Staff details

Dr Jason Hall-Spencer

Job title: Lecturer, School of Marine Sciences and Engineering
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Email: jason.hall-spencer@plymouth.ac.uk

Qualifications & background

2005 British Association Charles Lyell Award
1995 PhD University of London, based at Millport Marine Biological Station studying calcified seaweeds (NERC funded)

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:

2003-2008 Royal Society Research Fellow, University of Plymouth

2000-2002 Lecturer in Marine Biology (and Honorary Lecturer 2003-present), University of Glasgow

1992-1997 Firefighter with Strathclyde Firebrigade
1992 Data Analyst. Marine Nature Conservation Review Team, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, UK

1991 Benthic Ecologist. Institute of Offshore Engineering, Edinburgh, UK (investigating drill cutting impacts around North Sea oil rigs)

Professional membership
Member of the Marine Biological Association, UK (since 1987)
Health & Safety Executive Part IV Professional Air Diver (since 1990)
Member of the Porcupine Marine Natural History Society (since 1993)

Roles on external bodies
Norwegian Research Council grant review panel (2009 - )

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) representative drafting guidelines for the management of deep-sea fisheries in the High Seas (2008)

Rosalind Franklin Award Committee Member (2007- )

Royal Society Marine Advisory Committee (2007- )

International Observer on Canadian Fishing Gear Impact investigation by the Ecology Action Centre (Halifax), Living Oceans Society (BC) and the US Marine Conservation Biology Institute (2007- )

Member of the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas Working Group on Deepwater Ecology (WGDEC) (2005- )

Teaching interests

I teach marine biology, mainly focused on sublittoral ecology (polar, boreal and tropical), fisheries science, macroalgae and marine carbonates. I am Module Leader for Diving Science and contribute to modules on Animal and Plant Identification Skills, Ecology of Shallow Water Marine Habitats, Methods in Marine Biology and Oceanography, Skills in Marine Biological Investigation and Experimentation, the Biology of Marine Vertebrates and Threatened Aquatic Ecosystems.

Staff serving as external examiners
External examiner of Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa's PhD thesis on Mediterranean corals. Defense held in Monaco (University of Marseille) October 2007.

External examiner of Elena Guijarro Garcia's PhD thesis on Chlamys and Pandalus fisheries in Iceland. Defense held at the University of Alicante, Spain, March 2008.

Research interests
Using calcified benthos to study seamount ecology, climate-driven oceanographic change, ocean acidification, fisheries (you tube video) and conservation (bbc video here). I'm also working on Marine Protected Area design using satellite vessel monitoring for fisheries management (see bbc story and p 24 of this. My fieldwork this year is based at 1) volcanic CO2 vents off Italy (as part of EU FP7 work, bbc video here), 2) the shipwreck site of the Napoli (pics here) and 3) a large coral reef in the Arctic (bbc story here).

Recent conference posters

“Message in the bubble”: first data of the acidification effects on motile invertebrates in natural CO₂vents. 40th Italian Marine Science Congress. Cigliano, Rodolfo-Metalpa, Patti, Hall-Spencer, Gambi. Livorno, Italy. 26-29 May 2009

Scientific divers quantify first known outbreaks of cold-water coral disease. Hall-Spencer, Munn & Hiscock. 1st international workshop on Research in Shallow Marine and Freshwater Systems, Freiberg Germany 14-16 May 2009

Ocean acidification: effects on ecosystems. Hall-Spencer & Rodolfo-Metalpa. Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Environmental Research, Plymouth 7-8 Jan 2009

Chirostylid-deep sea coral associations in the NE Atlantic Le Guilloux & Hall-Spencer 4th Deep Sea Coral Conference, New Zealand 1-5 Dec 2008
Cold water coral disease Hall-Spencer, Pike, Rowley, Thomas Ticehurst & Munn. 4th Deep Sea Coral Conference, New Zealand 1-5 Dec 2008
Effects of ocean acidifiation on intertidal organisms Emma Ransome, Sophie Martin, Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa & Jason Hall-Spencer. European Project of Ocean Acidification Kick-Off meeting, Nice, 10-13 June 2008
The rapidly changing ecology of the NE Atlantic shelf-break area (2007) Jason Hall-Spencer, Marta Soffker and Kath Sloman. Change in Aquatic Ecosystems:Natural and Human Influences Conference, University of Plymouth. pdf

Pink sea fan disease (2007) James Pike, Colin Munn and Jason Hall-Spencer. Change in Aquatic Ecosystems:Natural and Human Influences Conference, University of Plymouth.

