Person
Young, Peter C. (1940 - )
- Born
- 9 February 1940
Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom - Died
- Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Occupation
- Parasitologist and Science administrator
Summary
Peter Young undertook research directed to studies of monogenean and ascaridoid parasites of fish and other marine animals that constituted major fisheries species. In 1970 he was appointed Research Scientist with CSIRO as Officer-in-Charge of the Fisheries Research Laboratory at Deception Bay, Queensland. Until 1990 Young had leading roles in research programs and advisory groups relating to tropical fish species, prawns and fish populations on the North West Shelf, squid, tuna, Bass Strait scallops, and pollution ecology. Among the results of his research were an understanding of the role of mangroves as habit for post-larval prawns and that sexually related size differences in lethrinid fish were due to sex change and not to differential growth rates. As Chief of the Division of Fisheries he played a major role in the management of Australian fisheries research. In retirement Young worked as a consultant to government agencies and the fisheries industry, and served on a number of fisheries management advisory committees. In 1992 he donated more than 500 specimens of monogenean trematodes of fishes (mostly from Queensland) to Queensland Museum.
Details
Chronology
- 1962
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of London, United Kingdom
- 1963 - 1965
- Career position - Research Fellow, Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland
- 1965
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Queensland
- 1966 - 1970
- Career position - Scientific Officer, Commonwealth Bureau of Helminthology at St Albans, UK
- 1970 - 1973
- Career position - Research Scientist and Officer-in-Charge, Fisheries Research Laboratory (Deception Bay, Queensland), CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography
- 1985 - 1990
- Career position - Program Leader, CSIRO Fisheries Resources South and Southeast
- 1990 - 1996
- Career position - Chief, CSIRO Division of Fisheries
- 1992 - 1993
- Career position - Associate Director, Australian Marine Science and Technology Ltd
- 1992 - 1996
- Career position - Foundation Director, Australian Fisheries and Management Authority
- 1993 - 1996
- Career position - Hon Research Professor, University of Tasmania
- 1995
- Award - Kay Radway Allan Award, Australian Society for Fish Biology
- 1995 - 1997
- Career position - President, Australian Society for Fish Biology
- 1997 -
- Career position - CSIRO Special Research Fellow
- 1997
- Award - Inducted into the Hall of Fame, Australian Society for Fish Biology
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Angus, B. M.; Cannon, L. G. R.; and Adlard, R. D., 'Parasitology and the Queensland Museum, with Biographical Notes on Collectors', Memoirs of the Queensland Museum: Nature, 53 (2007), 1-156. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q29540124. Details
- 'Young, Peter C (19400209-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1282464. Details
See also
- 'Young, Peter C. (1940 - )', Hall of fame, Australian Society for Fish Biology, 2022, https://www.asfb.org.au/peter-young-1. https://www.asfb.org.au/hall-of-fame. Details
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Last modified: 22 November 2019