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Dirk Zeller Dr. Dirk Zeller (E-mail)
B.Sc. (Hons, James Cook University, Australia), PhD (James Cook University, Australia)
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Dr Dirk Zeller is Senior Research Fellow and Project Manager of the Sea Around Us project (www.seaaroundus.org) at the Fisheries Centre, UBC. This project aims to document, communicate and mitigate fisheries impacts on marine ecosystems at a global scale. Dirk leads international collaborations on catch data reconstruction dealing with Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing, is responsible for global coral reef fisheries and global marine pollution modelling, engages in ocean governance and fisheries policy research, and collaborates with the Fisheries Economics Research Unit on issues in resource economics. As Project Manager he also directs day-to-day management of all aspects of the Project, and actively engages in and directs strategic research and funding decisions in close coordination with the Project Principle Investigator, Prof. Daniel Pauly.

Dirk has a specialization in marine and fisheries ecology, and has interests in marine resource policy, global ocean governance, marine reserves, coral reef ecology, and conservation. He also has expertise in bio-telemetry and advanced tagging technology in quantitative ecology and fisheries research. Dirk collaborates with scientists in Australia, Asia, Europe, North- and South-America, the Caribbean and Pacific. He represents the Sea Around Us Project at conferences and workshops throughout the world.

Prior to joining the Sea Around Us Project, Dirk was located at James Cook University, Australia, where he investigated the effects of marine reserves, and worked extensively in experimental field ecology, applied animal behaviour, and the interactions between species, their distribution and habitats. He also held a position as tenured Assistant Professor (Associate Lecturer) at James Cook University, contributing to and coordinating several courses in fisheries science, marine biology and zoology. Over the last 25+ years, he also conducted research on corals, sea turtles and cephalopods. Dirk has published widely, both in the primary literature (Nature, Science, Marine Policy, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Environmental Health Perspectives etc.) and in dedicated research reports.

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Contact:
Fisheries Centre
The University of British Columbia
329-2202 Main Mall
Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z4, Canada
Ph: 1-604-822-1950