Katherine Lockton Australian Society for Fish Biology & Australian Freshwater Sciences Society Conference 2026

Katherine Lockton

Katherine Lockton is currently undertaking her PhD on the drivers and impacts of milky-white flesh syndrome in Australasian snapper (Chrysophrys auratus, tāmure) as a student at the joint graduate school UoA-ESNZ JGS for Coastal and Marine Science. This condition (milky-white flesh syndrome) is characterised by degenerative myopathy, pale colouration, and emaciation. She also holds a research affiliate position at The Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa where she investigates phylogenetic patterns in molluscs and is the New Zealand representative for the Australian Society for Fish Biology.

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