Our Objectives
The FSBI is an international, non-political, learned Society, based in the United Kingdom, that supports scientific activity in fish biology and management through charitable sponsorship. Membership is open to anyone interested in these objectives.
- Convene and provide financial support for meetings on appropriate aspects of fish biology and fisheries science and conservation.
- Disseminate research and technical information through the agency of the Society's journal the Journal of Fish Biology and by other means.
- Support research in, or connected with, fish biology and fisheries management, including the provision of travel bursaries, PhD studentships, small research grants and sponsorship.
- Collect and disseminate information on all matters affecting the activities mentioned and exchange such information with other bodies having similar objects whether in this country or overseas.
The Council
Colin Adams
Honorary
President 2021-2023
Institute of Biodiversity,
Animal Health & Comparative Med
Room 204 Graham Kerr Building
Glasgow G12 8QQ
Email: FSBI President
Holly Shiels
Honorary Vice-President and Chair of Communications Committee 2021-2023
University of Manchester
Faculty of Biology,
Medicine and Health.
UK
Email: FSBI Vice-President
Ian Winfield
Tara Marshall
Research Grant Committee
Anne Magurran
Chair of the Research Grant Committee (2021-2025)
Research Grant Committee (2020-2024)
University of St Andrews, UK
Brian Hayden
Research Grant Committee (2021-2025)
Director Stable Isotopes in
Nature Laboratory Biology
Canadian Rivers Institute
Rita Castilho
Communication Committee (Chaired by the FSBI Vice President)
Communications Committee (2018-2022)
Institute of Marine Research, Tromsø, Norway
Nigel Milner
Student representative and communications committee (2018-2022)
University of St. Andrews, UK
Travel Grant Committee
Katie Longo
Ian McCarthy
Travel Grants Committee (2021-2025)
Bangor University
School of Ocean Sciences
Marine Biology.
Sophy McCully Philips
Travel Grants Committee (2020-2024)
CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science)
Studentship Committee
Chair of the Studentship Committee (2019-2023)
CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science)
Jimmy Turnbull
Studentships Committee (2021-2025)
Institute of Aquaculture,
University of Stirling,
Andy Nunn
Publications Officer
Domino Joyce
Publication offcier (2021-2025)
University of Hull
Senior Lecturer Biological
Science
Michel Kaiser
Editor-in-chief
The Journal of Fish Biology
Heriot Watt University, UK
Email: Journal of Fish Biology
Newsletter Editor
Email: FSBI Newsletter
Iain Barber
Council currently comprises fourteen trustees, four of whom are Honorary Officers (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer), who manage and implement the Society’s objectives, make strategic decisions and conduct business on behalf of the Society’s membership.
Members of Council, including Honorary Officers, may be nominated by any active member of the Society. They are elected for a four-year term at the Society's Annual General Meeting, which is held during the FSBI annual symposium. Officers may be elected for a second term of four years. No term of office may exceed eight years, and a one-year period must elapse before a member of the Society may be re-elected to Council. At least one member of Council is from a European country outside the British Isles.
Council meets in March/April and December each year, normally in London. The Society's finances are managed by the Finance committee, which is chaired by the Honorary Treasurer and includes the President and Secretary.
Council currently has four other committees, with each taking responsibility for an area of Society activity. These committees administer studentships and internships, research grants, travel grants, and publications matters, with each comprising a Chair supported by 2-3 other Council members.
We are registered in the United Kingdom as a charity (Number: 256475) and are affiliated to the Society of Biology and the Society for Science and Technology.
FOR FSBI MEMBER SUPPORT & ENQUIRIES Call; 020 3925 3477
For all enquiries, except those regarding the payment of membership fees, and the submission of grant applications, please dial the number above to get in contact with Zushna Ahmed whom is the Society Member Support Officer, or you can email: admin@fsbi.org.uk