Mark Baine, BSc, MSc, PhD, FRGS, CBiol MIBiol
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Mark Baine, BSc, MSc, PhD, FRGS, CBiol MIBiol
Associate Professor and Director MIRC
Mark joined MIRC in October 2003 and is leading the effort to revitalise MIRC through the development and implementation of a research and consultancy programme, the development and management of an educational programme, and the overseeing of MIRC facilities upgrades. Mark has over 15 years of experience in the marine sciences working in a wide variety of fields and countries. This has ranged from the development of fisheries and coastal management plans in the Orkney Islands, Scotland to community initiatives for the establishment and management of marine protected areas in the San Andres Archipelago, Colombia. Mark's general research interests relate to inshore marine resource management including but not limited to integrated coastal zone management, coastal fisheries and resource use planning, marine biodiversity and habitat studies and monitoring, habitat enhancement, socio-economics of coastal communities and conflict resolution in the marine estate. Prior to joining MIRC, Mark also had 10 years of UK teaching experience on BSc and MSc courses, including MSc and PhD research project supervision.
Recent Publications
Baine, M.S.P (in press). The first published record of a major outbreak of crown-of-thorns starfish in Bootless Bay, Central Province, Papua New Guinea. Coral Reefs.
Hartnoll, R.G., Baine, M.S.P., Grandas., Y., James, J. and H. Atkin. (in press). Population biology of the black land crab, Gecarcinus ruricola, in the San Andres Archipelago, Western Caribbean. Journal of Crustacean Biology.
Baine, M., Howard, M., Kerr, S., Edgar, G. and Toral, V. (in press). Coastal and marine resource management in the Galapagos Islands and the Archipelago of San Andres: issues, problems and opportunities. Ocean and Coastal Management Special Issue (edited by M Baine).
Kerr, S., Johnson, K., Side, J., Baine, M., Davos, C. and Henley, J. 2006.
Resolving conflicts in selecting a programme of fisheries science investigation.
Fisheries Research 79(3): 313-324.
Baine, M . 2004. From the sea to the market place: an examination of the issues, problems and opportunities in unravelling the complexities of sea cucumber fisheries and trade. In: Lovatelli, A. (comp./ed.); Conand, C.; Purcell, S.; Uthicke, S.; Hamel, J.-F.; Mercier, A. (eds.). Advances in sea cucumber aquaculture and management. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 463. Rome, FAO. 2004. 457p.
Grandas, Y., M. Baine and R. Hartnoll. 2004. The conservation and sustainable management of the black land crab, Gecarcinus ruricola, in the San Andres Archipelago. Proceedings of the 2nd Congreso Internacional Ambiental del Caribe, CONCARIBE. Corporacion Universitaria de la Costa.
Miller, I., Sweatman, H., with contributions from Baine, M., Chatterton, P., Chin, A., Fitzpatrick, B., Gomelyuk, V., Hill, J., Jenkins, A., Jones, G., Kinch, J., Marnane, M., Thorn, R., Malcolm, H. and Smith, L. 2004. Status of Coral Reefs in Australia and Papua New Guinea. In Wilkinson, C. (ed). Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2004. pp: 303-335. Townsville: Australian Institute of Marine Sciences.
Baine, M. and Side, J. 2003.. Habitat modification and manipulation as a sea ranching management tool. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 13(2): 187-199.
Baine, M. and Side, J. 2003. The role of fishermen and other stakeholders in the North Sea rigs-to-reefs debate. In Stanley, D. and A. Scarborough-Bull (eds) Fisheries, Reefs and Offshore Development, American Fisheries Society Symposium 36: 1-14.
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