Other research
Postdocs
1) Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa working on the ecological effects of ocean acidification, funded by the Prince of Monaco Foundation and the Journal of Experimental Biology
PhD Students
1) Bryony Pearce 'Biogenic reef forming polychaetes' Funded by industry (Marine Environment Research, Ltd, Bath).
2) Maria Campbell 'Application of spatial information to offshore management and planning'. Funded by PRIMARE & Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
3) Vivienne Johnson 'Effects of ocean acidification on photosynthesis and calcification' Funded by the University of Plymouth.
Masters Students
1) Samantha Ottolangui calcification in coccolithophores
2) Rebecca Lumbis Effects of marine fisheries closures in SW England 1990-2007
3) Maria Rousou Seasonality in fisheries discards in Cyprus

Research degrees awarded to supervised students
PhD 2004 Nick Kamenos 'Recruitment of commercial species to maerl' Co-supervised by PG Moore
MRes Hayley Miles 2006 'Effects of ocean acidification on the sea urchin Psammechinus miliaris'
MRes Emma Ransome 2008 'Effects of ocean acidification on intertidal organisms'
Diploma Thesis 2008 (University of Kiel) Tina Kerby 'seamount fisheries'
MSc 2008 Katie Wanner-Halder 'gorgonian calcification'
MRes 2008 Gemma Veneruso 'gorgonian genetics'
MRes 2008 Amanda Hopes 'transformation systems in coccolithophores'
PhD 2008 Jayme Lohr ‘Viral disease in corals’ Co-supervised by C. Munn and W. Wilson

Grants & contracts
Current grants
1) Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (£38000) Satellite based fisheries management, see deepseaconservation.org 2007-2010
2) SWRDA (£38000) Using spatial fisheries data to plan renewable energy developments. 2008-2010
3) DEFRA (£458,324) Lyme Bay - A Case Study: Measuring recovery of benthic species; assessing potential 'spillover' effects and socio-economic changes. (Attrill, M.J., Hall-Spencer, J.M. and others) 2008-2011
4) EU FP7 €354,597 Knowledge-based sustainable management for Europe's Seas. (Attrill, M.J., Hall-Spencer, J.M. and others) 2008-2013
5) EU INTEREG €213,730 2009-2012 CHARM3 "CHannel integrated Approach for marine Resource Management (Attrill, M.J., Hall-Spencer, J.M., Votier, S. and others)

6) Consultancy for Royal Haskoning: Falmouth Harbour Commission dredging assessment (£3000) 2009

7) Consultancy for Natural England: assessment of Plymouth Sound SAC seagrass beds (£500) 2009

Recent grants
1) Royal Society University Research Fellowship (£399000) Using calcified benthos to study climate-driven oceanographic change. 2002-2008
2) Leverhulme Trust (£80000) Ecological effects of volcanic gas vents on marine benthos. 2007-2009
3) Pew Foundation (£1000) Invited participant on seamount conservation project, Seattle, USA. 2008
4) Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (£17700) SPLASH: Special Protection and Local Action for Species and Habitats projects on maerl physiology, Limaria hians and Eunicella verrucosa 2004-8 link
5) Royal Society (£1000) Travel grant for a manned submersible expedition to Arctic coral reefs 2007
6) Census of Seamounts (£10000) Workshop on use of images in underwater research. 2007
7) Census of Marine Life (£8000) Extracting historical coral data. 2007
8) Royal Society Summer Studentship (£2800) Effects of acidification on invertebrate embryo development. 2007
9) NERC PhD studentship (£54000). Geochemical effects of increasing CO2 on marine benthos. 2004-7
10) Higher Eduation Infrastructure Fund (£33000) funding to support a Research Assistant working with industry on satellite tracking tehnology. 2006
11) Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (£35839) Deep Sea Conservation UK (DC-UK). An investigation into satellite tracking technology to manage the impacts of offshore fisheries. 2005-2007
12) English Nature (£600) An investigation into disease outbreak in UK populations of the protected seafan Eunicella verrucosa. 2004 link
13) Seal-Hayne Trust (£3850) An investigation of soil fertility enhancement stimulated by Cornish Calcified Seaweed use in agriculture. 2004
14) Mia Tegner ($5000) Benthos of the Clyde Sea area prior to commercial fishing. 2004-5
15) Royal Society (£1000) Ecology and isotope chemistry of Acesta excavata (Mollusca, Bivalvia) on deep-water European coral communities. 2004
16) NERC small research grant (£24961). An investigation into the age of commercially extracted calcareous algal deposits using radioisotopes. 2001-2002 (named investigator)
17) European Commission DGXIV (£172644) Impact caused by toothed dredges requantified on a panEuropean scale. 1999-2001

