Research interests

• Recreational fisheries, post-release survival and fish welfare
• Ecology of freshwater fish
• Ecology and fisheries biology of cephalopods
• Life histories of aquatic animals

Background

Karina Hall is a Research Scientist with the Fisheries Conservation Technology Unit based in Coffs Harbour, where she is involved in research on the survival and health of freshwater fish after catch-and-release angling.

Karina joined NSW DPI in 2007 with previous experience in a broad range of fisheries biology and stock assessment research related to the management of finfish, abalone, echinoderm and cephalopod resources. She completed her PhD in 2003, on the life history and fisheries biology of the giant Australian cuttlefish. Her work has often involved the analyses of hard tissues to elucidate life history and population structure information, and the application of other techniques such as histopathology, otolith chemistry and biogeochemistry, to investigate ecological or fisheries-related questions. More recently, Karina has applied these skills in the field of freshwater ecology, and research related to the conservation and management of native freshwater fish and their habitat.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. Hons. (Marine Biology and Chemistry) – James Cook University of North Queensland, 1993
• PhD Marine Ecology – University of Adelaide, 2003

Current projects

• Maximising the post-release survival of angler-caught native freshwater fish in NSW

Recent Publications

Hall KC, Broadhurst MK, Butcher PA and Rowland SJ (2010). Effects of angling on post-release mortality, gonadal development and somatic condition of Australian bass Macquaria novemaculeata. J. Fish Biol. (in press).

Dowling CE, Hall KC and Broadhurst MK (2010). Immediate fate of angled-and-released Australian bass Macquaria novemaculeata. Hydrobiologia (in press).

Hall KC, Broadhurst MK, Butcher PA and Rowland SJ (2009). Effects of angling on post-release mortality, gonadal development and somatic condition of Australian bass Macquaria novemaculeata. Journal of Fish Biology 75: 2737-2755.

Butcher PA, Broadhurst MK, Hall KC, Cullis BR and Nicoll RG (2009). Scale loss and mortality in angled-and-released eastern sea garfish (Hypohamphus australis). ICES J. Mar. Sci. (in press).

Hall KC, Butcher PA and Broadhurst MK (2009). Short-term mortality of Australian bass, Macquaria novemaculeata, after catch-and-release angling. Fish. Manage. Ecol. 16, 235-247.

Hall KC, Fowler AJ and Geddes MC (2007) Evidence for multiple year classes of the giant Australian cuttlefish Sepia apama in northern Spencer Gulf, South Australia. Rev. Fish Biol. Fish. 17(2-3): 367-384

Moltschaniwskyj NA, Hall K, Lipinski MR, Marian JEAR, Nishiguchi M, Sakai M, Shulman DJ, Sinclair B, Sinn DL, Staudinger M, Van Gelderen R, Villanueva R and Warnke K (2007)  Ethical and welfare considerations when using cephalopods as experimental animals. Rev. Fish Biol. Fish. 17(2-3): 455-476

Baldwin DS, Hall KC, Rees GN and Richardson AJ (2007) Development of a protocol for recognising sulfidic sediments (potential acid sulfate soils) in inland wetlands. Ecol. Manage. Rest. 8(1): 56-60

Hall KC, Fowler AJ and Geddes MC (2007) Evidence for multiple year classes of the giant Australian cuttlefish Sepia apama in northern Spencer Gulf, South Australia. Rev. Fish Biol. Fish. 17(2-3): 367-384

Hall KC, Baldwin DS, Rees GN and Richardson AJ (2006) Distribution of inland wetlands with sulfidic sediments in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. Sci. Tot. Env. 370: 235-244

Fowler AJ, Gillanders BM and Hall KC (2005) Relationship between elemental concentration and age from otoliths of adult snapper (Pagrus auratus, Sparidae): implications for movement and stock structure. Mar. Freshw. Res. 56: 661-676

Naud M-J, Hanlon RT, Hall KC, Shaw PW and Havenhand JN (2004) Behavioural and genetic assessment of reproductive success in a spawning aggregation of the Australian giant cuttlefish (Sepia apama). Anim. Behav. 67: 1043-1050

Kassahn KS, Donnellan SC, Fowler T, Hall KC, Adams M and Shaw P (2003) Molecular and morphological analyses of the cuttlefish Sepia apama indicates a complex population structure. Mar. Biol. 143: 947-962

Hall KC and Hanlon RT (2002) Principal features of the mating system of a large spawning aggregation of the giant Australian cuttlefish Sepia apama (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). Mar. Biol. 140: 533-545

Professional associations and activities

• Australian Marine Sciences Association
• Australian Society for Fish Biology
• Australian Society of Limnology

Fields of Research

• 060204 Freshwater Ecology
• 060205 Marine and Estuarine Ecology
• 070402 Aquatic Ecosystems Studies and Stock Assessment\

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

Keyword/phrase list of research interests

• Recreational fishing
• Catch-and-release angling
• Freshwater fish
• Cephalopods
• Life histories
• Fisheries biology