I gained my undergraduate degree in Marine Sciences in 1995 (Southampton) and an MSc in Ecosystems Analysis and Governance at Warwick (1999). I then worked in applied marine biology globally for the next ~20 years, undertaking work such as marine ecological surveys, fisheries observing, and Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) of marine developments. This included a spell in Kuwait (2001-2003) where I set up and ran marine surveys associated with Gulf War oil spills. While working I undertook a PhD by Published Works through Bangor’s School of Ocean Sciences (SOS) on the taxonomy, diversity and fisheries of the elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) of the Persian/Arabian Gulf, based on fieldwork with artisanal fisheries in Kuwait, Qatar, UAE and Bahrain. I changed career paths and made the jump to academia and SOS in 2019, working as a postdoc on the Sustainable Fisheries Wales project. I took up my lecturer role in 2024.

I am a marine ecologist whose research aims to inform the sustainable management and conservation of marine biota, particularly sharks and rays. Geographic focus spans local waters of Wales and the Irish Sea to data-poor regions (Arabia, Africa), with a focus on highly threatened and poorly-known species. My research has included rediscovery of a 'lost' shark, discovery of two stingray species, documenting regional sawfish extinction, and identifying bull shark nursery grounds. As part of the IUCN Shark Specialist Group I have contributed to Red List Assessments, global conservation initiatives and the development of Important Shark Areas.  In addition to fieldwork I typically use inexpensive, alternative and opportunistic sources of data (fish markets, fishers ecological knowledge, museums, historical documents, angling records, online). I am increasingly involved in marine historical ecology, using a range of documentary sources to understand past baselines, long-term change, and to directly inform modern-day management of species.

E-mail: a.moore@bangor.ac.uk

Room 116, 1st floor, Marine Centre Wales, Menai Bridge 

• Profesiynol: Associate Fellow
  Higher Education Academy, 2024
• PhD: Elasmobranchs of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf: diversity, taxonomy & fisheries
• BSc: Marine Sciences
  University of Southampton,
• MSc: Ecosystems Analysis & Governance
  University of Warwick,

I teach on the following modules:

OSX-3023 Sharks and their relatives

OSX-4024 Marine top predator 1

OSX-1004 Diversity of marine life (elasmobranchs)

OSX-3023 Marine mammal science

2025

• CyhoeddwydHarvesting the Sea in Central Monsoon Dhofar and al-Mahrah
  Watson, J. C., Baquir, S., Morris, M. J. & Moore, A., 5 Chwef 2025, Harvesting the Sea in Southeastern Arabia: Volume 1: Regional Studies. University of Cambridge, t. 341-422 82 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod

2024

• E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffuCentury-scale loss and change in the fishes and fisheries of a temperate marine ecosystem revealed by qualitative historical sources
  Moore, A., Brander, K., Evans, S., Holm, P. & Hiddink, J. G., 20 Gorff 2024, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Fish and Fisheries.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydHistorical dataset details the distribution, extent and form of lost Ostrea edulis reef ecosystems
  Thurstan, R. H., McCormick, H., Preston, J., Ashton, E. C., Bennema, F. P., Bratoš Cetinić, A., Brown, J. H., Cameron, T. C., da Costa, F., Donnan, D. W., Ewers, C., Fortibuoni, T., Galimany, E., Giovanardi, O., Grancher, R., Grech, D., Hayden-Hughes, M., Helmer, L., Jensen, K. T. & Juanes, J. A. & 16 eraill, Latchford, J., Moore, A. B. M., Moutopoulos, D. K., Nielsen, P., von Nordheim, H., Ondiviela, B., Peter, C., Pogoda, B., Poulsen, B., Pouvreau, S., Scherer, C., Smaal, A. C., Smyth, D., Strand, Å., Theodorou, J. A. & zu Ermgassen, P. S. E., 5 Tach 2024, Yn: Scientific data. 11, 1
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydPredicting potential spawning areas of European bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, in the Irish and Celtic Seas
  Lincoln, H., Robins, P., Wilmes, S.-B., Pérez-Mayol, S., Moore, A., Simpson, S., Goward Brown, A., Heney, C., Malham, S., Morales-Nin, B., Hold, N. & McCarthy, I., 1 Chwef 2024, Yn: Fisheries Research. 270, 106884.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydRecords reveal the vast historical extent of European oyster reef ecosystems
  Thurstan, R., McCormick, H., Preston, J., Ashton, E. C., Bennema, F. P., Cetinic, A. B., Brown, J. H., Cameron, T. C., da Costa, F., Donnan, D. W., Ewers, C., Fortibuoni, T., Galimany, E., Giovanardi, O., Grancher, R., Grech, D., Hayden-Hughes, M., Helmer, L., Jensen, K. T. & Juanes, J. A. & 17 eraill, Latchford, J., Moore, A., Moutopoulos, D. K., Nielson, P., Nordheim, H. V., Ondiviela, B., Peter, C., Pogoda, B., Poulsen, B., Pouvreau, S., Roberts, C., Scherer, C., Smaal, A. C., Smyth, D., Strand, A., Theodorou, J. A. & zu Ermgassen, P. S. E., 1 Rhag 2024, Yn: Nature Sustainability . 7, 12, t. 1719-1729 11 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydUsing opportunistic data to study the distribution and abundance of a warm water elasmobranch at the northern edge of its range
  Hiddink, J. G., Charles, R. & Moore, A., Ion 2024, Yn: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 81, 1, t. 108-118
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2023

