Chris Wilcox

Dr Chris Wilcox is the director of the sustainable fisheries program at Minderoo Foundation focusing on fishery. His knowledge and expertise are still occasionally drawn upon for projects within the marine debris team at CSIRO. When working at CSIRO, he was the leading scientist in our Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported fishing collaboration project and co-lead in the marine debris project. His research covered a wide range of topics in population management including control of invasive species, conservation of threatened biodiversity, and management of commercial and recreational fishing. His work integrates field data, statistical analysis and predictive models to synthesize information to support decision-making.