fisheries scientist
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K. Radway Allen Award
The K. Radway Allen Award is the highest honour awarded by the Australian Society for Fish Biology. It recognises individuals who have made an "outstanding contribution in fish or fisheries science."
B.Sc.
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(in
Mathematics
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) from the University of Western Australia, followed by a Dip.Ed. in 1965. Hall spent two years teaching mathematics and science at the Eastern Goldfields Senior High School in
Kalgoorlie
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, before taking up a lecturing position at
Leederville Technical College
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in Perth. From 1967–1969, he studied part-time, again at the University of Western Australia, to complete a postgraduate Dip. Comp. After decades of working in fisheries science, Hall submitted his
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thesis at
Murdoch University
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in 2000, and formally graduated the following year.
Career
In August 1969, Hall began working as a researcher at the Western Australian Department of Fisheries and Fauna. In this role, he helped develop models of the prawn fisheries in
Shark Bay
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and
Exmouth Gulf
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. He remained in the department until October 1995, at which stage he was a Principal Research Scientist.
In the early- and mid-1970s, Hall was "one of the few computer-literate staff" in the department's fisheries and wildlife research branches, and undertook much of their
data processing
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and computer programming. After attending a course by Carl Walters and Ray Hilborn, Hall was inspired to use computer modelling approaches to help assess Australian fisheries stocks. To help his colleagues develop the skills necessary for these approaches, he presented short courses at fisheries agencies around the country. From 1995 to 2001, Hall served as a Supervising Scientist with the department’s Stock Assessment and Data Analysis (SADA) Group. From 2001, he worked in Murdoch University's Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research, before retiring in 2008. Following his retirement, he returned to a part-time role with SADA, and continued to be involved with research at Murdoch University.
Hall is a long-time member of the Australian Society for Fish Biology. From 2003–2007, he served on the Editorial Advisory Committee of the journal ''Marine and Freshwater Research''.
Honours
In 1999, Hall won the Minister for Fisheries’ Innovation and Technical Excellence Award (presented by
Monty House
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), for his work within the Western Australian Department of Fisheries. In 2005, he received the
K. Radway Allen Award
The K. Radway Allen Award is the highest honour awarded by the Australian Society for Fish Biology. It recognises individuals who have made an "outstanding contribution in fish or fisheries science."