The RFMP is a comprehensive citizen science program that engages with thousands of recreational fishers who voluntarily provide information on their fishing activities within a rigorous survey framework. The aim is to deliver high quality, up-to-date information on recreational and charter fishing in NSW. As a member of the Fisheries Resource Assessment unit, Julian is also responsible for carrying out the regular stock assessment of several economically important fish species, including yellowtail kingfish and mulloway, and is a member of the Mulloway Harvest Strategy Working Group. Julian's other research interests include the effects of barotrauma on fish, connectivity and population structure of fish stocks, fisheries biology, trophic ecology and survey design. Julian supervises a number of post-graduate students.

Prior to joining the Department in 2003, Julian studied Christmas Island land crabs, the biology and ecology of temperate and tropical reef fish, and the effects of river regulation on freshwater fish in Canada. He completed a Ph.D. – "The Biology and Population Structure of Eastern Australian Salmon (Arripis trutta) in South-eastern Australia" at the University of NSW in 2012.

Current Projects

• The Recreational Fisheries Monitoring Program: comprehensive assessment of recreational and charter fishing in NSW
• Stock assessment of key species exploited by commercial and recreational fisheries in NSW
• Estimating the biomass of fish stocks using novel and efficient genetic techniques
• Where are the big yellowtail kingfish? Satellite tracking sexually mature kingfish caught in New South Wales to reveal spawning habitats and recruitment ‘hotspots’ (Project Kingfish)
• Smart approaches to surveying recreational fishing facilities
• Mulloway Harvest Strategy Development