Student
Telmo Morato Gomes
Name: Telmo Morato Gomes
Email: t.morato@gmail.com
Program: PhD, 2007
Thesis: Ecology and Fisheries of Seamount Ecosystems
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher
Degree Held: Licenciatura (University of the Algarve, Portugal); MSc (University of Coimbra, Portugal); PhD (University of British Columbia)
Biography
Telmo Morato completed his PhD degree under Professor Tony Pitcher at the UBC Fisheries Centre in February 2007. His thesis explored aspects of seamount ecology and fisheries. Initially, he characterized the seamount distribution on the Azores EEZ using bathymetry datasets. In clarifying how seamounts affect primary productivity, Telmo showed that primary production enhancement is not sufficient to support often-observed large aggregations of fish. He demonstrated the importance of seamounts to some large pelagic fish, marine mammals and seabirds. Telmo was not able to quantify the amount of catches taken from seamounts around the world. Instead, he demonstrate that global landings of demersal marine fishes have shifted to deeper water species over the last 50 years, an indirect indication that seamounts have also increased in importance. Moreover, Telmo showed that 'deep-water', 'seamount' and 'seamount-aggregating' fish stocks may be at serious risk of depletion, since their life histories render them highly vulnerable to overfishing with little resilience to overexploitation. He has also performed ecosystem modelling analyses which suggested that industrial fisheries are not viable on seamounts. However, regulated small-scale artisanal fishing fleets could be sustained by seamount ecosystems.
Telmo is currently working as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Oceanography and Fisheries of the University of the Azores investigating ecosystem-based approaches to the management of Azores marine resources, biodiversity and habitats. He is also involved on ongoing seamount and deep-sea coral research. Telmo's scientific output, mainly dedicated to seamount ecology, seamount fisheries management, ecosystem modelling, trophic ecology and to the Azores ecosystems, comprises over 20 contributions to peer-reviewed journals, 8 book chapters, and many other reports. Telmo has recently co-edited with Tony Pitcher (and others) a book on "Seamounts Ecology, Fisheries and Conservation" and a report with Daniel Pauly on "Seamounts: Biodiversity and Fisheries".
Selected Publications
2007. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 1-12.
2006. Journal of Fish Biology. 1-13.
2010. Oceanography. 190-199.
2010. Oceanography. 134-144.
2010. Oceanography. 123-125.
2012. PLoS ONE. e42950.
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Peer-reviewed (thesis related publications)
Morato, T.; M. Machete; A. Kitchingman; F. Tempera; S. Lai; G. Menezes; R.S. Santos; and T.J. Pitcher (in press). Abundance and distribution of seamounts in the Azores. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Morato, T.; D.A. Varkey; C. Damaso; M. Machete, M. Santos, R. Prieto, R.S. Santos and T.J. Pitcher (in press). Evidence for aggregation of visitors at seamounts. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Morato, T.; C. Bulman and T.J. Pitcher (in press). Modelled effects of primary and secondary production enhancement by seamounts on local fish stocks. Deep-Sea Research Part II.
Pitcher, T.J., T. Morato, P.J.B Hart, M. Clark, N. Haggan and R.S. Santos (eds, 2007). Seamounts: Ecology, Fisheries and Conservation. Fish and Aquatic Resources Series 12, Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 536 pp.
Kitchingman, A.; S. Lai; T. Morato and D. Pauly (2007). Seamount abundance and locations (Chapter #2). Pp: 26-40 in Pitcher, T.J., Morato, T., Hart, P.J.B., Clark, M., Haggan, N. and Santos, R. (eds) Seamounts: Ecology, Fisheries and Conservation. Fish and Aquatic Resources Series, Blackwell, Oxford, UK.
Pitcher, T.J., T. Morato, P.J.B. Hart, M.R. Clark, N. Haggan and R.S. Santos (2007). The depths of ignorance: an ecosystem evaluation framework for seamount ecology, fisheries and conservation (Chapter #21). Pp: 476-488 in Pitcher, T.J., Morato, T., Hart, P.J.B., Clark, M.R., Haggan, N. and Santos, R.S. (eds) Seamounts: Ecology, Conservation and Management. Fish and Aquatic Resources Series, Blackwell, Oxford, UK.
Morato, T. and M. Clark (2007). Seamount fishes: ecology and life histories (Chapter #9). Pp: 170-188 in Pitcher, T.J., Morato, T., Hart, P.J.B., Clark, M., Haggan, N. and Santos, R. (eds) Seamounts: Ecology, Fisheries and Conservation. Fish and Aquatic Resources Series, Blackwell, Oxford, UK.
Fulton, B., T. Morato and T.J. Pitcher (2007). Seamount ecosystem models, application and data requirements (Chapter #13). Pp: 296-332 in Pitcher, T.J., Morato, T., Hart, P.J.B., Clark, M., Haggan, N. and Santos, R. (eds) Seamounts: Ecology, Fisheries and Conservation. Fish and Aquatic Resources Series, Blackwell, Oxford, UK.
