Curriculum Vitae Johan Conrad Groeneveld Research and Professional Interests Assessment and management of commercial fisheries; Ecosystems Approach to Fisheries (EAF); Large Marine Ecosystem programmes; South Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean ecosystems; Impacts of fishing on exploited crustacean and fish populations; Spiny lobster biology and ecology; Development and implementation of surveys at sea; Scientific capacity building through training of scientists and technical staff. Academic Qualifications BSc (cum laude) University of Stellenbosch; 1987–1989 BSc honours (cum laude) University of Port Elizabeth; 1990 MSc University of Port Elizabeth; 1991–1992 PhD University of Cape Town; 1998–2000 PhD Title: Biology and ecology of the deep-water rock lobsters Palinurus gilchristi and Palinurus delagoae in relation to their fisheries Present Position Senior Scientist at the Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), Durban, South Africa (see www.ori.org). Responsible for the development and implementation of Regional Fisheries Research Projects. Honorary Associate Professor at the University of KwaZulu Natal, School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, Durban, South Africa. Professional Experience In depth professional experience gained over 18 years of employment as a research scientist and fisheries manager by 2 governments and in the private sector.. Significant exposure in the international scientific community through collaborative projects, conference contributions, symposia and workshops. Focal point for the development of the Science Plan and regional research coordinator for the multi-national South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP, World Bank. Strong publication record in leading international journals, including Marine Ecology Progress Series, Fisheries Research, Fishery Bulletin, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Marine and Freshwater Research, Crustaceana, African Journal of Marine Science, Marine Biology Research and Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science. 1 Regular reviewer for Marine Biology, Fisheries Research, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, African Journal of Marine Science, Aquatic Living Resources, ICES Journal of Marine Science, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, WIOJMS. Employment Record Time period Employer Post description June 2008 – date Oceanographic Research Senior Scientist. Institute, Durban, South Africa Portfolio is the development and implementation of regional fisheries projects in the Western Indian Ocean. Emphasis on implementation of World Bank funded South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP). November 2006 – February Marine Science and Fisheries Specialist scientist and 2008 Centre, Ministry of Fisheries technical advisor on scientific Wealth, Muscat, Sultanate of projects and capacity building Oman April 1995 – September 2006 Marine and Coastal Research scientist. Rose to the Management, Department of position of Senior Specialist Environmental Affairs and Scientist, and head of the Tourism, Cape Town, South crustacean research division Africa over 12 years. 2 Recent Consulting Projects Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) peer-review of public comment draft report (2011). Consultancy. Position - Reviewer Peer-review of assessment for the Normandy and Jersey lobster (Homarus gammarus) fishery done by MacAlister Elliott and Partners Ltd Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) full assessment of rock lobster Jasus tristani fishery at Tristan da Cunha Islands (2010): Consultancy. Position – Assessment team member, Macalister-Elliot & Partners Assessment of the lobster trap-fishery against the MSC Principles for responsible fishing. Also reviewed MSC assessment of Normandy and Jersey lobster (Homarus gammarus) fishery. Approx. USD 3000 SWIOFP Observer Training Course (2010): Consultancy. Position - Project leader Developed a successful international tender to present a large multidisciplinary Fisheries Observer Training Course. Tender award was based on quality and cost. Forty trainees from 8 countries completed the course at ORI, over a period of 3.5 weeks. Lectures and notes in 3 languages; 10 lecturers used. Training manual of 153 pages developed and printed (see www.swiofp.net). Approx. USD 200 000. Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) pre-assessments of artisanal spiny lobster fishery off Kenya and octopus fishery off Tanzania (2009): Consultancy. Position – Assessment team member, Moody Marine Ltd Pre-assessments of two artisanal fisheries along the coasts of Kenya and Tanzania, respectively. Approx. USD 5000 Regional Component Coordinator for Component 2 (Crustacean projects) for the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (2008 – 2013): Position – Component Coordinator. Coordination of surveys at sea and research projects on offshore crustacean resources (spiny lobsters, prawns, langoustines, crabs) conducted by the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project in the EEZs of South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, and Madagascar. Project duration is from 2008 to 2013. The Budget for the component is USD 2.5 million. 