Dr Ruth Thurstan
Status/discipline:
Biosciences
Contact Details:
R.Thurstan@exeter.ac.uk
Projects:
During my PhD I examined neglected government archives (annual reports, scientific enquiries, Royal Commissions, maritime charts) published from the 1860s onwards, to document the magnitude of changes in UK fisheries and coastal ecosystems from the industrial revolution to the present day. In late 2011 I moved to the University of Queensland, Australia, to undertake a postdoctoral fellowship. During this time I used semi-structured interviews and explored popular media articles (books, magazines, newspapers) to quantitatively determine changes in catch rates, fishing technology and the impact of management measures on several east coast Australian fisheries (commercial and recreational). In 2016 I commenced a research fellowship at Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. During this period I worked with fisheries scientists and stock assessment modellers to provide historical data for integration into fishery stock assessment. I joined the Centre for Ecology and Conservation as a lecturer in October 2017.
