Room: 104 Nuffield Fish Laboratory     Phone: 01248 382900

Email: t.h.galley@bangor.ac.uk

I am a researcher in the Centre for Applied Marine Sciences (CAMS) at Bangor University, with a background in temperate and tropical marine aquaculture research.   I completed a BSc (Hons) in Marine Biology in 2002, followed by an MSc in Shellfish Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture in 2004, both at the University of Wales, Bangor.  I undertook my PhD in apects of bivalve culture, development and behaviour between 2010 and 2015 at Bangor University.

I have worked in CAMS since 2004 on a number of research projects focused on larval and juvenile culture techniques, larval nutrition and larval development in bivalves, crustaceans and fish.  This has involved working as part of projects across collaborating international institutions, as well as with industrial partners.  Recent work has focused on; (1) developing techniques and systems for coral reef fish and invertebrate aquaculture to provide a sustainable source and alternative to wild collection for the marine aquarium, and (2) developing reliable and sustainable sources of mussel seed for the mussel industry, to alleviate the pressures associated with the supply from increasingly unreliable wild stocks.

Particular areas of interest include sustainable aquaculture and resource management; coral reef aquaculture and the development of culture techniques for coral reef fish and invertebrate species important to the ornamental aquarium trade; shellfish aquaculture, including hatchery production, development of culture techniques, diet formulation, larval and post-larval development, and wild collection strategies; development of planktonic live feeds for aquaculture.

Research Areas

Marine Conservation and Resource Management

• PhD: Larval metamorphosis and seed attachment in Pecten maximus and Mytilus edulis
• MSc: Shellfish Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture
  University of Wales, Bangor,
• BSc: Marine Biology
  University of Wales, Bangor,

2020

• PublishedFactors affecting byssus attachment in juvenile scallops, Pecten maximus (L.)
  Galley, T., Beaumont, A., Le Vay, L. & King, J., 15 Nov 2020, In: Aquaculture. 528, 735504.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• PublishedInfluence of exogenous chemicals on larval development and survival of the king scallop Pecten maximus (L.)
  Galley, T., Beaumont, A., Le Vay, L. & King, J., 1 May 2017, In: Aquaculture. 474, p. 48-56 9 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• PublishedBlue mussel hatchery technology in Europe
  Kamermans, P., Galley, T., Boudry, P., Fuentes, J., McCombie, H., Batista, F. M., Blanco, A., Dominguez, L., Cornette, F., Pincot, L. & Beaumont, A., Feb 2013, Advances in Aquaculture Hatchery Technology. Allan, G. & Burnell, G. (eds.). Woodhead Publishing Ltd, p. 339-373
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2011

• PublishedDevelopment of larval culture techniques for the shore crab, Carcinus maenas (L)
  Galley, T., Green, B. C., Watkins, L. & Le Vay, L., Apr 2011, In: Aquaculture International. 19, 2, p. 381-394
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

• PublishedOptimisation of larval culture of the mussel Mytilus edulis (L.)
  Galley, T. H., Batista, F. M., Braithwaite, R., King, J. & Beaumont, A. R., 1 Apr 2010, In: Aquaculture International. 18, 3, p. 315-325
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2008

• PublishedDifferences in growth rate and proportion of ready to settle larvae between diploid and triploid Mytilus edulis.
  Batista, F. M., Galley, T. H., McCombie, H., Cornette, F., Boudry, P., Guedes-Pinto, H., King, J. W. & Beaumont, A. R., 1 Jan 2008.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedOptimisation of larval culture of the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis.
  Galley, T. H., Braithwaite, R., Batista, F. M., King, J. W. & Beaumont, A. R., 1 Jan 2008.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedOutbreeding depression in hybrids of the mussels Mytilus edulis and M. galloprovincialis at early larval stages: evidence from single pair matings.
  Batista, F. M., Galley, T. H., Guedes-Pinto, H. & Beaumont, A. R., 1 Jan 2008.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

• SNAP North Wales economic stimulus fund

  01/10/2021 – 30/11/2022 (Active)

Welsh Government SMARTExpertise grant award of £384,735 for a 3 year project (July 2018 to June 2021). Project: SustaiNable Aquariums Project (SNAP).  Total project budget £771,423 with collaborative partner match-funding.

Welsh Government Academic Expertise for Business (A4B) grant of £128,053 for a 12 month project (January to December 2014).   Project: Development of culture techniques for pelagic spawning reef fish (HE 06 15 1007). 

Welsh Government Academic Expertise for Business (A4B) grant of £19,945 for a feasibility study (October 2009 to March 2010).   Study: Assessing the potential of captive production techniques for the ornamental aquarium sector (HE 06 FSP 1022).