Professor Denzil Miller, Professorial Fellow at University of Wollongong in Ocean Governance and Honorary Research Professor at the University of Tasmania in Antarctic Conservation, has been appointed as Director, Antarctic Tasmania, Science and Research.

 

Announcing the appointment, Mark Kelleher, Secretary of the Tasmanian Department of Economic Development, Tourism and the Arts, said the Antarctic Tasmania, Science and Research unit’s mission is to support the strategic development and sustainable growth of businesses and organisations making up the Antarctic and science and research sectors in Tasmania.

 

“The department is developing, in consultation with stakeholders, strategies to support the development and growth of the Science and Research sector and the Antarctic Sector,” Mr Kelleher said.

 

“Professor Miller’s leadership and vision will be vital to the implementation of these strategies.”

 

Professor Miller, who started in the role last week, has a PhD in marine biology from the University of Cape Town and served in the South African fisheries department for 23 years.

 

He has published over 70 peer-reviewed books and papers on marine science, as well as marine resource biology, policy, management and conservation issues.

 

Most recently Professor Miller served as the Executive Secretary of the 25-nation Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) from 2002 to 2010 and chaired the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Regional Fisheries Bodies Secretariat Network from 2003 to 2008.

 

He was awarded the South African Antarctic Medal and BP Antarctic Award in 1995, and the prestigious Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal in 2007 for his contribution to Antarctic conservation and management. Professor Miller has been deeply involved in the negotiation of a number of international marine fisheries agreements.

 

More information about Antarctic Tasmania is here.