Research Papers and Refereed Articles

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Carruthers, T.R., Huynh, Q.C., Lauretta, M.V., Preece, A.L., Butterworth, D.S., Hordyk, A.R. and Taylor, N.G. Evaluating Atlantic bluefin tuna harvest strategies that use conventional genetic tagging data. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10 1210182. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1210182.
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Melnychuk, M.C., Lees, S., Veiga, P., Rasal, J., Baker, N., Koerner, L., Hively, D., Kurota, H., de Moor, C.L., Pons, M., Mace, P.M., Parma, A.M., Mannini, A., Little, L.R., Bensbai, J., Muñoz Albero, A., Polidoro, B., Jardim, E., Hilborn, R. and Longo, C. Comparing voluntary and government-mandated management measures for meeting sustainable fishing targets. Submitted to Journal of Environmental Management. Volume 374, February 2025, 124090.

Unpublished Research/Technical/Policy Documents

 

PowerPoint Presentations

 

Greenland Halibut

 

Gulf Menhaden

 

Tristan

 

Consultancy and Other Activities Based on Expertise Developed in Research

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Brandao, A. and Butterworth, D.S. The way forward to model pack data for the chokka squid (Loligo reynaudii) resource of South Africa. DFFE Branch Fisheries document FISHERIES/2025/MARCH/SWG-SQ/05: 5 pp.
de Moor, C.L., Coetzee, J.C. and Butterworth, D.S. Calculating an informative prior distribution for the bias of hydro-acoustic survey estimates of the South African sardine biomass. DFFE Branch Fisheries Document FISHERIES/2024/OCT/SWG-PEL/44.
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de Moor, C.L. A Proposal for Possible Updates to the Interim TAC/Bs for 2025. DFFE Branch Fisheries Document FISHERIES/2025/FEB/SWG-PEL/02: 2 pp
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de Moor, C.L. An outline of work towards the alternative proposal for short-term and medium-term goals for South African sardine and anchovy fishery management. DFFE Branch Fisheries Document FISHERIES/2025/FEB/SWG-PEL/03: 6 pp
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de Moor, C.L. An outline of work towards both the short-term and medium-term goals for South African sardine and anchovy fishery management. DFFE Branch Fisheires Document FISHERIES/2025/JAN/SWG-PEL/01: 3 pp

 

Media articles

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Butterworth, D.S. Understanding the decline of African penguins, a call for evidence-based action. Cape Argus, 3 January 2025: 3pp.
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Butterworth, D.S. The African Penguin Debate. A Response to SANCCOB/Birdlife. Fishing Industry News and Agriculture. 25 February 2025. 3pp.