Committees & memberships
Governmental and non-Governmental Policy and Advisory Committees (in the last 10 years)
- Member Technical Advisory Group – Scottish Government Inland Fisheries review 2014 – current
- Expert Adviser CABI (Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International) 2011- present.
- Member: Defra UK Crayfish Working Group 2011-present.
- Member: UK Sustainable Eel Group 2011-present.
- Member: IUCN/Wetlands International Freshwater Fish Specialist Group 2011-present.
- Member: IUCN Anguillid Specialist Group 2011-present.
- Member: EIFAAC [European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission] Technical & Scientific Committee 2011-present.
- Member: Scottish Government Tripartite Working Group 2003 – present.
- Expert Adviser: Scottish Government Fisheries Committee 2003-2009.
- Co-opted Member: Scottish Fisheries Co-ordination Centre [SFCC] Committee 2008-present.
- Member: Scottish Government Fish and Fisheries Forum 2006-present.
- Member: SEPA Fish and Fisheries Advisory Group 2009 –present.
- Expert Adviser: Defra Invasive Non-Native Species Secretariat 2007-present.
- Expert Adviser: European Environment Agency 2009-present.
- External Peer Reviewer: Scottish Government Marine Scotland Science projects 2009-present.
- Expert Adviser: European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity 2010-present.
- Expert Adviser: Scottish Anglers National Association 1995-1999.
- Expert Adviser: Anglers Co-operative Association (now FishLegal) 1995-1999.
- Member: Secretary of State for Scotlands’ Advisory Committee for Fish Protection Orders 1996-1999.
Membership of Learned Societies
- Council member of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles.
- Member of the Freshwater Biological Association.
Membership of Academic Science Committees
- Member: Natural Environment Research Council [NERC] Peer Review College 2011-present.
- Chair: FSBI Studentship Committee 2013-present (Member 2010-2014)
- Council Member: Fisheries Society of the British Isles 2010-present.