I have been employed as a postdoctoral fisheries researcher since 2019, and have been an Honorary Research Fellow since 2015. I gained my undergraduate degree in Marine Sciences (Southampton, 1995) and an MSc in Ecosystems Analysis and Governance (Warwick, 2000), where I undertook novel research on the potential use of parasites to identify populations of a coastal benthic shark. Ten years later (2009-12), while working in consultancy, I undertook a PhD by Published Works at Bangor on the taxonomy, diversity and fisheries of the elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) of the Persian Gulf. I have been an invited member of the IUCN Shark Specialist Group (Indian Ocean region) since 2007, where I contribute to Red List Assessments and conservation initiatives for highly threatened groups like sawfishes, guitarfishes and angel sharks. At Bangor I provide guest teaching, lab practicals, and student project supervision on elasmobranch biodiversity, ecology, fisheries, and conservation. 

Prior to recent employment in research, I worked as a marine biologist outside of academia for nearly 20 years, in two main phases. The first of these was centred on fieldwork from the intertidal to the high seas aboard commercial fishing and survey vessels, sampling and identifying fish, shellfish, benthos and habitats (inc. UK, Ireland, Kuwait, UAE, Caspian, Falkland Islands); from 2001-2003 I set up and ran a benthic monitoring program of Gulf War oil spills in Kuwait. The second phase was as a desk-based consultant assessing the environmental impacts (EIA) of major coastal and marine developments (inc. renewables, cables, oil & gas, harbours) on fish, fisheries, benthos and nature conservation (e.g. Marine Protected Areas, Critical Habitat) in the UK and further afield (e.g. Ireland, Mediterranean, Africa, the Caspian, The Gulf). I also worked on alien invasive species and researched and wrote the guidance on this subject for the global oil and gas industry (IPIECA). Between 2018-2019 I undertook a sabbatical as a marine ecologist at Natural Resources Wales (Welsh Government body) where I was involved with a number of projects, including invasive species.

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

As a postdoctoral scientist I currently work on EMFF-funded projects on commercially important fish (bass and thornback rays) and shellfish (edible crab) in Welsh & neighbouring English waters. Working closely with the inshore small-scale fishing industry, I research aspects such as population biology, reproductive migrations, and bycatch with the aim of informing sustainable fisheries.

Sharks and rays (elasmobranchs) are the subject of my previous and ongoing research - specifically their biodiversity, biology, ecology, artisanal fisheries and conversation in poorly-known regions (Arabia, Africa). Working voluntarily, I have necessarily relied on low-cost, opportunistic and remote approaches to data collection - such as in fish markets, in museums, and from historical documentary sources - to help fill some of the many data gaps in these areas. This has yielded exciting results - including new ray species and the rediscovery of a 'lost' shark - as well as providing information for conservation, such as highlighting the regional human-driven disappearance of sawfishes. I have practical field experience of working with elasmobranchs on six continents, and have worked or collaborated on a wide range of elasmobranch projects including taxonomy, historical ecology, molecular biology, fishers’ ecological knowledge, community-based monitoring, BRUVS, reproduction, diet, parasites, and pollution.

2020

• PublishedHemitrygon yemenensis sp. nov., a new species of stingray (Myliobatoidea: Dasyatidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean
  Moore, A., Last, P. & Naylor, G., 23 Jul 2020, In: Zootaxa. 4819, 2, p. 364-374
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedUsing 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., Jun 2020, In: Conservation Biology. 34, 3, p. 697-710 14 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedAn 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; no. 366)
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• PublishedRisks 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., May 2019, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 28, 6, p. 1431–1450
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedShark and ray conservation research: Absent where the need is greatest
  Moore, A. B. M. & Grubbs, R. D., Nov 2019, In: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 29, 11, p. 2017-2017
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedIdentification of critical habitat in a data-poor area for an Endangered aquatic apex predator.
  Moore, A., Apr 2018, In: Biological Conservation. 220, p. 161-169
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTroubled 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., Soares, AL., Spaet, J. L. Y., Tesfamichael, D., Valinassab, T. & Dulvy, N. K., 1 Nov 2018, In: Fish and Fisheries. 19, 6, p. 1043-1062
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• PublishedAre guitarfishes the next sawfishes? Extinction risk and an urgent call for conservation action
  Moore, A., 21 Jul 2017, In: Endangered Species Research. 34, p. 75-88
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

