Sarah Martin

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2025-present Research Fellow, University of Leeds

2021-2025 Reseearch Associate, Lancaster University

2019-2021 Independent consultant (WWF, FAO, MSC)

2014-2019 Fisheries Science Officer, Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

2010-2014 Fisheries consultant, MRAG, Ltd

Responsibilities

• Socio-ecological coral reef adaptation
• ClimateREEFS project

Research interests

I am an interdisciplinary fisheries scientist with a key interest in small-scale fisheries systems and their resilience. My research has involved the use of statistical and population modelling to explore the impact of management strategies on target fish stocks and associated bycatch species. I am interested in rural livelihood strategies and how these influence fisheries dependence, vulnerability and capacity to adapt. I am currently exploring the impacts of climate change on reef fish assemblages and the fisheries they support, investigating dependence on reef species, how this correlates with socio-ecological predictors, and how it has altered following climate-related disturbance.

Qualifications

• PhD Multispecies tropical fisheries, Imperial College, University of London
• MSc Management of the Great African Lakes fisheries, Environmental Technology, University of Hull
• BSc Oceanography with marine biology, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton