Our Objectives

The FSBI is an international, non-political, learned Society, based in the United Kingdom, that supports scientific activity in fish biology and management through charitable sponsorship. Membership is open to anyone interested in these objectives.

  • Convene and provide financial support for meetings on appropriate aspects of fish biology and fisheries science and conservation.
  • Disseminate research and technical information through the agency of the Society's journal the Journal of Fish Biology and by other means.
  • Support research in, or connected with, fish biology and fisheries management, including the provision of travel bursaries, PhD studentships, small research grants and sponsorship.
  • Collect and disseminate information on all matters affecting the activities mentioned and exchange such information with other bodies having similar objects whether in this country or overseas.

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The Council

Colin Adams

Honorary
President
2021-2023

Chair of the publication committee

Sponsorships committee

Institute of Biodiversity,
Animal Health & Comparative Med
Room 204 Graham Kerr Building
Glasgow G12 8QQ

 

Email: FSBI President

 

Gary Carvalho

Honorary Past
President
2021-2023

Chair of the PITF

Sponsorships committee

Equality and Diversity (EDI) committee

Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Lab (MEFGL)

Email: FSBI Past President

 

Holly Shiels

Honorary Vice-President 2021-2023

Chair of Communications Committee

Sponsorships committee

Equality and Diversity (EDI) committee)

University of Manchester
Faculty of Biology,
Medicine and Health.
UK

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Ian Winfield

Honorary Secretary 2017-2025

Sponsorships committee

Publications committee

29 Landsdown Close
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 7SB

Email: FSBI Secretary

Tara Marshall

Honorary Treasurer 2021-2025

Sponsorships committee

University of Aberdeen

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Administrative Support

Jane Smith

Administrator

Bangor University, UK

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Research Grant Committee

Rita Castilho

Chair of the Research Grant Committee (2021-2025)

University of Algarve Faro

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Colin William Bean

Research Grant Committee (2022-2026)

Nature Scotland

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Anne Magurran

Research Grant Committee (2020-2024)

University of St Andrews, UK

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Communication Committee (Chaired by the FSBI Vice President)

Domino Joyce

Communications Committee (2021-2025)

University of Hull
Senior Lecturer Biological
Science

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Catherine Gutmann Roberts

Communications Committee (2022-2026)

University of Plymouth

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Ada Fontrodona Eslava

Student representative and communications committee (2022-2026)

University of St. Andrews, UK

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Nigel Milner

Communications Committee (2020-2024)

APEM Ltd / Bangor University

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Travel Grant Committee

Sophy McCully Philips

Chair of Travel Grants Committee Travel Grants Committee (2020-2024)

CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science)

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Ian McCarthy

Travel Grants Committee (2021-2025)

Bangor University
School of Ocean Sciences
Marine Biology.

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Constantino Macías Garcia

Travel Grants Committee (2022-2026)

Universidad Nacional
Anutónoma de México,
Mexico

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Studentship Committee

Chair of the Studentship Committee (2019-2023)

CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science)

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Jimmy Turnbull

Studentships Committee (2021-2025)

Institute of Aquaculture,
University of Stirling,

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Andy Nunn

Studentships Committee (2020-2024)

University of Hull , UK

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Training Grants

Nigel Milner

Chair of the Training Grant Committee (2020-2024)

APEM Ltd / Bangor University

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Ada Fontrodona Eslava

Training Grant Committee (2022-2026)

University of St. Andrews, UK

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Brian Hayden

Training Grant Committee (2021-2025)

Director Stable Isotopes in
Nature Laboratory Biology
Canadian Rivers Institute

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Postdoctoral International Travelling Fellowships (PITF)

Gary Carvalho

Chair of the PITF Committee (2021-2023)

Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Lab (MEFGL)

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Katie Longo

PITF Committee (2019-2023)

Marine Stewardship
Council

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Dorte Bekkevold

PITF Committee (2022-2026)

Technical University
of Denmark

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Equality and Diversity (EDI)

Katie Longo

Chair of EDI Committee (2022-2026)

Marine Stewardship
Council

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Holly Shiels

EDI committee (2022-)

University of Manchester
Faculty of Biology,
Medicine and Health.
UK

Email: Holly Here

 

Ada Fontrodona Eslava

Training Grant Committee (2022-2026)

University of St. Andrews, UK

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Publications Officer

Dorte Bekkevold

Publications Committee (2022-2026)

Technical University
of Denmark

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Margaret Donnelly

Publications Committee (2022-2026)

Wiley Journals Publisher and Observer

John Wiley & Sons Ltd
9600 Garsington Road
Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK

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Michel Kaiser

Editor-in-chief (2019-)

The Journal of Fish Biology

Heriot Watt University, UK

Email: Journal of Fish Biology

Newsletter Editor (2005-)

Email: FSBI Newsletter

William Perry

Publicity Coordinator (2020-)

Cardiff and Bangor University

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Anna Sturrock

Symposium Convenor 2023

University of Essex

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Chris Brodie

Website and Online Consultant

Nature Metrics

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Iain Barber

Past Symposium Convenor 2022

Aberwystwyth University

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Observer (Wiley Support)

Margaret Donnelly

Wiley Support

John Wiley & Sons Ltd , UK

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Council currently comprises fourteen trustees, four of whom are Honorary Officers (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer), who manage and implement the Society’s objectives, make strategic decisions and conduct business on behalf of the Society’s membership.

Members of Council, including Honorary Officers, may be nominated by any active member of the Society. They are elected for a four-year term at the Society's Annual General Meeting, which is held during the FSBI annual symposium. Officers may be elected for a second term of four years. No term of office may exceed eight years, and a one-year period must elapse before a member of the Society may be re-elected to Council. At least one member of Council is from a European country outside the British Isles.

Council meets in March/April and December each year, normally in London. The Society's finances are managed by the Finance committee, which is chaired by the Honorary Treasurer and includes the President and Secretary.

Council currently has four other committees, with each taking responsibility for an area of Society activity. These committees administer studentships and internships, research grants, travel grants, and publications matters, with each comprising a Chair supported by 2-3 other Council members.

We are registered in the United Kingdom as a charity (Number: 256475) and are affiliated to the Society of Biology and the Society for Science and Technology.

FOR FSBI MEMBER SUPPORT & ENQUIRIES Call; 020 3925 3477

For all enquiries, except those regarding the payment of membership fees, and the submission of grant applications, please dial the number above to get in contact with Zushna Ahmed whom is the Society Member Support Officer, or you can email: admin@fsbi.org.uk

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