Room: Thie Slieau Whallian, Isle of Man   Phone: 01624 685840

E-Mail: i.bloor@bangor.ac.uk

Web: http://fisheries-conservation.bangor.ac.uk

After graduating from Queen Mary’s University of London with an MSc in Marine Ecology and Environmental management, I worked as a marine ecologist at a small independent marine consultancy managing the impacts of marine related projects. I then worked on a 3 year cross-Channel EU project on cephalopod ecology and completed my PhD in conjunction with the Marine Biological Association and the Marine Institute, University of Plymouth on Cephalopod ecology, movement and behaviour, undertaking the first electronic tagging field study of the common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) in the field. My research has been predominately fisheries and field-work based working directly with inshore potting fishermen, undertaking acoustic and data storage tagging studies and completing in situ scuba surveys of spawning grounds. I also have experience in developing presence-only and presence-absence species distribution models. My current role as a postdoctoral fisheries scientist on the Isle of Man involves developing and undertaking stock assessments and providing the science necessary to assist the government in managing the scallop, lobster and crab fisheries within the territorial sea.

• PhD: The ecology, distribution and spawning behaviour of the commercially important common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) in the inshore waters of the English Channel
  University of Plymouth, 2009–2012
• MSc: Marine Ecology and Environmental Management
  Queen Mary University of London, 2006–2007
• BSc: Biology with North American Studies
  University of Sussex, 2001–2005

I have supervised MSc students that have based their projects on the  Isle of Man. Research topics have ranged from trialling of 'distruptive technology' in the Queen scallop (Aquipecten opercularis) otter trawl fishery to reduce bycatch; assessments of scallop populations in closed areas,  tagging experiments in common whelk (Buccinum undatum) populations, habitat mapping of closed areas, Onboard camera systems for static gear fisheries and the prevalence of shellfish disease in the Brown crab (Cancer pagurus) population.

My Current research focuses on stock assessment of scallop stocks within the Irish Sea.  I am also working on developing innovative ways to improve and increase data collection by industry for use in scientific advice and management of commercial fisheries. 

2021

• PublishedBoom not bust: Cooperative management as a mechanism for improving the commercial efficiency and environmental outcomes of regional scallop fisheries
  Bloor, I., Duncan, P. F., Dignan, S., Emmerson, J., Beard, D., Gell, F. R., McHarg, K. & Kaiser, M. J., 1 Oct 2021, In: Marine Policy. 132, 104649.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedEffect of temperature on the growth of the commercially fished common whelk (Buccinum undatum, L.): a regional analysis within the Irish Sea
  Emmerson, J., Hollyman, P. R., Bloor, I. & Jenkins, S., 1 Mar 2020, In: Fisheries Research. 223, 105437.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedThe complexities and challenges of conserving common whelk (Buccinum undatum, L.) fishery resources: Spatio-temporal study of variable population demographics within an environmental context.
  Emmerson, J., Haig, J., Bloor, I. & Kaiser, M., Aug 2018, In: Fisheries Research. 204, p. 125-136
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

• PublishedReproductive traits and factors affecting the size at maturity of Cancer pagurus across northern Europe
  Haig, J., Bakke, S., Bell, M. C., Bloor, I., Cohen, M., Coleman, M., Dignan, S., Kaiser, M., Pantin, J. R., Roach, M., Lincoln, H. & Tully, O., 1 Nov 2016, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 73, 10, p. 2572-2585
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe current and changing role of physio-chemical factors and cues in the embryonic and early life stage development in the common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
  Bloor, I., 2016, In: Vie et Milieu. 66, 1, p. 81 95 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• GWMF - Stock assessment, ecosystem based fisheries management and the impacts of marine renewables on commercial shellfish fisheries

  01/10/2020 – 31/08/2022 (Active)