CURRICULUM VITAE

Jordan Scott Goetze 25/09/1985

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Ecology, the University of Western Australia: 2012 -Present, Scholarships: Australian Postgraduate Award and UWA Safety Net Top-up

Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours: Marine Science, the University of Western Australia: 2004-2006 and 2009Thesis Title: “Evidence of artisanal fishing impacts and depth refuge in assemblages of Fijian reef fish”

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2015-PresentPost-Doctoral Scientist Curtin University, Niarchos Fellowship Wildlife Conservation Society

– Global Finprint Project

2015 Consultant to the West Australian Department of Fisheries

– Statistical data analysisand manuscript preparation for stereo-BRUV surveys at the Houtman Abrolhos Islands

2014Consultant to the Australian Institute of Marine Science

- Staff training for EventMeasure software and stereo-BRUV analysis

2010-2015Research Officer, Marine Ecology Group, the UWA Oceans Institute

Primary Research Projects:

  1. Assessment of the abundance and length of sharks at the Beqa shark feeding site Fiji, using stereo-video technology, Aqua-Trek
  2. Assessment of the Rottnest Island Marine Sanctuaries: Stereo-BRUV and DOV surveys, West Australian Marine Science Institution
  3. Jurien Scientific Reference Zone Assessment: Stereo-BRUV survey, W.A. Department of Fisheries
  4. Gorgon Marine Monitoring Program -Post-development Coastal and Marine State and Environment Impact Assessment using stereo-BRUVs: Demersal Fish, Chevron Australia

2009-2010Research Assistant, Centre for Marine Futures, the UWA Oceans Institute

Primary Research Projects:

  1. Development of alternatives to MaxN abundance estimates to increase counts of rare sharks
  2. Gigas 2D seismic survey at North Scott Reef: Behavioural assessment of fishes using Remote Underwater Video
  3. Assessing the effects of fishing at the Houtman Abrolhos Islands using stereo-BRUVs
  1. Assessment of Juvenile West Australian Dhufish from stereo-BRUV Surveys, W.A. Department of Fisheries

2007-2009Research Assistant, Securing WA’s Marine Futures project (UWA),

Primary Research Projects:

  1. Securing WA’s Marine Futures, stereo-BRUV/Towed Video surveys
  2. A five-year assessment of marine communities in the south-west Capes Region; Stereo-BRUV/DOV surveys, South West Catchments Council
  3. Northern Demersal Scalefish Fishery Assessment; A comparison of fish traps to stereo-BRUVs, W.A. Department of Fisheries

TEACHING POSITIONS

2012-PresentLecturer/Tutor/Demonstrator, the University of Western Australia

-Courses: Field Techniques in Marine Science (Leading stereo-BRUV project), Fisheries Management and Biological Conservation, Marine Ecology, Animal Populations and Ecological Processes

2013-PresentHonours/Masters Supervision

Projects:

-James Brightmore, Masters Project: A meta-analysis to compare visual and stereo-video sampling of fished and no-take areas around a Fijian marine reserve

-Michael Tropiano, First Class Honours: Tropicalisation of reef fish at Rottnest Island, Western Australia

PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Journals

  1. Goetze JS, Jupiter SD, Langlois TJ, Wilson SK, Harvey ES, Bond T, Naisilisili W, (2015). Diver operated video most accurately detects the impacts of fishing within periodically harvested marine closures. JEMBE, vol. 462, pp. 74-82
  1. Goetze JS, and Fullwood L, (2013). Fiji’s largest marine reserve benefits reef sharks. Coral Reefs,vol. 30, pp. 121-125
  1. Goetze JS, Langlois T, Egli D, Harvey ES, (2011). Evidence of artisanal fishing impacts and depth refuge in assemblages of Fijian reef fish. Coral Reefs, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 507-517
  1. Harvey ES,Goetze JS, McLaren B, Langlois TJ,Shortis MR (2010). Influence of range, angle of view, image resolution and image compression on underwater stereo-video measurements: High definition and broadcast resolution video cameras compared.Marine Technology Society Journal, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 75-86.

Scientific Reports

  1. Saunders BJ, Goetze JS, McLaren BW, Fitzpatrick CF, Harvey ES, (2011). Domestic Gas Pipeline Baseline Fish Survey (Stereo BRUV): Report 2 Dry Season 2010 and West Season 2011, Chevron Australia (Accepted 14th July 2011)
  1. Saunders BJ, Goetze JS, McLaren BW, Harvey ES, (2010). DomGas project Dry Season Survey 2010 – Demersal fish assemblages sampled using stereo BRUVs, Chevron Australia (Accepted 20th Jan 2011)
  1. Saunders BJ, McLean D, Delacy C, Bond T, Fullwood L, Goetze JS, Harvey E, (2012). Post-Development Coastal And Marine State And Environment Impact Survey: Demersal Fish

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

International Coral Reef Symposium 2016, Honolulu, Hawaii: Oral Presentation “The effectiveness of periodically harvested closures as a fisheries management strategy”

International Marine Conservation Congress 2014, Glasgow, Scotland; Oral Presentation “The effectiveness of periodically harvested closures to sustain small scale fisheries”

Indo-Pacific Fish Conference, Okinawa, Japan, 2013; Oral Presentation “Fiji’s Largest Marine Reserve Benefits Creatures Great and Small”

Pacific Science Inter-congress 2013, Suva, Fiji: Oral presentation “Diver operated video most accurately detects fishing impacts within periodically harvested closures”

GRANTS and AWARDS

Niarchos Fellowship 2016

Australian Finalist FameLab Science Communication 2016

Emerging Leaders Grant for Synthesis Projects, the UWA Ocean’s Institute $20,000 (2014) and $20,000 (2015).

Southern Ports Authority Corporate Sponsorship - $5000 (2015)

Australian Society for Fish Biology, John Glover Award (2015)

First Prize in the Oceans Institute Post Graduate Conference (2014)

Convocation Postgraduate Research Travel Award $2500 (2013)

Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning Teaching Internship (2012)

Ernest Hodgkin Memorial Prize in Marine Science (2010)

First Prize in the Australian Marine Science AssociationPost Graduate Conference (2010)

QUALIFICATIONS/PROFFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Restricted Coxswains Certificate, 2008

PADI Rescue Diver (500+ Logged Scientific Dives), 2008

AS2299 Dive Medical, 2015

Certificate of Proficiency in Small Craft Safety, 2000

Senior First Aid Certificate, 2014

DAN 02 Oxygen provider and Resuscitation, 2015

C Class Drivers License, 2002

Survival at sea and offshore facility abandonment safety course, 2010

Scientific Writing Course (David Lindsay), 2011

SKILLS AND TRAINING

Statistical packages (Primer & PERMANOVA, R statistical computing)

Photogrammetry software (EventMeasure, PhotoMeasure, CAL: seagis.com.au)

Meta-analysis in R

Writing peer-reviewed scientific papers and impact assessment reports

Managing laboratory video analysis

Field mobilisation/demobilisation and operations as field trip leader in remote locations

Taxonomy of tropical and temperate fish species

Development of specialised stereo-video analysis software EventMeasure

Calibration of stereo-video systems

Training and supervision of research assistants and honours/masters students

Extensive diver based sampling techniques