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DrSamantha Sherman

Senior Lecturer, Fisheries

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Deakin Centre for Marine Science

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  • Senior Lecturer, Fisheries
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Deakin Centre for Marine Science
  • +61 3 522 73588 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

  • Fisheries management of sharks and rays
  • International management and trade of sharks and rays (i.e., CITES)
  • Shark and ray extinction risk
  • Fisheries science
  • Coral reef ecology

GRANTS

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Investigating the mis-match between recorded trade in products of CITES-listed sharks and data on
    1 Jun 2026 - 23 Oct 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Samantha Sherman
    TRAFFIC International - $16,000.00
  • GRANT
    Understanding and Supporting Recovery of the Discovery Bay Pipi Fishery
    1 Jun 2026 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Victorian Fisheries Authority - $5,000.00
  • GRANT
    STUDENT APPLICATION: Does bait plume dispersal affect population estimates from Baited Remote Underwater Video Stations
    29 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    ESA - Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment - 20 571 098 795 - HWRE R1 2025 - $7,745.00
  • GRANT
    Assessment of stocking success, growth, condition and host microbiota of stocked estuary perch in Victorian lakes and rivers
    1 Jul 2025 - 30 Nov 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Victorian Fisheries Authority - LG232416 - $67,272.72
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Design a Fishery Independent Longline Survey for Chondrichthyans in Northern Australia FRDC Project 2023-063
    1 Jul 2024 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Samantha Sherman
    Fishwell - 2023-063 - $14,500.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Global FinPrint 2
    6 May 2024 - 30 Mar 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Samantha Sherman
    MOTE Marine Laboratory & Aquarium - MML 122-624-2 - $128,247.16
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Establishing acoustic gates for Port Phillip Bay and Corner Inlet
    1 Apr 2024 - 30 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Sydney Institute of Marine Science - $135,705.00
  • GRANT
    Grey Nurse Shark Aggregations
    1 Mar 2024 - 1 Apr 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    National Environmetal Science Program 2 - PRJ 4.15 - $55,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Missing Sharkes 2
    25 Oct 2023 - 15 Jan 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Samantha Sherman
    CITES Secretariat - DU-INT565 - $25,020.00
  • GRANT
    Movement patterns of Port Phillip Bay's sharks and rays
    1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    DELWP Port Phillip Bay Fund - OPP-53461 - $100,000.00