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Paul Starr

Paul obtained a Bachelor of science in 1973 from Yale and a Master of Science in 1968 from University of British Columbia, Canada. Paul held various positions as biologist and fisheries manager in Britsh Columbia, mainly with the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), before emigrating to New Zealand in 1991 to work as Fisheries Stock Assessment Scientist, and then Chief Scientist for the NZ Seafood Industry Council (previously New Zealand Fishing Industry Board).

Paul has Experience in stock assessment of a variety of marine species, including deepwater demersal species, inshore demersal species, shellfish (including lobster) and salmon. He has experience in designing marine fisheries research programmes, including biomass tagging surveys, sampling of commercial and recreational catches, and research trawl surveys, and specialises in designing self-monitoring programmes for the collection of scientifically useable information in commercial potting, long line and trawl fisheries.

Since 2000, Paul has been an independent consulting scientist, providing advice to the fishing industry, to government policy makers, and to government negotiators in international fishing treaties. Paul Joined Trophia in 2001 and many of our projects have benefited from his knowledge of the New Zealand ITQ, and catch / effort data systems as well as his experience in the evaluation of research output and interpretation of fisheries data for the purposes of fishery management.

Paul currently splits his year between the summar wine tasting season in New Zealand and the summer rock climbing season in British Columbia, Canada.

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Primary publications

Maunder , M., P. J. Starr. 2002. Industry participation in stock assessment: The New Zealand SNA1 snapper ( Pagrus auratus ) fishery. Marine Policy 26(6):481-492.

Hilborn, R., M. Maunder, A. Parma, B. Ernst, J. Payne, and P Starr. 2001. Coleraine: A generalised age-structured stock assessment model. User's manual v.2.0. Fish. Res. Inst. Univ. Rep. 0116. University of Washington.

Maunder , M., P. J. Starr. 2001. Bayesian assessment of the SNA1 snapper ( Pagrus auratus ) stock on the north-east coast of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 35:87-110.

Maunder, M., P. J. Starr and Ray Hilborn. 2000 . A Bayesian analysis to estimate loss in squid catch due to the implementation of a sea lion population management plan. Marine Mammal Science 16(2):413-426.

McAllister, M.K., P. J. Starr, V. R. Restrepo, and G.P. Kirkwood. 1999 . Formulating quantitative methods to evaluate fishery management systems: what fishery processes should we model and what trade-offs do we make? ICES Journal of Marine Science 56:900-916.

Starr, P.J., John H. Annala, and Ray Hilborn. 1998. Contested stock assessment: two case studies. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 55: 529-537.

Starr, P.J., & M. Vignaux. 1997. Comparison of data from voluntary logbook and research catch-sampling programmes in the New Zealand lobster fishery. Marine and Freshwater Research 48(8): 1075-1080.

Starr, P.J., P.A. Breen, R. Hilborn, & T.H. Kendrick. 1997. Evaluation of a management decision rule for a New Zealand rock lobster substock. Marine and Freshwater Research 48(8): 1093-1101.

Nagtegaal, D.A., P.J. Starr, and B. Riddell. 1990. Estimation of total chinook mortality associated with seine fishing in Johnstone Strait, Sabine Channel and Juan de Fuca Strait during 1987. Can. MS Rep. of Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2062: 91p.

Starr, P.J. and N.D. Schubert. 1990. Assessment of Harrison River chinook salmon. Can. MS Rep. of Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2085: 47p.

Nagtegaal, D.A., P.J. Starr, and B. Riddell. 1988. A pilot study to estimate total chinook mortality associated with seine fishing in Johnstone Strait during 1986. Can. MS Rep. of Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1977: 55p.

Starr, P. and R. Hilborn. 1988. Reconstruction of harvest rates and stock contribution in gauntlet salmon fisheries: application to British Columbia and Washington sockeye ( Oncorhynchus nerka ). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 45(12): 2216-2229.

Hilborn, R. and P. Starr. 1984. Making stock recruitment analysis work. in : Symons, P.E.K. and M. Waldichuk. Proceedings of the workshop on stream indexing for salmon escapement estimation, West Vancouver, B.C., 2-3 February, 1984. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1326: 258p.

Starr, P.J., A.T. Charles, and M.A. Henderson. 1984. Reconstruction of British Columbia Sockeye Salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka ) stocks: 1970-1982. Can. MS Rep. of Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1780: 123p.

Beacham, T.D. and P. Starr. 1982. Population biology of chum salmon ( Oncorhynchus keta ) from the Fraser River, British Columbia. Fish. Bull. 80(4): 813-825.

