Finlay Rossiter-Hill
I am a PhD candidate at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, studying the southern sand flathead (Platycephalus bassensis), the most heavily targeted recreational fish in Tasmania. The species occurs in a recognised ocean-warming hotspot, and populations in southern Tasmania, where fishing pressure is highest, differ from northern populations in size-at-age, metabolic rate and thermal tolerance. My research examines how catch-and-release fishing affects sand flathead physiologically, how long the stress response lasts, and what shapes its magnitude and duration. I also compare field-caught and laboratory-caught fish to test whether controlled experiments reflect real fishing conditions. Ultimately, I aim to determine whether individual differences in capture-induced disturbance and recovery influence vulnerability to capture, and how fishing and warming may together shape this species.
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