Creative practice & artistic projects
I produce underwater videos using SCUBA for teaching and TV

I presented a series of interactive lectures on the latest discoveries in marine biology at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, 2-6 July 2007 in London
Royal Society Annual Science Festival Talk (search for 'hall-spencer')

Publications

2010
Barry JP, Hall-Spencer JM & Tyrell T (2010) In situ perturbation experiments: natural venting sites, spatial / temporal gradients in ocean pH, manipulative in situ pCO₂ perturbations. In: Guide to Best Practices in Ocean Acidification Research and Data Reporting

Clark MR, Rowden AA, Schlacher T, Williams A, Consalvey M, Stocks KI, Rogers AD, O'Hara TD, White M, Shank TM & Hall-Spencer JM (2010) The ecology of seamounts: structure, function and human impacts. Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci. Vol. 2

Hall-Spencer JM, Tasker M, Soffker M, Christiansen S, Rogers S, Campbell M, Hoydal K (2010) The design of Marine Protected Areas on High Seas and territorial waters of Rockall. Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Le Guilloux E, Hall-Spencer JM, Soeffker MK & Olu-Le Roy K (2010) Association between the squat lobster Gastroptychus formosus (Filhol, 1884) and cold-water corals in the North Atlantic. Marine Biological Records.

Rodolfo-Metalpa R, Lombardi C, Cocito S, Hall-Spencer JM & Gambi MC. (2010) Effects of ocean acidification and high temperatures on the bryozoan Myriapora truncata at natural CO2 vents. Marine Ecology

2009

Hall-Spencer JM, Munn C & Hiscock K. (2009) Scientific divers quantify first known outbreaks of cold water coral disease. Institut fur Geology 29, 45-48. ISSN 1433-1284

Hall-Spencer JM & Rodolfo-Metalpa R (2009) Using scientific diving to investigate the long-term effects of ocean acidification at CO2 vents. Institut fur Geology 29, 72-76. ISSN 1433-1284

Hall-Spencer JM & Rodolfo-Metalpa R (2009) Loss of Mediterranean marine biodiversity in a high-CO₂ world. CIESM 2008. Impacts of acidification on biological, chemical and physical systems in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. No. 36 in CIESM Workshop Monographs [F. Briand Ed.], 124 pages, Monaco.

Ellis RP, Bersey J, Rundle SD, Hall-Spencer JM, Spicer JI (2009) Subtle but significant effects of CO₂ acidified sea water on embryos of the intertidal snail, Littorina obtusata Aquatic Biology, 5, 41-48.

Hall-Spencer JM, Rauer E (2009) Assessing the ecological impacts of ocean acidification - from field observations to in situ experimentation. Journal of Marine Education, 25, 11-12.

Tittensor DP, Baco-Taylor AR, Brewin P, Clark MR, Consalvey M, Hall-Spencer JM, Rowden AA, Schlacher T, Stocks K & Rogers AD (2009) Predicting global habitat suitability for stony corals on seamounts. Journal of Biogeography, 36, 1111-1128.