Fraser, F.J., P.J. Starr, and A.Y. Federenko. 1982. A review of the chinook and coho salmon of the Fraser River. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1126: 130p.

Stock Assessment and client Reports

Smith, A.D.M., A.E. Punt, S.E. Wayte, P.J. Starr, R.I.C.C. Francis, T.K. Stokes, R. Hilborn, and A. Langley. 2002. Stock Assessment of the Northeast Chatham Rise Orange Roughy for 2001 New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2002/25. 30 p.

Breen, P.A., Kim, S.W., Starr, P.J., Bentley, N. 2002. Assessment of the red rock lobsters ( Jasus edwardsii ) in area CRA 3 in 2001. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2002/27. 82 pp.

Bentley, N.; Breen, P.A.; Starr, P.J.; Kendrick, T.H. 2001. Assessment of the CRA 3 and NSS substocks of red rock lobster ( Jasus edwardsii ) for 2000. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2001/69. 84 p.

Bentley, N.; Starr, P.J. 2001. An examination of stock definitions for the New Zealand rock lobster fishery. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2001/48. 22 p.

Breen, P.A.; Starr, P.J.; Bentley, N. 2001. Rock lobster stock assessment for the NSN substock and the combined CRA 4 and CRA 5 areas in 1999. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Report 2001/7. 73 p.

Fargo, Jeff; Starr, P.J. 2001. Turbot stock assessment for 2001 and recommendations for management in 2002. Can. Stock Assess. Res. Doc. 2001/150. 70 p.

Schnute, J; R. Haigh; B.A. Krishka; Starr, P.J. 2001. Pacific ocean perch assessment for the west coast of Canada in 2001. Can. Stock Assess. Res. Doc. 2001/138. 90 p.

Starr, P.J. 2001. Assessment of the Canadian longspine thornyhead ( Sebastolobus altivelis ) for 2001. Can. Stock Assess. Res. Doc. 2001/136. 57 p.

Starr, P.J; R.H. Haigh. 2000. Assessment of the Canadian longspine thornyhead ( Sebastolobus altivelis ) for 2000. Can. Stock Assess. Res. Doc. 2000/154. 66 p.

Starr, P.J; C. Schwarz. 2000. Feasibility of a bottom trawl survey for three slope groundfish species in Canadian waters. Can. Stock Assess. Res. Doc. 2000/156. 42 p.

Starr, P.J.; Bentley, N.; Maunder, M.N. 1999. Assessment of the NSN and NSS stocks of red rock lobster ( Jasus edwardsii ) for 1998. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 99/34. 45 p. (Unpublished report held in NIWA library, Wellington.)

Maunder, M.N.; Starr, P.J. 1998. Validating the Hauraki Gulf snapper pre-recruit trawl surveys and temperature recruitment relationship using catch at age analysis with subsidiary information. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 98/15. 23 p. (Unpublished report held in NIWA library, Wellington.).

Gilbert, D.J.; Sullivan, K.J.; Davies, N.M.; McKenzie, J.R.; Francis, M.P.; Starr, P.J. 1996. Population modelling of the SNA 1 stock for the 1995-96 fishing year. New Zealand Fisheries Assessment Research Document 96/15. 39 p. (Unpublished report held in NIWA library, Wellington.)

Maunder, M. and P.J. Starr. 1995a . Sensitivity of management reference points to the ratio of B msy /B 0 determined by the Pella-Tomlinson shape parameter fitted to New Zealand rock lobster data. New Zealand Fisheries Research Assessment Document 95/10. 22p. (Unpublished report held in NIWA library, Wellington.)

Maunder, M. and P.J. Starr. 1995b . Rock lobster standardised CPUE analysis. New Zealand Fisheries Research Assessment Document 95/11. 28 p. (Unpublished report held in NIWA library, Wellington.)

Booth, J.D., M. Robinson, and P.J. Starr. 1994. Recent research into New Zealand rock lobsters, and a review of recent rock lobster catch and effort data. New Zealand Fisheries Research Assessment Document 94/7. 56 p. (Unpublished report held in NIWA library, Wellington.)

Bruce, P.G. and P.J. Starr. 1985. Fisheries resources and fisheries potential of Williston reservoir and its tributary streams. Volume II: Fisheries resources potential of Williston Lake tributaries. Prov. of British Columbia, Ministry of Environment Fish. Tech. Circ. 69: 101p.