Cheung, W.W.L.; R. Watson; T. Morato; T.J. Pitcher and D. Pauly (2007) Intrinsic vulnerability in the global fish catch. Marine Ecology Progress Series 333: 1-12.
Morato, T.; R. Watson, T.J. Pitcher and D. Pauly (2006). Fishing down the deep. Fish and Fisheries 7(1):24-34.
Morato, T.; W.W.L. Cheung and T.J. Pitcher (2006). Vulnerability of seamount fish to fishing: fuzzy analysis of life history attributes. Journal of Fish Biology 68(1): 209-221.
Morato, T. and T.J. Pitcher (2005). Ecosystem simulations in support of management of data-limited seamount fisheries. Pp: 467-486 in G.H. Kruse; V.F. Gallucci; D.E. Hay; R.I. Perry; R.M. Peterman; T.C. Shirley; P.D. Spencer; B. Wilson and D. Woodby (eds). Fisheries assessment and management in data-limited situations. Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium Series 21.
Machete, M.; T. Morato and G. Menezes (2005) Modelling the distribution of two fish species in seamounts of the Azores. Pp: 182-195 in R. Shotton (ed). Deep Sea 2003: Conference on the governance and management of deep-sea fisheries. Part 1 Conference reports. Queenstown, New Zealand, 1-5 December 2003. FAO Fisheries Proceedings 3/1, Rome.
T.J. Pitcher; C.H. Ainsworth; E. Buchary; W.L. Cheung; R. Forrest; N. Haggan; H. Lozano; T. Morato and L. Morissette (2005). Strategic management of marine ecosystems using whole-ecosystem simulation modelling: the 'back to the future' policy approach. Pp: 199-258 in E. Levner; I. Linkov; J.-M. Proth (Eds). Strategic Management of Marine Ecosystems. Nato Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences 50. Springer.
Morato, T. and T.J. Pitcher. (in press). Reconciling fisheries with conservation on seamounts. Proceedings of the fourth World Fisheries Congress. American Fisheries Society.
Peer-reviewed (other publications)
Morato, T.; P. Afonso; N. Carvalho; P. Lourinho; R.S. Santos H.M. Krug and R.D.M. Nash (in press). Growth, reproduction and recruitment patterns of the wide-eyed flounder, Bothus podas Delaroche (Pisces: Bothidae), from the Azores. Marine Biology Research.
Afonso, P., T. Morato and R.S. Santos (in press). Spatial patterns in reproductive traits of the temperate parrotfish Sparisoma cretense. Fisheries Research.
Figueiredo, M.; T. Morato; J.P. Barreiros; P. Afonso; R.S. Santos (2005). Feeding ecology of the white seabream, Diplodus sargus, and the ballan wrasse, Labrus bergylta, in the Azores. Fisheries Research 75(1-3): 107-119.
Morato, T.; P. Afonso and J.L. Carlin (2004). First record of scamp, Mycteroperca phenax, in the north-eastern Atlantic. Journal of Marine Biological Association of the UK 84(1): 281-282.
Morato, T.; E. Solà; M. P. Grós & G. Menezes (2003). Diet of the two most common elasmobranchs in the bottom longline fishery of the Azores, northeastern Atlantic: thornback ray Raja cf. clavata and tope shark, Galeorhinus galeus. Fishery Bulletin 101(3): 590-602.
Morato, T.; P. Afonso; P. Lourinho; R.D.M. Nash and R.S. Santos (2003). Reproductive biology and recruitment of the white sea bream in the Azores. Journal of Fish Biology 63: 59-72.
Morato, T.; P. Afonso; R.S. Santos, H.M. Krug and R.D.M. Nash (2003). The reproduction, age and growth of the spotted rockling. Journal of Fish Biology 62: 1450-1455.
Aurelle, D.; T. Guillemaud; P. Afonso; T. Morato; P. Wirtz; R.S. Santos; M.L. Cancela. (2003). Genetic study of Coris julis (Osteichtyes, Perciformes, Labridae) evolutionary history and dispersal abilities. Comptes rendus Biologies 326: 771-785.
Barreiros, J.P., T. Morato, R. S. Santos & A. E. Borba (2003). Inter-annual changes in the diet of the almaco jack Seriola rivoliana (Perciformes: Carangidae) from the Azores. Cybium 27(1): 37-40.
Morato, T.; E. Solà; M. P. Grós & G. Menezes (2001). Feeding habits of two congener species of seabreams, Pagellus bogaraveo and Pagellus acarne, off the Azores (northeastern Atlantic) during spring of 1996 and 1997. Bulletin of Marine Science 69(3): 1073-1087.
Morato, T., P. Afonso; P. Lourinho; J. P. Barreiros; R. S. Santos & R. Nash (2001). Weight-length relationships for 21 coastal fish species of the Azores, northeastern Atlantic. Fisheries Research 50(3): 297-302.