• CyhoeddwydA ray of hope? The re-appearance of Irish Sea skate decades after local extinction
  Moore, A., Meh 2023, Yn: Journal of Fish Biology. 102, 6, t. 1503-1505 3 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydBycatch in northeast Atlantic lobster and crab pot fisheries (Irish Sea, Celtic Sea and Bristol Channel)
  Moore, A., Heney, C., Lincoln, H., Colvin, C., Newell, H., Turner, B., McCarthy, I. & Hold, N., 1 Medi 2023, Yn: Fisheries Research. 265, 106745.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydInternet trade of a previously unknown wildlife product from a critically endangered marine fish
  Pytka, J., Moore, A. & Heenan, A., Maw 2023, Yn: Conservation Science and Practice. 5, 3, e12896.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2022

• CyhoeddwydDetection and quantification of differences in catch rates among research vessel gears and commercial vessels
  Delargy, A., Hold, N., Heney, C., Cann, R., Bhandari, K., Colvin, C., Moore, A., Lincoln, H., Hiddink, J. G. & McCarthy, I., 1 Hyd 2022, Yn: Fisheries Research. 254, 106371, 106371.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydIdentifying critical habitat with archives: 275-year-old naturalist's notes provide high-resolution spatial evidence of long-term core habitat for a critically endangered shark
  Moore, A. & Hiddink, J. G., 1 Awst 2022, Yn: Biological Conservation. 272, 109621.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydImportant Shark Areas: rationale and need
  Moore, A. & Fowler, S., 1 Ebr 2022, Yn: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 32, 4, t. 710-711 2 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Sylw/Dadl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydSpatial and Temporal variation of size at maturity in an intensive crustacean fishery with limited management
  Moore, A., Delargy, A., Cann, R., Heney, C., Le Vay, L., Lincoln, H., McCarthy, I. & Hold, N., 1 Tach 2022, Yn: Fisheries Research. 255, November 2022, 106450.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2020

• CyhoeddwydHemitrygon yemenensis sp. nov., a new species of stingray (Myliobatoidea: Dasyatidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean
  Moore, A., Last, P. & Naylor, G., 23 Gorff 2020, Yn: Zootaxa. 4819, 2, t. 364-374
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydUsing vertebrate environmental DNA from seawater in biomonitoring of marine habitats
  Sigsgaard, E. E., Torquato, F., Froslev, T., Moore, A., Sorensen, J., Range, P., Ben-Hamadou, R., Bach, S., Moller, P. R. & Thomsen, P., Meh 2020, Yn: Conservation Biology. 34, 3, t. 697-710 14 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2019

• CyhoeddwydAn analysis of the response to the Storm Emma-Holyhead Marina incident in March 2018: The release of marine litter after the storm and the resulting increased risk of spread of the colonial sea-squirt, Didemnum vexillum
  Whitehead, J., Wyn, G., Griffith, K. & Moore, A., 2019, Natural Resources Wales. (NRW Evidence Report; Rhif 366)
  Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Adroddiad Comisiwn
• CyhoeddwydRisks to biodiversity and coastal livelihoods from artisanal elasmobranch fisheries in a Least Developed Country: The Gambia (West Africa)
  Moore, A. B. M., Seret, B. & Armstrong, R., Mai 2019, Yn: Biodiversity and Conservation. 28, 6, t. 1431–1450
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydShark and ray conservation research: Absent where the need is greatest
  Moore, A. B. M. & Grubbs, R. D., Tach 2019, Yn: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 29, 11, t. 2017-2017
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2018

