Scotland. Project in collaboration with INIDEP, Argentina, on the effect of trawl designs and square mesh windows on catch of undersized hake. Sea trial participation in Argentinian hake fishery.

September 1993- October 1993, Tweed Foundation, Melrose, Scottish Borders. Assistant Biologist. Main responsibilities; Scale reading to determine age composition of salmonid populations, electric fishing for estimation of juvenile fish abundance, and analysis of historical catch records. I was also involved in training new employees in how to carry out habitat surveys of river corridors during summer 1993 (see below).

June 1992- September 1992, Tweed Foundation, Melrose, Scottish Borders. Setting up and carrying out a survey of the river Ettrick in terms of its suitability and potential as a habitat for salmonids, developing solutions to improve habitat and access for spawning fish.

Attendance at conferences, working group membership etc.:

• ICES fishing technology and fish behaviour working group meeting, Montpelier, France, April 1994.
• ICES Annual Science Conference, St. Johns, Newfoundland, September 1994.
• ICES fishing technology and fish behaviour working group meeting, Aberdeen, Scotland, April 1995.
• Member of ICES Baltic cod selectivity sub group, 1995.
• ICES Annual Science Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, September 1995.
• ICES fishing technology and fish behaviour working group meeting, Woods Hole USA, April 1996.
• Member of ICES Unaccounted fishing mortality sub group, 1996-1997.
• ICES fishing technology and fish behaviour working group meeting, Hamburg, Germany, April 1997.
• ICES fishing technology and fish behaviour working group meeting, La Coruna, Spain, April 1998.
• Member of ICES study group on the use of grid sorting systems in trawls, beam trawls and seine nets, 1998.

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Lowry N, Robertson J H B. 1994. The Effect of Twine Thickness on Cod-End Selectivity of Trawls For Haddock in the North Sea. ICES CM:1994 B:34.
2. Wileman D, Lowry N, Knudsen L H. 1994. Maskemalforsoeg i Oestersoen (Mesh size experiments in the Baltic Sea) DIFTA, March 1994.
3. Wileman D, Lowry N, Knudsen L H. 1994. Mesh size experiments in the Baltic Sea cod fishery. ICES CM 1994 B:29 Ref.G.
4. Lowry N, Teilmann J. 1994. Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in Danish waters: Status, bycatch and possibilities for bycatch reduction. DIFTA, June 1994.
5. Lowry N, Teilmann J. 1994. Bycatch and bycatch reduction of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in Danish waters. Report of the International Whaling Commission (special issue 15) 203-209. 1994.
6. Lowry N, Knudsen L H and Wileman D. 1995. Selectivity in Baltic cod trawls. DIFTA, September 1994.
7. Lowry N, 1995. The effect of twine diameter on trawl cod-end selectivity. ICES CM 1995 B:6.
8. Lowry N, Knudsen L H and Wileman D. 1995. Selectivity in Baltic cod trawls with square mesh windows. ICES CM 1995 B:5.
9. Robertson J, Lowry N, Kynoch B and Ozbilgin H. 1995. Improvement in design of cod-end covers. ICES CM 1995 B:35.
10. Lowry N, Robertson J H B. 1996. The Effect of Twine Thickness on Cod-End Selectivity of Trawls For Haddock in the North Sea. Fisheries Research 26, 353- 363.
11. Lowry N, and Sangster G I. 1996. Survival of gadoid fish escaping from the cod- ends of trawls. Presented to ICES fishing technology and fish behaviour working group meeting, Woods Hole 1996.
12. Teilmann J and Lowry N. 1996. Status of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in Danish waters. Report of the International Whaling Commission SC/47/SM46.
13. Lowry N, Sangster G I and Breen M. 1996. Cod-end selectivity and fishing mortality. EC DGXIV study contract 1994/005. Final Report, DIFTA, September 1996.
14. Harris R R, Lowry N, Moth-Poulsen T, Sangster G, Soldal A V, Ulmestrand M and Valentinsson D. 1997. Damage and physiology analysis of Nephrops cod-end escapees and discards. Presented to ICES fishing technology and fish behaviour working group meeting, Hamburg 1997.
15. Sangster G, Breen M, Bova D J, Kynoch R, O'Neill F G, Lowry N, Moth-Poulsen T, Jes-Hansen U, Ulmestrand M, Valentinsson D, HallbŠck H, Soldal A V, and Hoddevik B. 1997. Nephrops survival after escape and discard from commercial fishing gear. Presented to ICES fishing technology and fish behaviour working group meeting, Hamburg 1997.
16. Madsen, N., Moth-Poulsen, T., and Lowry, N. 1997. Experiments with contrast colours and estimates of the selectivity in window cod-ends fished in the Baltic Sea cod (Gadus morhua) fishery. (Fisheries Research, (in press).
17. Nicholas Lowry, David Wileman and Dick Ferro. 1998. Factors affecting the variability of cod-end selectivity. Presented to the Presented to ICES fishing technology and fish behaviour working group meeting, La Coruna, Spain 1998.
18. Ulmestrand. M., Valentinsson. D., Sangster, G.I., Bova, D.J., Kynoch, R., Breen, M., Graham, G. N., Soldal, A.V., Cruiksahnk, O., Moth-Poulsen, T., Lowry, N. 1998. Nephrops survival after escape from commercial fishing gear or discard from the deck. Paper presented to the ICES Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (FTFB) working group meeting in La Coruna, Spain, 20-23 April 1998.
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