Katherine Cheshire
Dr Katherine Cheshire is a freshwater fisheries researcher and resource manager with an extensive background in freshwater fish and riverine management.
Kat is the Director Fisheries Research within NSW DPIRD. She leads a geographically dispersed team delivering research, monitoring and innovation to support evidence-based policy, fisheries management and decision-making across New South Wales. The program spans aquaculture, freshwater, fisheries resource and stock assessment and and marine ecosystems, generating the knowledge, data and partnerships needed to protect and enhance aquatic ecosystems, support sustainable fisheries, and strengthen the social, cultural and economic benefits that healthy fisheries provide to communities. Through science, collaboration and innovation, the team helps people look after fish and the environments on which they depend.
With over 20 years of experience in Australian fish biology across multiple State and Commonwealth research and management agencies, Kat has been passionately involved in our society since 2005, regularly attending annual conferences, serving as the State representatives on the ASFB Executive Council and the Future of the Society Committee, she played a key role in implementing amendments to the ASFB Constitution in 2015, recognizing Indigenous people and their vital connection and contribution to our lands, waters, and fish.
Recognised for her scientific leadership and as a diversity champion, Dr Cheshire has led major projects working across research, management, and policy, providing scientific and technical advice across government, industry, and the community. These programs have significantly shaped the management of Australia's fisheries, freshwater, and marine natural resources, contributing to the development of national policy reform, research strategies, priorities, and plans.
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