Publications

Heidrich, KN, Meeuwig JJ, Juan- Jordá MJ, Palomares ML, Pauly D, Thompson CDH, Friedlander AM, Sala E, Zeller D. 2023. Multiple lines of evidence highlight the dire straits of yellowfin tuna in the Indian Ocean. Ocean & Coastal Management 246, 106902.

Heidrich KN, Meeuwig JJ, Zeller D. 2023. Reconstructing past fisheries catches for large pelagic species in the Indian Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science 10.3389.

Zeller D, Ansell M, Andreoli V, Heidrich KN. 2023. Trends in Indian Ocean marine fisheries since 1950: synthesis of reconstructed catch and effort data. Marine and Freshwater Research, 10.1071/MF22148, 74(4): 301-319.

Heidrich KN, Juan-Jordá MJ, Murua H, Thompson CDH, Meeuwig JJ, Zeller D. 2022. Assessing progress in data reporting by tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations. Fish and Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12687

Grants & Awards

2020 - Forrest Research Foundation Scholarship  – University of Western Australia International Fee Scholarship (UIFS) and University Postgraduate Award (UPA)

PhD title: Reconstruction and analyses of data for the global large pelagic fisheries: IUU fishing, policy ramifications and the UN High Seas Agreement.

Start date: February 2020.

The main objectives of my project are to fill the data and transparency gap within global large-pelagic fisheries beyond national jurisdiction, to find patterns of unreported fishing and to determine the extent of modern slavery and other unethical and illegal cost-cutting actions within fisheries. My research addresses the need to investigate high-seas fisheries and to provide the best and most comprehensive data and analyses to empower effective management and policy decisions. The research will advance big-data analyses on the high-seas fisheries as an important contribution to the implementation and interpretation of the pending UN High Seas Agreement.

BIO: I come from Germany, where I received my Bachelors in Biology from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and my MSc degree in Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries Science from the University of Hamburg. I have always been fascinated by the interaction between humans and marine environments, which is why, after getting my Master’s degree, I decided to join the Sea Around Us- Indian Ocean for my PhD. I am also a member of the Marine Futures Lab.