Present positions
- Member of Qld Sustainable FIsheries Panel to the Fisheries Minister (2017-present)
- Chair Tropical Tuna Resource and Assessment Group (2016-present)
- Chair South-east Fishery Resource Assessment Group (2016-present)
- Steering Committee of National Program 1 for Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (2017-present).
- Member of Gladstone Healthy Harbour Partnership (GHHP) Science Panel (SP) (2013-present)
- Member of Victorian abalone Working Group (2016-present)
- Member Tropical Tuna Resource Assessment Group (2013-2016)
- Research member to South Australia Rock Lobster Management Advisory Committee (2012-present)
- Chair of SA RLMAC research sub-committee (2012-present).
- Member of AFMAs Ecological Risk Assessment Technical Working Group
- Member of Victorian abalone harvest strategy working group
- Research Member Tropical Tuna Management Advisory Committee (2010-2015)
- Organising Committee and session chair of ICES Symposium “Targets and Limits for Long Term Fisheries Management”, 27-30 October 2015, Athens, Greece
- Steering committee of Knowledge Based Bio-economy International series of workshops undertaken one each in Australia (completed), NZ (2014), EU (2014) and Canada (KBBE is an EU, Canada, NZ and Australia consortium managed by DFAT) (2012-2015)
- Scientific Advisory Board of EU project MYFISH - Maximising yield of fisheries while balancing ecosystem, economic and social concerns (PI – Anna Rhindorf, Denmark) (2013-2016)
- Steering committee of SISAM organising The World Conference on Stock Assessment Methods for Sustainable Fisheries, Boston, USA, 16-18th July 2013.
- Steering Committee of FisheriesWiki - an eNGO driven Wiki (2012-2015)
- Member of Northern Fisheries Research Hub representing tropical fisheries CSIRO research (2012-2015)
- Member of the Healthy Waterways Ltd. Decision Support Scientific Expert Panel (2011-2014)
- Chair of the Tropical Tuna Resource Assessment Group (2010-2013)
- Research member of NORMAC (2006-2011) and chair of research sub-committee (2006-2011)
- Member of the Northern Prawn Fisheries Assessment Group (2008-2011)
- Member of Queensland trawl Stock Assessment Group (2009-2010) and Technical Advisory Group (2009-2010)
- Chair of the Northern Prawn Fisheries Assessment Group (1999-2006)
- Advisor to NORMAC Research Member (Ian Poiner) (1999-2005)
- Member of Spanner Crab Stock Assessment Group
- Member of Queensland Trawl Stock Assessment Group and member of 5 MAC-similar groups over work career
- Theme minder for Sustainable Fisheries theme and member of the high level Strategic Directions Team within CSIRO Marine Research (2004-2015)