Contract Type: Full Time Duration: Fixed Term Appointment - 30 months Salary: £31,931 to £34,883 per annum Team: Ecosystems Background: Finfish bycatch is a global problem requiring accurate information to develop conservation and management strategies to preserve ecosystems. Bycatch can occur at different life history stages and spatial and temporal scales, meaning the risk of bycatch is not uniform across a species life or distributional range. The Antarctic krill fishery catches larval and juvenile fish as well as fish eggs as by-catch. This by-catch is often hard to identify to species level, which may influence the accuracy of taxonomic reporting by fisheries observers. Understanding which fi