Wirtz, P. & T. Morato. Unequal sex ratios in longline catches (2001). Journal of Marine Biological Association of the U.K. 81: 187-188.
Morato, T.; R.S. Santos & P. Andrade (2000). Feeding habits, seasonal and ontogenetic diet shift of blacktail comber, Serranus atricauda (Pisces: Serranidae), from the Azores, Northeastern Atlantic. Fisheries Research 49(1): 51-60.
Guillemaud, T.; M. L. Cancela; P. Afonso; T. Morato; R. S. Santos & P. Wirtz (2000). Molecular insights into the taxonomic status of Coris atlantica (Pisces: Labridae). Journal of Marine Biological Association of the UK, 80: 929-933.
Guillemaud, T., R, Streiff, R. S. Santos, P. Afonso, T. Morato & M. L. Cancela (2000). Microsatellite characterization in the rainbow wrasse Coris julis (Pisces: Labridae). Molecular Ecology 9: 631-632.
Morato, T., E. Solà, M. P. Grós & G. Menezes (1999). Diets of forkbeard (Phycis phycis) and conger eel (Conger conger) off the Azores during spring of 1996 and 1997. Arquipélago: Life and Marine Sciences 17A: 51-64.
Others
Morato, T. and Pauly, D. (eds, 2004). Seamounts: Biodiversity and Fisheries. Fisheries Centre Research Report 12(5), 85pp.
Morato, T.; W.W. L. Cheung and T.J. Pitcher. 2004. Vulnerability of seamount fish to fishing: fuzzy analysis of life history attributes. Pp 51-60 in Morato, T. and Pauly, D. (eds). Seamounts: Biodiversity and Fisheries. Fisheries Centre Research Report 12(5).
Watson, R. and T. Morato. 2004. Exploitation patterns in seamount fisheries: a preliminary analysis. Pp 61-66 in Morato, T. and Pauly, D. (eds). Seamounts: Biodiversity and Fisheries. Fisheries Centre Research Report 12(5).
Amorim, P.A., G. Duarte, V. Pires, M. Guerra, T. Morato and K.A. Stobberup. 2004. Improvements on the Guinea-Bissau Ecopath Model with an Exercise on Simulating the Effects of Fishing. Pp: 433-440 in P. Chavance, M. Bâ, D. Gascuel, J.M. Vakily and D. Pauly (eds). 2004. Marine fisheries, ecosystems and societies in West Africa: half a century of change. ACP-EU Fisheries Research Report 15, xxxii-532-xiv.
Amorim, P., G. Duarte, M. Guerra, T. Morato and K.A Stobberup. 2004. Preliminary Ecopath model of the Guinea-Bissau continental shelf ecosystem (NW Africa). Pp. 95-112 in: Palomares, M.L.D., Pauly, D. (eds.) West African marine ecosystems: models and fisheries impacts. Fisheries Centre Research Reports 12(7). Fisheries Centre, UBC, Vancouver.
Morato, T. 2003. Seamounts - hotspots of marine life. ICES Newsletter 40: 4-6.
Morato, T. and T. Pitcher 2002. Challenges and problems in modelling seamount ecosystems and their fisheries. ICES 2002/M:8, 28pp.
Guénette, S. and T. Morato. 2001. The Azores archipelago in 1997. In: S. Guénette; V. Christensen and D. Pauly (eds). Fisheries impacts on North Atlantic ecosystems: models and analyses. Fisheries Centre Research Reports, University of British Columbia, 9(4): 241-270.
Morato, T.; S. Guénette and T. Pitcher. 2001. Fisheries of the Azores, 1982-1999. In: D. Zeller; R. Watson; T. Pitcher, and D. Pauly (eds). Fisheries impacts on North Atlantic Ecosystems: Catch, effort and national/regional data sets. Fisheries Centre Research Reports, University of British Columbia, 9(3): 214-220.
Tempera, F.; T. Morato; P. Afonso; S. Gubbay; T. Dentinho; F. Cardigos; M.J. Pitta and R.S. Santos 2001. Technical and scientific proposal for management plans for the Site of Community Interest Ilhéus das Formigas and Recife Dollabarat. Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas da Universidade dos Açores, Horta.
Tempera, F.; P. Afonso; T. Morato; S. Gubbay; T. Dentinho; F. Cardigos; M.J. Pitta and R.S. Santos 2001. Technical and scientific proposal for management plans for the Site of Community Interest Costa e Caldeirão do Corvo. Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas da Universidade dos Açores, Horta.
Tempera, F.; T. Morato; P. Afonso; S. Gubbay; T. Dentinho; F. Cardigos; M.J. Pitta and R.S. Santos 2001. Technical and scientific proposal for management plans for the Site of Community Interest Canal Faial-Pico. Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas da Universidade dos Açores, Horta.
Morato-Gomes, T.; E. Sola; M.P. Grós; G. Menezes & M.R. Pinho 1998. Trophic relationships and feeding habits of demersal fishes from the Azores: importance to multispecies.