2008

Hall-Spencer JM, Rodolfo-Metalpa R, Martin S, Ransome E, Fine M, Turner SM, Rowley SJ, Tedesco D, Buia M-C (2008) Volcanic carbon dioxide vents reveal ecosystem effects of ocean acidification. Nature 454, 96-99.

Hourigan TF, Boutillier J, Clark M, Hain S, Hall-Spencer JM, Kenchington E, Roberts JM, Tracey D (2008) The status of cold-water coral communities of the world. In: Status of coral reefs of the world. IUCN, Switzerland.

Martin S, Rodolfo-Metalpa R, Ransome E, Rowley S, Buia M-C, Gattuso J-P, Hall-Spencer JM (2008) Effects of naturally acidified seawater on seagrass calcareous epibionts. Biology Letters 4, 689-692.

Smith A, Dell A, Edwards D, Hall-Spencer JM, Hopper A, Jones R, Lazzeroni C, Skinner J & Wadler P (2008) Response to HEFCE’s consultation on the assessment and funding of higher education research post-2008. Royal Society Policy Document 06/08. 9pp.

2007

Hall-Spencer JM & Bamber R (2007) Effects of salmon farming on benthic Crustacea. Ciencias Marinas 33, 353-366.

Davies A, Roberts JM, Hall-Spencer JM (2007) Preserving deep-sea natural heritage: emerging issues in offshore conservation and management. Biological Conservation 138, 299-312.

Hall-Spencer JM, Pike J, Munn CM (2007) Diseases affect cold-water corals too: Eunicella verrucosa (Cnidaria, Gorgonaea) necrosis in SW England. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 76, 87-97 pdf

Hall-Spencer JM, Rogers A, Davies J Foggo A (2007) Historical deep-sea coral distribution on seamount, oceanic island and continental shelf-slope habitats in the NE Atlantic. In: R. Y. George and S. D. Cairns, eds. Conservation and adaptive management of seamount and deep-sea coral ecosystems. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami. Miami. 324 p.

Miles H, Widdicombe S, Spicer J, Hall-Spencer J (2007) Effects of anthropogenic seawater acidification on acid-base balance in the sea urchin Psammechinus miliaris. Marine Pollution Bulletin 54, 89-96 pdf

Rogers AD, Baco A, Griffiths H, Hall-Spencer JM (2007) Corals on seamounts. Pages 141-169 In: Seamounts: Ecology Fisheries and Conservation (Eds Tony J. Pitcher, Paul J.B Hart, Telmo Morato, Ricardo Santos, and Malcolm Clark). Blackwell Fisheries and Aquatic resources Series, Blackwell Scientific

2006

Hall-Spencer JM, White N, Gillespie E, Gillham K, Foggo A (2006) Impact of fish farms in strongly tidal areas. Marine Ecology Progress Series 326, 1-9 pdf

2005

Hall-Spencer JM (2005) Ban on maerl extraction. Marine Pollution Bulletin 50, 121 pdf
Lopez Correa M, Freiwald A, Hall-Spencer JM, Taviani M (2005) The distribution, habitats and shell structure of Acesta excavata (Bivalvia: Limidae) In: A. Freiwald & J.M. Roberts (eds) Deep-water Corals and Ecosystems, Springer-Verlag. pdf

Risk M, Hall-Spencer JM & Williams B (2005) Climate records from the Faroe-Shetland Channel using Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758) In: A Freiwald & JM Roberts (eds) Deep-water Corals and Ecosystems, Springer-Verlag. pdf

2004

Myers AA & Hall-Spencer JM (2004) A new species of amphipod crustacean, Pleusymtes comitari sp. nov., associated with Acanthogorgia sp. gorgonians on deep-water coral reefs off Ireland. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 84, 1029-1032 pdf

Kamenos NA, Moore PG, Hall-Spencer JM (2004) Small-scale distribution of juvenile gadoids in shallow inshore waters; what role does maerl play? ICES Journal of Marine Science, 61, 422-429. pdf

Kamenos NA, Moore PG, Hall-Spencer JM (2004) Attachment of the juvenile queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis (L.)) to maerl in mesocosm conditions; juvenile habitat selection. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 306, 139-155 pdf

