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Thesis title
Recreational fish stocking in Australia: A triple bottom line assessment

Research interests
1. Fisheries Management
2. Fisheries Science
3. Aquatic Ecology

Career
Fisheries Manager (2013-present), Fisheries Victoria, DEDJTR
Fisheries Scientist (2007-2015), Fisheries Victoria, DPI/DEPI
BSc (Hons1)Marine Ecology/Zoology, University of Melbourne

Key publications
Hunt, T.L., Scarborough, H., Khageswor, G., Douglas, J.W., Jones, P.L. (2017) Assessing the cost-effectiveness of a fish stocking program in a culture-based recreational fishery. Fisheries Research 186, 468-477. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016578361630296X

Hunt, T. L., K. Giri, P. Brown, B. A. Ingram, P. L. Jones, L. J. B. Laurenson and A. M. Wallis 2014. Consequences of fish stocking density in a recreational fishery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 71(10): 1554-1560.
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjfas-2013-0517#.VDOTr_mSyRY

Ingram, B.A., Hunt, T.L., Lieschke, J., Krusic-Golub, K., and Khageswor, G. (2015) Field detection of calcein in marked fish – a cautionary note. Fisheries Management and Ecology 22 (3), 265-268. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fme.12121/abstract

Brown, P., Hunt, T. L., and Khageswor, G. (2015) Effects of gear type, entrance size and soak time on trap efficiency for freshwater crayfish, Cherax destructor and Cherax albidus. Marine and Freshwater Research 66 (11), 989-998. http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/126/paper/MF14284.htm

Hunt, T.L., Douglas, J., Allen, M.S., Gwinn, D.C., Tonkin, Z., Lyon, J. and Pickworth, A. (2011) Evaluation of population decline and fishing sustainability of the endangered Australian freshwater fish Macquarie perch (Macquaria australasica). Fisheries Management and Ecology 18, 513-520. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2400.2011.00808.x/abstract

Hunt, T.L., Ford, J.R., and Swearer, S.E. (2011) Ecological determinants of recruitment to populations of a temperate reef fish, Trachinops caudimaculatus. Marine and Freshwater Research 62, 502-509. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF10262

Hunt, T. L., Allen, M.S., Douglas, J. and Gason, A. (2010) Evaluation of a sport fish stocking program in lakes of the southern Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 30, 805-811. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1577/M09-207.1

Douglas, J., Brown, P., Hunt, T., Allen, M. and Rogers M. (2010) Evaluating relative impacts of recreational fishing harvest and discard mortality on Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii). Fisheries Research 106, 18-21. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165783610001360

Rogers, M.W., Allen, M.S., Brown, P., Hunt, T., Fulton, W. and Ingram, B. (2010) A simulation model to explore the relative value of stock enhancement versus harvest regulations for fishery sustainability. Ecological Modelling 221, 919-926. http://sfrc.ufl.edu/allenlab/publications/Rogers_etal_2010_ECOMOD.pdf

Douglas, J., Hunt, T., Abery, N. and Allen, M. (2009) Application of GIS modelling to quantify fish habitats in lakes. Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management 14, 171-174. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-1770.2009.00400.x/abstract

Douglas, J., Hunt, T. and Trueman, W. (2012). Confirmed records of the endangered Trout Cod Maccullochella macquariensis from the Murray River at Gunbower Island, Victoria. The Victorian Naturalist 129, 152-155. http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=756301912138429;res=IELHSS