Jordan Goetze

Biography

Jordan Goetze research focuses on the assessment of fisheries and conservation management strategies and the ecology of marine fishes. He specialises in the use of stereo video technology to sample fish assemblages and has been working with and developing this technology over the last 10 years. This had led to excellent skills in the identification of both tropical and temperate fishes and the use of stereo-video software. Jordan is involved with teaching these skills to both undergraduate, honours/masters and PhD students. In 2015, Jordan completed his PhD with research focused in the remote islands of Fiji, where he studied the effectiveness of periodically harvested closures (PHCs) as fisheries management strategy. Despite the early stage of his career, Jordan has developed collaborations with the Department of Parks and Wildlife, the Australian Institute of Marine Science and the Department of Fisheries by consulting on statistics, the analysis of stereo-video data sets and staff training. He is currently working as a post-doctoral fellow at Curtin University on a project that aims to assess the status of shark and fish populations on a global scale. This research is in collaboration with the Global Finprint Project, Florida International University and the Wildlife Conservation Society, with Jordan’s role to lead sampling programs in developing and remote countries across the globe.

Research Interest

Fish Biology, Marine Science