Kamenos NA, Moore PG, Hall-Spencer, JM (2004) The importance of maerl grounds for recruitment of queen scallops (Aequipecten opercularis) and other invertebrates. Marine Ecology Progress Series 274, 183-189 pdf

2003

Barbera C, Bordehore C, Borg JA, Glemarec M, Grall J, Hall-Spencer JM, Lanfranco E, Lastra M, Moore PG, Mora J, Pita ME, Ramos-Espla AA, Rizzo M, Sanchez-Mata A, Seva A, Schembri PJ, Valle C (2003) Conservation and management of northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean maerl beds. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 13, 65-76 pdf

Grall J & Hall-Spencer JM (2003) Problems facing maerl conservation in Brittany. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 13, 55-64 pdf

Hall-Spencer JM, Grall J, Moore PG & Atkinson RJA (2003). Bivalve fishing and maerl-bed conservation in France and the UK: retrospect and prospect. Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 13, 33-41 pdf

Hauton C, Hall-Spencer JM & Moore PG (2003). Ecological impacts of hydraulic bivalve dredging on maerl. ICES Journal of Marine Science 60, 381-392 pdf

Kamenos NA, Moore PG, Hall-Spencer JM (2003) Substratum heterogeneity of dredged versus un-dredged maerl grounds. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 83, 411-413 pdf

2002

Hall-Spencer JM, Allain V, Fossa JH (2002) Trawling damage to Northeast Atlantic ancient coral reefs. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, B. 269, 507-511 pdf

Hall-Spencer JM (2002) Here's the catch - fishing could wreck Atlantic reefs. Nature, 415, 950.

Reports & invited lectures

Invited Speaker 2010 AAAS Annual Meeting, San Diego, 18-22 February 2010
Presentation with Sophie Martin, Jacques Clavier, Gérard Thouzeau, Laurent Chauvaud & Jean-Pierre Gattuso. Role of coralline algae in carbon and carbonate cycles, III International Rhodolith Workshop, Búzios, Brazil 1-5 December 2009.
Invited speaker Second DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference (DIVERSITAS OSC2), Cape Town, 14-16 October 2009
Presentation with Buia MC., Rodolfo-Metalpa R. & Ferrara A. Effects of seawater acidification on Posidonia oceanica system. Mediterranean Seagrass Workshop, Croatia, 6-10 September 2009
Invited speaker Research in shallow and marine freshwater systems, Freiberg Germany, 14-16 May 2009
Marine Natura 2000 seminar for the Atlantic Region, Galway Ireland, 24-25 March 2009
Invited speaker Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Fisheries. FAO Committee on Fisheries, Rome 3 March 2009
Presentation with Martin S., Rodolfo-Metalpa R. & Gattuso J-P. Climate change effects on Mediterranean systems, ASLO meeting, Nice 28 Jan 2009
Invited seminar at Hong Kong University School of Biology, 29 Dec 2008
Invited Keynote at the 4th Cold-water Coral Symposium, New Zealand, 1-5 Dec 2008
Invited speaker at Climate and Oceans Conference, Brussels, 5 Nov 2008
Invited Keynote at Oceans in a High CO2 World Conference, Monaco, 5-9 Oct 2008
Invited speaker at Euroclimate Conference, Giens, France 29-30 Sept 2008
Invited speaker 'NE Atlantic seamount fisheries' at Pew-funded workshop at the Marine Conservation Biology Institute, Washington state 27-29 May 2008.
Deep-sea conservation for the UK. Porcupine Manine Natural History Society Meeting Bangor, 28-30 March 2008.
Finding boundaries from imperfect information: lessons from the Rockall Bank closure. NWWRAC meeting, Edinburgh 5 March 2008.
Marine Protected Areas on Rockall. European MPA Symposium, Murcia, Spain, 24-28 Sept 2007.
Cold-water coral reefs as fish habitat. Comparison of a trawled and non-trawled site in the NE Atlantic. 42nd European Marine Biology Symposium, Kiel, Germany 27-31 August 2007.
Invited Speaker. Deep Sea Discoveries (11 lectures). Royal Society Annual Science Festival, London, 2-5 July 2007.
Invited Speaker 'Science in the media' British Association for the Advancement of Science Media Conference, London, 15 May 2007
Invited Speaker 'Satellite based vessel monitoring scheme' Northwestern waters regional advisory council meeting, Bilbao, Spain 25 Jan 2007

