After graduating from the University of Liverpool with an Honours Degree in Marine Biology, Stephen worked in Tanzania for two years.  First as Science Coordinator for Frontier-Tanzania and then as Marine Biologist for Chumbe Island Coral Park, an educational and eco-tourist Centre situated on one of Zanzibar’s outlying islands.  He returned to the UK to study for an MSc (awarded with distinction) in Marine and Fisheries Science at Aberdeen University.  Stephen’s dissertation looked at exercise physiology in different strains of post-smolt Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) at the Fish Behaviour Unit of Aberdeen’s Marine Laboratory. 

Subsequent work at the Marine Lab looked at swimming ability in larger salmon and other species, and behavioural assessment through radio tracking.  Stephen moved to Plymouth to study for a PhD that investigated the bycatch of species caught with commercial fish on local boats and related these to environmental conditions.  During this time he also lectured to Fishery Science, Ocean Science and Environmental Science students, supervised several Honours Dissertations and after graduating evaluated a redesigned Environmental Science Core Module, reported on multi-rig fishing gear and carried out an experimental study of fuel efficient out-rigger trawls. 

Stephen came to the MBA in late 2007 to study the space use of fish around offshore marine renewable energy structures as a PRIMaRE Post-Doctoral Research Fellow.  This new challenge blends together historical information, modern marine mapping methods and UK’s first large-scale acoustic recording array for fish tracking.

CONTACT DETAILS

email: scotterell@plymouth.ac.uk
telephone: +44 (0) 1752 633287