Recfishwest Board
Howard Gill

Howard has been a keen angler since 1959 when his grandfather gave him a rod and reel and took him fishing. On that first trip he caught a small trout - which at 10 inches, his grandfather deemed far too small to keep and explained why small fish should be returned alive.

Howard is a research scientist with over 20 years postgraduate research experience in fish and fisheries biology. He is currently working as a co-investigator on a Fisheries Research Development Corporation (FRDC) funded study investigating the biology and targeting of aggregations of Samson fish off the metropolitan coast.

Howard is currently the Chairman of the Freshwater Fish and Environment Advisory Committee (FFERC), a group that considers and promotes research into all aspects pertinent to freshwater fish and fisheries in Western Australia.

Having spent most of his life fishing for pleasure, and also having been fortunate enough to work on fish for the last 20 odd years, he feels that it is about time he put something back into the sport and environments he loves.



This page last updated January 2005.