Dr Jennifer Shepperson
Senior Fisheries Researcher; Marine Biology Lecturer
Additional Contact Information
Room: 324 Westbury Mount Phone: 01248 382476
E-mail: j.shepperson@bangor.ac.uk
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I graduated in Ecology from Cardiff University in 2011, and completed a Masters in Geographic Information Systems from the University of Ulster in 2013. I studied for a PhD at Bangor University between 2013 and 2017, and have since been working as a PostDoctoral Fisheries Research Officer at Bangor University. My research is focussed on fisheries management, in particular, developing models to predict both the environmental impacts of fishing and the behavioural response of fishers to management.
My current research involves translating the most up-to-date research on the benthic impacts of trawling into a quantiative tool to assess fisheries against the Marine Stewardship Council's eco-certification Fishery Standards. I am particularly interested in the trade-offs between model complexity and accessibility (i.e. data requirements), as well as the incentives (both positive and negative) that such a tool can create for fisheries.
For my PhD I developed an individual based model to predict the behavioural response of fishermen to management (e.g. spatial displacement followin area closures). I am interested in understanding more about how fishermen make decisions, and how we can better model these decisions to reduce unexpected or unintended consequences of management
Research Areas
Qualifications
- PhD: Developing a Spatially Dynamic Model to Predict Displacement of Fishing Effort
2017 - MSc: Geographic Information Systems
University of Ulster, 2013 - BSc: Ecology
Cardiff University, 2011
Teaching and Supervision
I have taught on several undergraduate and postgraduate modules, mainly on the topic of data analysis in R statistical software.
Publications
2024
- PublishedReorganisation following disturbance: multi trait-based methods in R
Richardson, L., Magneville, C., Grange, L., Shepperson, J., Skov, M., Hoey, A. & Heenan, A., Jun 2024, In: Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology. 20
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2023
- PublishedThe effect of habitat and fishing-effort data resolution on the outcome of seabed status assessment in bottom trawl fisheries
Hiddink, J. G., Evans, L., Gilmour, F., Lourenco, G., McLennan, S., Quinn, E. & Shepperson, J., 1 Mar 2023, In: Fisheries Research. 259, 106578.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2019
- PublishedNear disappearance of the Angelshark Squatina squatina over half a century of observations
Hiddink, J. G., Shepperson, J., Bater, R., Goonesekera, D. & Dulvy, N. K., Sept 2019, In: Conservation Science and Practice. 1, 9, e97.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2018
- PublishedA comparison of VMS and AIS data: the effect of data coverage and vessel position recording frequency on estimates of fishing footprints
Shepperson, J., Hintzen, N. T., Szostek, C., Bell, E., Murray, L. & Kaiser, M., 1 May 2018, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 75, 3, p. 988-998
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2016
- PublishedUse of a choice-based survey approach to characterise fishing behaviour in a scallop fishery
Shepperson, J., Lambert, G., Murray, L., Mackinson, S., Bell, E. & Kaiser, M., 1 Dec 2016, In: Environmental Modelling and Software. 86, p. 116-130
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2014
- PublishedMethodological considerations when using local knowledge to infer spatial patterns of resource exploitation
Shepperson, J. L., Murray, L. G., Cook, S., Whiteley, H. & Kaiser, M. J., 30 Oct 2014, In: Biological Conservation. 180, p. 214-223
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review