Amy Kirke
Originally from Perth, WA Amy moved to Darwin, NT in 2018 to study commercial shark fisheries at Charles Darwin University. She completed a Marine Science degree with Honours at Murdoch University. Amy’s love for shark biology was solidified on a field trip to Coral Bay (WA coast) where she dove with whale sharks for the first time. Similarly, her love for fisheries science developed surprisingly during an elective unit (Sustainable Fisheries Management) in the last year of her undergrad. Her PhD work partnered with NT Fisheries and in 2023 Amy was lucky to secure a Fisheries Scientist role with the Fisheries Branch of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF). She completed her PhD in 2024 and is the scientist for the Offshore Net and Line Fishery (Grey Mackerel and Shark) and the Spanish Mackerel Fishery at DAF. Amy has 7 years of experience working with sharks in the Northern Territory, specialising in life history.
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