Overview
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.
Additional Contact Information
E-mail: a.moore@bangor.ac.uk
Research Interests
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.
Publications
2023
- E-pub ahead of printA ray of hope? The re-appearance of Irish Sea skate decades after local extinction
Moore, A., 20 Mar 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Fish Biology.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - E-pub ahead of printBycatch 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 Sep 2023, In: Fisheries Research. 265, 106745.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedInternet trade of a previously unknown wildlife product from a critically endangered marine fish
Pytka, J., Moore, A. & Heenan, A., Mar 2023, In: Conservation Science and Practice. 5, 3, e12896.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
- PublishedDetection 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 Oct 2022, In: Fisheries Research. 254, 106371, 106371.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedIdentifying 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 Aug 2022, In: Biological Conservation. 272, 109621.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedImportant Shark Areas: rationale and need
Moore, A. & Fowler, S., 1 Apr 2022, In: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 32, 4, p. 710-711
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review - PublishedSpatial 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 Nov 2022, In: Fisheries Research. 255, November 2022, 106450.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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
Projects
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History for the future: unlocking archives to solve challenges
01/01/2022 – 27/05/2022 (Finished)
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Pysgodfeydd Coll Cymru // Wales’ Lost Fisheries
01/12/2021 – 28/02/2023 (Finished)
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Historical perspectives on Welsh marine fish communities to inform ecosystem restoration targets
01/02/2021 – 31/03/2022 (Finished)