Invited Plenary 'Fish farm impacts' 2nd International Rhodolith Conference, La Paz, Mexico, 23-27 Oct, 2006
Using satellite data to compare fishing vessel positions with deep-water habitat types. 41st European Marine Biology Symposium, University College Cork, 4-8 September 2006
Using satellite tracking to protect deep water corals. 1st European Congress of Conservation Biology, Eger, Hungary, 26 August 2006,
The biogeography of corals on seamounts. UN International Seabed Authority workshop on deep sea cobalt rich crusts and the diversity and distribution patterns of seamount fauna, University of Jamaica, 21 September 2006
Invited Speaker 'Deep Sea Conservation Coalition' Helsinki, 22-23 May, 2006
Invited Speaker Northwestern waters regional advisory council meeting. Glasgow, 15 May 2006

Northwestern waters regional advisory council meeting. The Hague 28 February 2006

Marine Protected Area OSPAR meeting Gothenburg 24-26 January 2006

Satellite vessel tracking to protect deep-water corals. University of Miami, Florida, USA, 5 Dec 2005.

Coral distribution on NE Atlantic seamounts, continental slopes and oceanic islands prior to industrial deep-water trawling. University of Miami, Florida, USA, 6 Dec 2005.

Finding suitable areas to conserve for Lophelia habitat on Rockall University of Miami, Florida, USA, 4 Dec 2005.

Scientific advice on vessel monitoring to DG Fisheries and DG Environment in Brussels, 8 Nov 2005

BA Charles Lyell Award Lecture, British Association Festival of Science in Dublin 5 Sept 2005.

'Assessment of vulnerability of the NE Atlantic Marine Ecoregion (NEAME) to Climate Change' WWF Meeting, 17 June 2005.

'Ocean Acidification' Southampton Oceanography Centre, 6 May 2005.

'Surfs Up! Science at sea' The BA Festival of Science, University of Exeter, 7 Sept 2004 pdf

Recent reports

Hall-Spencer JM (2009) Natural CO2 vents reveal ecological tipping points due to ocean acidification. Global Change Newsletter 23, 30.
Attrill MJ, Fowell S, Jackson EL, Hall-Spencer JM, Langmead O, Mangi S, Parkin M, Sheehan EV, Stevens, T. 2008. Lyme Bay – a case-study: measuring recovery of benthic species; assessing potential "spillover" effects and socio-economic changes, Biannual Report, October 2008. Report to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from the University of Plymouth-led consortium. Plymouth: University of Plymouth Enterprise Ltd. 13 pp.
Rodolfo-Metalpa R & Hall-Spencer JM (2008) Ecological effects of volcanic CO2 vents. JMBA Global Marine Environment 8, 20-21.
Hall-Spencer JM & Stehfest K (2008) Draft background document for Lophelia pertusa reefs. OSPAR Convention for the protection of the marine environment of the NE Atlantic meeting of the Working Group on marine protected areas species and habitats Baiona (Spain) MASH 08/4/1 Add.24-E 36 pp.
Hall-Spencer JM, Wheeler, A & Stehfest K (2008) Assessment of carbonate mounds in the OSPAR area. DEHLG, Ireland. 25pp.
Hall-Spencer JM, Kelly J & Maggs CA (2008) Assessment of maerl beds in the OSPAR area and the development of a monitoring program. DEHLG, Ireland. 30pp.
Kerby T & Hall-Spencer JM (2007) Arctic coral reefs. Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 18, 14-16.
Rogers AD, Clark MR, Hall-Spencer JM & Gjerde KM (2008) A scientific guide to the FAO draft international guidelines (December 2007) for the management of deep-sea fisheries in the High Seas. IUCN Switzerland 48 pp.
Hall-Spencer JM (2007) Festival publicity helped change fishing policy. Science and Public Affairs. British Association for the Advancement of Science. June 2007 p 24. pdf
Hall-Spencer JM & White N (2007) Impact of fish farm deposition on maerl beds. Scottish Natural Heritage Report ROAME No. AHLA10020348. 56pp. pdf
Tasker M, Hall-Spencer JM et al. (2007) Report of the ICES Working Group on Deep Water Ecosystems 61pp. pdf
Moore J, Hall-Spencer JM, Davies A, Hughes A (2007) Deep-sea conservation for the UK: developing habitat-based management of deep-sea areas. Porcupine Marine Natural History Society Newsletter, 23, 11-15. ISSN 1466-0369
Tasker M, Hall-Spencer JM et al. (2006) Report of the ICES Working Group on Deep Water Ecosystems 83pp. pdf
Tasker M, Hall-Spencer JM et al. (2005) Report of the ICES Working Group on Deep Water Ecosystems 76pp. pdf
Hall-Spencer JM & Brennan C (2004) Alcyonacean forests of Ireland's continental margin. Reports on polar and marine research, 488, 131-140.
Hall-Spencer JM, Grall J, Franceschini G, Giovanardi O, Moore PG, Atkinson RJA & Tuck ID. (2002). The impact caused by toothed dredges requantified on a pan-European scale. EC Study Contract 98/018, 234pp.
Hauton C, Hall-Spencer JM & Moore PG (2002) Hydraulic bivalve dredging on maerl in Scotland. A study of the potential impacts and recommendations for management. SNH Contract BAT AA410/01/02/159. 50 pp.