3 Marine Stewardship Council Training and Workshops Attended an MSC training workshop in which Chain of Custody Methodology, Certification Body Accreditation, Fisheries Certification, Fisheries Assessment & Risk Based Framework Methodologies were presented. 11-12 February 2009, Monkey Valley, Cape Town. Attended and presented at an MSC Workshop on “The opportunities and challenges of fisheries certification in Southern and Eastern Africa”. 22-23 October 2008, Monkey Valley, Cape Town. Supervision of Post-graduate students Supervised or co-supervised the following post-graduate projects since 2001: BSc Honours level – 2 students MSc level – 11 students PhD level – 1 student Publications in Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journals 42) Groeneveld JC, Everett BI, Fennessy ST, Kirkman SP, Santos J, Robertson WR (2013, in press) - Spatial distribution patterns, abundance and population structure of deep-sea crab Chaceon macphersoni based on complementary analyses of trap and trawl data. Marine and Freshwater Research (Accepted) 41) Munga CN, Mwangi S, Ong’anda H, Ruwa R, Manyala J, Groeneveld JC, Kimani E, Vanreusel A (2013, in press) - Spatial and seasonal trends in the distribution and abundance of penaeid shrimps in the Malindi-Ungwana Bay, Kenya: inferences from experimental bottom trawl surveys. Fisheries Research (Accepted) 40) Groeneveld JC, Goñi R, Diaz D (2013) – Palinurus Species: Chapter 11 in Lobsters: Biology, management, aquaculture and fisheries (BF Phillips ed), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, p. 326-356. 39) Groeneveld JC, Kirkman SP, Boucher M, Yemane D (2012) – From biomass mining to sustainable fishing – using abundance and size to define a spatial management framework for deep-water lobster. African Journal of Marine Science 34(4): 547-557. 38) Groeneveld JC, von der Heyden S, Matthee CA (2012) – High connectivity and lack of mtDNA differentiation among two previously recognized spiny lobster species in the southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Marine Biology Research 8(8): 764-770. 37) Groeneveld JC, Greengrass CL, van Zyl DL, Branch GM (2010) Settlement patterns, size and growth of puerulus and juvenile rock lobster Jasus lalandii at an oyster farm in Saldanha Bay, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science (32(3): 501-510. 4 36) van der Elst RP, Groeneveld JC, Baloi AP, Marsac F, Katonda KI, Ruwa R, Lane WL (2009) – Nine nations, one ocean: A benchmark appraisal of the South Western Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (2008-2012). Ocean & Coastal Management 52: 258-267. 35) Al-Nahdi A, Al-Marzouqi A, Al-Rasadi E, Groeneveld JC (2009) – The size composition reproductive biology, age and growth of largehead cutlassfish Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus from the Arabian Sea coast of Oman. Indian J. Fish. 56(2): 73-79. 34) Al-Nahdi A, Al-Marzouqi A Groeneveld JC, Al-Hosni, A (2008) – A first record of whip lobsters Puerulus sewelli from Oman with notes on size, condition and length weight relationships. Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Vol. 13, Special Issue: Marine Sciences, 1-6. 33) Al-Marzouqi A, Groeneveld JC, Al-Nahdi A, Al-Hosni A (2008) – Reproductive season of the scalloped spiny lobster Panulirus homarus along the coast of Oman: management implications. Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Vol. 13, Special Issue: Marine Sciences, 33-42. 32) Al-Marzouqi A, Al-Nahdi A, Jayabalan N, Groeneveld JC (2007) – An assessment of the spiny lobster Panulirus homarus fishery in Oman – another decline in the western Indian Ocean? Western Indian Ocean J. Mar. Sci. 6(2): 159-174 31) von der Heyden S, Groeneveld JC, Matthee CA (2007) – Long current to nowhere? - Genetic connectivity of Jasus tristani populations in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Afr. J. Mar. Sci. 29(3): 491- 497. 30) Groeneveld JC, Gopal K, George RW, Matthee CA (2007) – Molecular phylogeny of the spiny lobster genus Palinurus (Decapoda: Palinuridae) with hypotheses on speciation in the NE Atlantic/Mediterranean and SW Indian Ocean. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 45:102- 110. 29) Smith CD, Groeneveld JC, Maharaj G (2006) – The life-history of the giant octopus Octopus magnificus in South African waters. Afr. J. Mar. Sci. 28(3&4) 561-568 28) Groeneveld JC, Griffiths CL, Van Dalsen AP (2006) – A new species of spiny lobster, Palinurus barbarae (Decapoda, Palinuridae) from Walters Shoals on the Madagascar Ridge. Crustaceana 79(7): 821-833 27) Gopal K, Tolley KA, Groeneveld JC, Matthee CA (2006)