• CyhoeddwydIdentification of critical habitat in a data-poor area for an Endangered aquatic apex predator.
  Moore, A., Ebr 2018, Yn: Biological Conservation. 220, t. 161-169
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydTroubled waters: Threats and extinction risk of the sharks, rays and chimaeras of the Arabian Sea and adjacent waters
  Jabado, R. W., Kyne, P. M., Pollom, R. A., Ebert, D. A., Simpfendorfer, C. A., Ralph, G. M., Al Dhaheri , S. S., Akhilesh, K. V., Ali, K., Ali, M. H., Al Mamari , T. M. S., Bineesh, K. K., El Hassan , I. S., Fernando, D., Grandcourt, E. M., Khan, M. M., Moore, A. B. M., Owfi, F., Robinson, D. P. & Romanov, E. & 5 eraill, Soares, A., Spaet, J. L. Y., Tesfamichael, D., Valinassab, T. & Dulvy, N. K., 1 Tach 2018, Yn: Fish and Fisheries. 19, 6, t. 1043-1062
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2017

• CyhoeddwydAre guitarfishes the next sawfishes? Extinction risk and an urgent call for conservation action
  Moore, A., 21 Gorff 2017, Yn: Endangered Species Research. 34, t. 75-88
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2016

• CyhoeddwydBiological data from a Data Deficient shark: the Arabian smoothhound Mustelus mosis (Carcharhinformes: Triakidae)
  Moore, A., Henderson, A., Farrell, E. & Weekes, L., 1 Meh 2016, Yn: Journal of Fish Biology. 88, t. 2303-2307
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe distribution, diversity and abundance of elasmobranch fishes in a modified subtropical estuarine system in Kuwait
  Bishop, J., Moore, A., Alsaffar, A. & Abdul Ghaffar, A. R., Chwef 2016, Yn: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 32, 1, t. 75-82
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2015

• CyhoeddwydA review of sawfishes (Pristidae) in the Arabian region: diversity, distribution, and functional extinction of large and historically abundant marine vertebrates
  Moore, A., Hyd 2015, Yn: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 28, 5, t. 656-677
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydConcentrations of trace elements in a rare and threatened coastal shark from the Arabian Gulf (smoothtooth blacktip Carcharhinus leiodon)
  Moore, A., Bolam, T., Lyons, B. & Ellis, J., 30 Tach 2015, Yn: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 100, 2, t. 646-650
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydDeep-water observation of scalloped hammerhead Sphyrna lewini in the western Indian Ocean off Tanzania
  Moore, A. & Gates, A., 2015, Yn: Marine Biodiversity Records. 8, e91
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydMorphological abnormalities in elasmobranchs
  Moore, A., 2015, Yn: Journal of Fish Biology. 87, t. 465-471
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydPopulation genetics of four heavily exploited shark species around the Arabian Peninsula
  Spaet, J., Jabado, R., Henderson, A., Moore, A. & Berumen, M., Meh 2015, Yn: Ecology and Evolution. 5, 12, t. 2317–2332
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydSharks and rays of the Arabian/Persian Gulf
  Almojil, D. K., Moore, A. & White, W. T., Ion 2015, MBG (INT) Ltd.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Llyfr › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2013

• CyhoeddwydComposition of elasmobranch landings in Bahrain
  Moore, A. & Peirce, R., 19 Rhag 2013, Yn: African Journal of Marine Science. 35, 4, t. 593-596
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydNew biological data on the rare, threatened shark Carcharhinus leiodon (Carcharhinidae) from the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea
  Moore, A., Almojil, D. K., Harris, M., Jabado, R. & White, W., 28 Hyd 2013, Yn: Marine and Freshwater Research. 65, 4, t. 327-332
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydRedescription of Aetobatus flagellum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801), an endangered eagle ray (Myliobatoidea: Myliobatidae) from the Indo–West Pacific
  White, W. & Moore, A., 2013, Yn: Zootaxa. 3752, 1, t. 199-213
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2012

