Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Peter is a conservation biologist with interests in marine and freshwater systems. He focuses on the collection of life history and ecological information to guide the management and conservation of biodiversity and assess population status and extinction risk. He has a background in fish biology, fisheries bycatch mitigation, and fish conservation, particularly in relation to the chondrichthyan fishes (sharks, batoids, and ghost sharks), from freshwater systems to the deep-sea. He has extensive experience in undertaking national, regional, and global extinction risk assessments for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Peter's current research in northern Australia focuses on the management and recovery of threatened species, in particular sawfishes and river sharks. He has delivered a number of projects under the Australian Government's National Environmental Research Program (NERP) and National Environmental Science Program (NESP) aimed at driving conservation action and policy. He also has an interest in monitoring and managing threatened shorebird and terrestrial bird species.
Current HDR Supervision
Annmarie Fearing (University of Southern Mississippi): Assessment of genetic diversity in Largetooth Sawfish Pristis pristis (Associate Supervisor)
Floriaan Devloo-Delva (University of Tasmania): From rivers to ocean basins – quantifying sex-specific connectivity in elasmobranchs (Associate Supervisor)
Michael Grant (James Cook University): Conservation of euryhaline elasmobranchs in Papua New Guinea (Associate Supervisor)
Robin Leppitt (Charles Darwin University): The conservation ecology of the Alligator Rivers Yellow Chat (Epthianura crocea tunneyi) (Associate Supervisor)
Current Honours Supervision
Julia Constance (Charles Darwin University): Uncovering the historical ecology of ‘lost sharks’ to assess their probability of extinction (Primary Supervisor)
Available HDR projects (2021)
Movement ecology of threatened river sharks (Charles Darwin University; Primary Supervisor)
Conservation biology of the Clown Wedgefish (Charles Darwin University; Primary Supervisor)
Education/Academic qualification
Bachelor, University of Melbourne
PhD, University of Queensland
External positions
Regional Vice-Chair, Australia & Oceania, IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group
Red List Authority Coordinator, IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group
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Projects
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UTas NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub
Kyne, P. M., Campbell, A., Gibb, K. & Munksgaard, N.
1/07/15 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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UTas NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub - Project Agreement A12 - Migratory Marine Species
1/01/17 → 31/12/20
Project: Other
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UTas NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub - Theme Leader Contribution Collaboration Agreement
1/06/17 → 30/03/21
Project: Other
Research Output
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Can sawfish bycatch within the Northern Prawn Fishery be mitigated using an electric field?
Abrantes, K., Barnett, A., Soetaert, M., Kyne, P. M., Laird, A., Seymour, J., Squire, L., Wueringer, B. E. & Huveneers, C., 2020, Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. 50 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Conservation impact scores identify shortfalls in demonstrating the benefits of threatened wildlife displays in zoos and aquaria
Buckley, K. A., Smith, L. D. G., Crook, D. A., Pillans, R. D. & Kyne, P. M., 2020, In : Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 28, 7, p. 978-1002 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Estimating IUCN Red List population reduction: JARA—A decision-support tool applied to pelagic sharks
Sherley, R. B., Winker, H., Rigby, C. L., Kyne, P. M., Pollom, R., Pacoureau, N., Herman, K., Carlson, J. K., Yin, J. S., Kindsvater, H. K. & Dulvy, N. K., Apr 2020, In : Conservation Letters. 13, 2, p. 1-10 10 p., e12688.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter
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Ghosts of the deep – Biodiversity, fisheries, and extinction risk of ghost sharks
Finucci, B., Cheok, J., Ebert, D. A., Herman, K., Kyne, P. M. & Dulvy, N. K., 2 Dec 2020, In : Fish and Fisheries. p. 1-22 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Movement behaviours and survival of largetooth sawfish, Pristis pristis, released from a public aquarium
Buckley, K. A., Crook, D., Einoder, L., Richard, P., Smith, L. & Kyne, P., Dec 2020, In : Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 30, 12, p. 2351-2369 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article