Dr Hayden Schilling
Conjoint Associate Lecturer

Dr Hayden Schilling

Science
School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences

I am a Fisheries Scientist at NSW Department of Primary Industries Fisheries and Adjunct Lecturer at UNSW Sydney. My research interests include fish biology and coastal and freshwater ecology, and statistics, particularly focused on species which are targeted by fishers.

My current focus is on long term changes in fish populations within the Murray-Darling Basin. I have previously focused on the mechanisms of fisheries production in eastern Australia such as oceanic drivers including transport mechanisms and relate them to fisheries catch. I am also been involved in projects looking at whale entanglements, crab fisheries, Lepas barnacles, ecology of artificial reefs and otolith shape analysis.

I conducted my PhD on tailor (Pomatomus saltatrix) in eastern Australia supervised by both UNSW and NSW Department of Primary Industries Fisheries. This species is a popular fish for both commercial and recreational fishers. My project was done in response to anecdotal declines in tailor. Working closely with NSW and QLD Fisheries, my research studied the ecology of tailor in eastern Australia and provided the ecological understanding for a successful management plan to ensure there are fish to catch and eat in the future. The four key aspects of my work were diet, reproduction, growth and juvenile habitat use.

Location
E26 Lv4 East & NSW DPI Port Stephens Fisheries Institute
  • Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Age and growth of Pomatomus saltatrix in the south-western Pacific Ocean (eastern Australia), with a global comparison', Marine and Freshwater Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf22216
    Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Long-term drivers of catch variability in south-eastern Australia's largest portunid fishery', Fisheries Research, 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106582
    Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Plankton size spectra as an indicator of larval success in Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax)', Fisheries Oceanography, 32, pp. 196 - 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fog.12620
    Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Using integrative taxonomy to distinguish cryptic halfbeak species and interpret distribution patterns, fisheries landings, and speciation', Marine and Freshwater Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf22048
    Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Vertically Resolved Pelagic Particle Biomass and Size Structure Across a Continental Shelf Under the Influence of a Western Boundary Current', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022JC018689
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'A global, historical database of tuna, billfish, and saury larval distributions', Scientific Data, 9, pp. 423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01528-7
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Coastal winds and larval fish abundance indicate a recruitment mechanism for southeast Australian estuarine fisheries', Fisheries Oceanography, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fog.12561
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Contribution of avoidable mortality to life expectancy inequalities in Wales: a decomposition by age and by cause between 2002 and 2020', JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdac133
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Cross-jurisdictional larval supply essential for eastern Australian spanner crabs (Ranina ranina)', Marine and Freshwater Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf21348
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Economic value of regional spearfishing competitions', Fisheries Research, 250, pp. 106289 - 106289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106289
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Entrainment and development of larval fish assemblages in two contrasting cold core eddies of the East Australian Current system', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 685, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13982
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Evaluation of a novel research trap for surveys of blue swimmer crab populations', Marine and Freshwater Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF21005
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Long-term increase in growth of an estuarine predator, mulloway Argyrosomus japonicus, predicted to continue under future warming scenarios', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 688, pp. 1 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps14048
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Mesoscale oceanographic features drive divergent patterns in connectivity for co-occurring estuarine portunid crabs', Fisheries Oceanography, 31, pp. 587 - 600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fog.12608
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Size-selective predation by three estuarine zooplanktivorous fish species', Marine and Freshwater Research, pp. NULL - NULL, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf21344
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Foraging behaviour and movements of an ambush predator reveal benthopelagic coupling on artificial reefs', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 666, pp. 171 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13691
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Modelling the distribution of larval fish in a western boundary current using a multi-voyage database', Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 31, pp. 399 - 415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11160-021-09647-x
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Novel fisheries investigations by Harald Dannevig: Some parallels with Johan Hjort on the other side of the world', ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78, pp. 755 - 764, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaa001
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Seascape ecology: identifying research priorities for an emerging ocean sustainability science', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 663, pp. 1 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps13661
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Stock delineation of striped snakehead, Channa striata using multivariate generalised linear models with otolith shape and chemistry data', Scientific Reports, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87143-9
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'The ecology of Lepas-based biofouling communities on moored and drifting objects, with applications for marine forensic science', Marine Biology, 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-03822-1
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Artificial reefs increase fish abundance in habitat-limited estuaries', Journal of Applied Ecology, 57, pp. 1752 - 1761, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13666
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Multiple spawning events promote increased larval dispersal of a predatory fish in a western boundary current', Fisheries Oceanography, 29, pp. 309 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fog.12473
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Convictfish on the move: Variation in growth and trophic niche space along a latitudinal gradient', ICES Journal of Marine Science, 76, pp. 2404 - 2412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz098
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Reduced exploitation is associated with an altered sex ratio and larger length at maturity in southwest Pacific (east Australian) Pomatomus saltatrix', Marine Environmental Research, 147, pp. 72 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.02.012
    Journal articles | 2018
    Brodie S; Litherland L; Stewart J; Schilling HT; Pepperell JG; Suthers IM, 2018, 'Citizen science records describe the distribution and migratory behaviour of a piscivorous predator, Pomatomus saltatrix', ICES Journal of Marine Science, 75, pp. 1573 - 1582, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy057
    Journal articles | 2018
    Lawson CL; Suthers IM; Smith JA; Schilling HT; Stewart J; Hughes JM; Brodie S, 2018, 'The influence of ontogenetic diet variation on consumption rate estimates: A marine example', Scientific Reports, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28479-7
    Journal articles | 2018
    Schilling HT; Reis-Santos P; Hughes JM; Smith JA; Everett JD; Stewart J; Gillanders BM; Suthers IM, 2018, 'Evaluating estuarine nursery use and life history patterns of Pomatomus saltatrix in eastern Australia', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 598, pp. 187 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12495
    Journal articles | 2017
    Schilling HT; Hughes JM; Smith JA; Everett JD; Stewart J; Suthers IM, 2017, 'Latitudinal and ontogenetic variation in the diet of a pelagic mesopredator (Pomatomus saltatrix), assessed with a classification tree analysis', Marine Biology, 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-017-3105-1
  • Conference Papers | 2022
    2022, 'Tuna Larvae (Scombridae) off Eastern Australia: When and Where Are They Spawned? †', in SIBIC 2022, MDPI, pp. 66, presented at SIBIC 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/blsf2022013066

My Teaching

Guest lecturer in:

  • MSCI2001 Introductory Marine Science
  • BIOS3081 Estuarine to Ocean Ecosystems
  • MSCI6681 Topics in Australian Marine Science