• PublishedBiological data from a Data Deficient shark: the Arabian smoothhound Mustelus mosis (Carcharhinformes: Triakidae)
  Moore, A., Henderson, A., Farrell, E. & Weekes, L., 1 Jun 2016, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 88, p. 2303-2307
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe 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., Feb 2016, In: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 32, 1, p. 75-82
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• PublishedA review of sawfishes (Pristidae) in the Arabian region: diversity, distribution, and functional extinction of large and historically abundant marine vertebrates
  Moore, A., Oct 2015, In: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 28, 5, p. 656-677
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedConcentrations 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 Nov 2015, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 100, 2, p. 646-650
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDeep-water observation of scalloped hammerhead Sphyrna lewini in the western Indian Ocean off Tanzania
  Moore, A. & Gates, A., 2015, In: Marine Biodiversity Records. 8, e91
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMorphological abnormalities in elasmobranchs
  Moore, A., 2015, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 87, p. 465-471
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPopulation genetics of four heavily exploited shark species around the Arabian Peninsula
  Spaet, J., Jabado, R., Henderson, A., Moore, A. & Berumen, M., Jun 2015, In: Ecology and Evolution. 5, 12, p. 2317–2332
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSharks and rays of the Arabian/Persian Gulf
  Almojil, D. K., Moore, A. & White, W. T., Jan 2015, MBG (INT) Ltd.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

2013

• PublishedComposition of elasmobranch landings in Bahrain
  Moore, A. & Peirce, R., 19 Dec 2013, In: African Journal of Marine Science. 35, 4, p. 593-596
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedNew 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 Oct 2013, In: Marine and Freshwater Research. 65, 4, p. 327-332
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedRedescription of Aetobatus flagellum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801), an endangered eagle ray (Myliobatoidea: Myliobatidae) from the Indo–West Pacific
  White, W. & Moore, A., 2013, In: Zootaxa. 3752, 1, p. 199-213
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

• PublishedElasmobranchs of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf: ecology, human aspects and research priorities for their improved management
  Moore, A., Mar 2012, In: Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 22, 1, p. 35-61
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHimantura randalli sp. nov., a new whipray (Myliobatoidea: Dasyatidae) from the Persian Gulf
  Last, P., Manjaji-Matsumoto, B. M. & Moore, A., 2012, In: Zootaxa. 3327, p. 20-32
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSpecies, 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 Apr 2012, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 80, 5, p. 1619-1642
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

• PublishedRediscovery 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 Jun 2011, In: Marine and Freshwater Research. 62, 6, p. 528-539
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

• PublishedAdditions to the shark fauna of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf
  Moore, A., White, W. & Peirce, R., 2010, In: Zoology in the Middle East. 50, 1, p. 83-88
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe smalleye stingray Dasyatis microps (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) in the Gulf
  Moore, A., 2010, In: Zoology in the Middle East. 49, p. 101-103
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2007

• PublishedThe 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, In: Zootaxa. 1591, p. 67-68
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2001

• PublishedMetazoan parasites of the lesser-spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula and their potential as stock discrimination tools
  Moore, A., Dec 2001, In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 81, 6, p. 1009-1013
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2000

• PublishedThe 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, In: Acta Parasitologica. 45, 4, p. 299-302
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• History for the future: unlocking archives to solve challenges

  01/01/2022 – 11/05/2022 (Finished)

• Pysgodfeydd Coll Cymru // Wales’ Lost Fisheries

  01/12/2021 – 31/10/2022 (Active)

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

  01/02/2021 – 31/03/2022 (Finished)