The Missing Salmon Alliance welcomes an Ecological Modeller to the Likely Suspects Framework Team
The Missing Salmon Alliance are delighted to welcome Dr. Neil Banas to the Likely Suspects Framework Team.
Understanding the dynamics and trends in availability of prey resources used by salmon during their lengthy marine phase may unlock mechanisms governing marine survival trends. The MSA is pleased to announce that we have recruited an ecosystem modelling consultant to the Likely Suspects Framework team to make a unique and valuable contribution to our developing research in this area.
Dr Neil Banas is a Reader in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Strathclyde University. His research uses a variety of models, from 3D numerical simulations to paper-and-pencil sketches, to trace climate impacts on marine food webs in coastal and polar oceans. Originally from the US, he moved to Glasgow in 2015 after 17 years at University of Washington, Seattle.
Neil will be acting as a consultant to the MSA Likely Suspects Framework project to:
lead on developing metrics of historical prey-energetics conditions and their drivers during the salmon’s ocean migration route and
assess the potential to predict trends in salmon marine prey fields and lead on developing new approaches to build forecast capability.
As an Alliance of five organisations, we will build on the existing work of our partners and maximise our impact by taking a coordinated approach and vital action in order to halt and reverse the decline of wild Atlantic salmon.
The goal of the Missing Salmon Alliance is to build an evidence-base to influence national and international decision-makers to regulate activities that adversely impact wild Atlantic salmon.
The Missing Salmon Alliance
The MSA is comprised of the following members:
Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Atlantic Salmon Trust, the Angling Trust with Fish Legal, The Rivers Trust and Fisheries Management Scotland.
https://www.missingsalmonalliance.org