• CyhoeddwydElasmobranchs of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf: ecology, human aspects and research priorities for their improved management
  Moore, A., Maw 2012, Yn: Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 22, 1, t. 35-61
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydHimantura randalli sp. nov., a new whipray (Myliobatoidea: Dasyatidae) from the Persian Gulf
  Last, P., Manjaji-Matsumoto, B. M. & Moore, A., 2012, Yn: Zootaxa. 3327, t. 20-32
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydSpecies, sex, size and male maturity composition of previously unreported elasmobranch landings in Kuwait, Qatar and Abu Dhabi Emirate
  Moore, A. B., McCarthy, I. D., Carvalho, G. R. & Pierce, R., 1 Ebr 2012, Yn: Journal of Fish Biology. 80, 5, t. 1619-1642
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2011

• CyhoeddwydRediscovery and redescription of the smoothtooth blacktip shark, Carcharhinus leiodon (Carcharhinidae), from Kuwait, with notes on its possible conservation status
  Moore, A. B. M., White, W. T., Ward, R. D., Naylor, G. J. P. & Peirce, R., 24 Meh 2011, Yn: Marine and Freshwater Research. 62, 6, t. 528-539
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2010

• CyhoeddwydAdditions to the shark fauna of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf
  Moore, A., White, W. & Peirce, R., 2010, Yn: Zoology in the Middle East. 50, 1, t. 83-88
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe smalleye stingray Dasyatis microps (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) in the Gulf
  Moore, A., 2010, Yn: Zoology in the Middle East. 49, t. 101-103
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2007

• CyhoeddwydThe Persian/Arabian Gulf’s sole great white shark Carcharodon carcharias (Lamniformes: Lamnidae) record from Kuwait: misidentification of a sandtiger shark Carcharias taurus (Lamniformes: Odontaspididae)
  Moore, A. B. M., Compagno, L. J. V. & Fergusson, I. K., 2007, Yn: Zootaxa. 1591, t. 67-68
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2001

• CyhoeddwydMetazoan parasites of the lesser-spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula and their potential as stock discrimination tools
  Moore, A., Rhag 2001, Yn: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 81, 6, t. 1009-1013
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2000

• CyhoeddwydThe first record of the elasmobranch parasite Diphterostomum betencourti (Monticelli, 1893) (Digenea, Zoogonidae) in the coastal waters of southern England
  Bray, R. & Moore, A. B. M., 2000, Yn: Acta Parasitologica. 45, 4, t. 299-302
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2024

• PhD viva external examiner, Newcastle University

  External examiner for Ellen Barrowclift-Mahon thesis "Life history of rays (Batoidea), intrinsic sensitivity to fishing, and implications for conservation and management"

  2024

  Gweithgaredd: Arholiad (Arholwr)

2023

• PhD viva external examiner, University of Oxford

  External examiner for Alifa Haque thesis "Towards sustainable management of sharks and rays in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh"

  2023

  Gweithgaredd: Arholiad (Arholwr)

2022

• BU-IIA Funded Project: Innovating towards plastic-free fisheries for Wales’ Green Recovery

  As part of Wales’ Green Recovery, this project will address the issues of marine plastic litter and ghost fishing by developing sustainable plastic-free lobster fisheries, using natural, traditional, biodegradable materials. It builds new collaborations with technology developers and builds on existing links with the local fishing industry. This project will drive change and provide evidence by understanding barriers to change, exchanging knowledge, identifying opportunities for improvement, and testing efficiency and economic feasibility.

  Funding awarded through the Bangor University Innovation and Impact Award (Research Wales Innovation Funding). Value = £49,392

  1 Ebr 2022 – 31 Maw 2023

  Gweithgaredd: Arall (Cyfrannwr)

• FisHistory: Converting historical knowledge into sustainable ocean management

  01/11/2024 – 15/11/2026 (Wrthi'n gweithredu)

• History for the future: unlocking archives to solve challenges

  01/01/2022 – 01/08/2022 (Wedi gorffen)

• Pysgodfeydd Coll Cymru // Wales’ Lost Fisheries

  01/12/2021 – 31/12/2199 (Wrthi'n gweithredu)

• Historical perspectives on Welsh marine fish communities to inform ecosystem restoration targets

  01/02/2021 – 01/08/2022 (Wedi gorffen)