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Jeff Kneebone, PhD
Senior Scientist
Ecology, Mapping and Assessment of Marine Populations, Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean LifeEducation
PhD, Marine Science and Technology, School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2013
MS, Zoology, University of New Hampshire, 2005
BS, Marine and Freshwater Biology, University of New Hampshire, 2003
About
Jeff Kneebone, PhD, joined the Anderson Cabot Center as a post-doctoral researcher in November 2015. His research focuses on numerous aspects of fish biology, ecology, and physiology, and aims to generate novel data that can directly inform marine policy, marine spatial planning, and fishery stock assessments. Through his collaborations with fishery management entities and members of the commercial and recreational fishing community, Jeff hopes to foster improved fishery management and sustainability, particularly for imperiled and data poor species. He is also interested in the physical and physiological stressors experienced by fish during capture in commercial and recreational fisheries, the development of recommendations that promote more responsible fishing practices, and the effect of offshore wind development on marine fish distribution and migration. Jeff’s current research focuses on a wide variety of marine fishes, including common thresher sharks, yellowfin tuna, bluefin tuna, false albacore, and thorny skate.
Affiliations
- American Elasmobranch Society
- American Fisheries Society
- American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists
- Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel (Academic Member)
- International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) Advisory Committee (Technical Advisor)
- NEFMC Skate Advisory Panel (Acting Chair)
- Responsible Offshore Science Alliance (ROSA; Research Advisor)
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Recent Publications
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Horizontal and vertical movements and habitat use of the common thresher shark Alopias vulpinus in the western North Atlantic
Aquarium Affiliate Author(s): Jeff Kneebone, PhD
Published November 13, 2025 -
Predictions of southern migration timing in coastal sharks under future ocean warming
Aquarium Affiliate Author(s): Jeff Kneebone, PhD
Published June 14, 2025 -
A pilot study on surgical implantation and efficacy of acoustic transmitters in fifteen loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), 2021–2022
Aquarium Affiliate Author(s): Adam Kennedy, Jeff Kneebone, PhD, Emily Jones, Melissa Joblon, DVM, Kathryn Tuxbury, DVM, Elizabeth Burgess, PhDKara Dodge, PhD,
Published November 08, 2023
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