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Mr

Jimmy Hortle

Junior Research Fellow in Aquaculture Environment Interactions

Sustainable Marine Research Collaboration

Orcid identifier0009-0008-8774-928X
  • Junior Research Fellow in Aquaculture Environment Interactions
    Sustainable Marine Research Collaboration
  • Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, IMAS Directorate, 342 Taroona - Admin, Off-Campus

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Fields of Research
Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) (310305)
Pollution and contamination (410599)

Research Objectives
Aquaculture fin fish (excl. tuna) (100202)
Fisheries - aquaculture (100299)

PROJECTS

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GRANT
A novel approach to measuring the depositional footprint of the Blue Economy
Blue Economy CRC Co1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2024
People funded by this grant: Vopel K, Frid C, Ross J, Hadley S, Plew D
Project Total: $1,374,217; A fundamental assumption used to argue for offshore aquaculture is that operating in deeper water will increase the horizontal dispersion of organic wastes and so lessen the impacts on seafloor ecosystem functioning. The social licence for such a move, however, will rely on our ability to quantify this advantage. To enable this, we will (1) develop a novel protocol for the assessment of offshore farm footprints combining two sediment-seawater solute exchange measurement techniques, (2) use such measurements to define thresholds in the metabolic response of offshore sediment ecosystems, and (3) explore their integration in lease-scale biogeochemical models and regulatory frameworks. Funded by: Blue Economy CRC Co - General Projects; University of Tasmania.
CONSULTANCY/CONTRACT RESEARCH
Macquarie Harbour String Maintenance - Rolling agreement
Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association1 Jan 2020 - 1 Aug 2023
People funded by this grant: Ross J, Moreno D, Hortle J
Project Total: $221,320; Currently there are 3 real-time environmental monitoring strings deployed in Macquarie Harbour as part of FRDC project 2016-067. This project will continue the maintainance of these strings and provision of the data on the dashboard following the FRDC. The project contract period is for 12 months, but work will initially be commissioned for 3 months and then monthly (to be detailed in contract with TSGA Funded by: Tasmanian Salmonid Growers Association ($221,320); University of Tasmania.