Conferences organised
Seashore to Seafloor, Porcupine Marine Natural History Society Annual Conference, 27-29 March 2009, University of Plymouth http://www.pmnhs.co.uk/forthcomingmeeting.php

International steering Committee of the 4th Deep Sea Coral Symposium, New Zealand 1-5 Dec 2008 web link

Change in Aquatic Ecosystems: Natural and Human Influences 4-6 July 2007 , Plymouth pdf Census of Marine Life Workshop on Photographic Image collection and analysis 14-18 May 2007, Dartington Hall, UK
ICES Working Group on Deep water Ecosystems 26-28 February 2007, Marine Biological Association UK.
Climate Change and Aquatic Systems: Past, Present and Future University of Plymouth, 21-23rd July, 2004

International Society for Reef Studies, University of Cambridge, October 2002. Chair of session on cold-water coral reefs.

International conference on maerl, University Marine Biological Station, Millport 23-27 February 2001. This resulted in a special edition of Aquatic Conservation, Marine and Freshwater Issues Vol 13 ISSN 1052-7613.

Other academic activities

Reviewer for grant applications for NERC (UK), the National Undersea Research Centre (USA), NOAA Sea Grants (USA), the National Science Foundation (USA), the German-Israeli Foundation and CSIRO (Australia). Reviewer of marine conservation case studies for Scottish Natural Heritage, book chapters, web-based habitat information for the Marine Life Information Network and scientific papers for the American Fisheries Society, Aquatic Conservation, Biological Conservation, Bulletin of Marine Science, Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science, European Journal of Phycology, Fish and Fisheries, Global Change Biology, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Journal of Experimental Biology and Ecology, Journal of the Marine Biological Association, UK, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Marine and Freshwater Systems, Nature, Nature Geoscience and Phycologia

Current projects include work with the Biodiversity Committee of OSPAR specializing on cold water corals and maerl habitats.

Additional information
Royal Society MP-Scientist pairing scheme participant 2004-5 (paired with David George Lib. Dem. MP covering fisheries)
Royal Society Civil service-Scientist pairing scheme participant 2008 (paired with Jo Myers DEFRA covering biodiversity)

Links

Royal Society Annual Science Festival Talk (search for 'hall-spencer')

BBC Earth Report feature

BBC World Service Interview

Science Festival Interview 'Ireland's Hidden depths'
Ocean acidification interview 'The climate lab'
Hermes interview
Naked Scientist Interview
British Council Red Sea Research