Philip Hammond, Ph.D.

Reader, School of Biology, Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of St Andrews

Ph.D., University of York, ‘Experimental and theoretical studies in hyperparasitism’.
BA (Hons) in Biology, University of York

Research interests

Population dynamics and ecology. Estimation of abundance and other population parameters. Foraging behaviour and diet of seals and cetaceans. Statistical and mathematical modelling of marine mammal populations. Interactions between marine mammals and man: management of whaling, cetacean bycatch in fisheries, seal-fishery interactions; conservation of vulnerable species.

Relevant Experience

University of St Andrews Reader in Biology, St Andrews, Scotland, UK
1996-present     Reader in Biology

Sea Mammal Research Unit, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge , UK
1984-1989         Senior Scientific Officer
1989-1996         Principal Scientific Officer
1996-2001         Director

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, La Jolla, California, USA
1979-1981         Associate Scientist
1981-1982         Senior Scientist
1982-1984         Head of Tuna-Dolphin Investigation  

International Whaling Commission (IWC) Scientific Committee  
Member 1981 - present;  
Chairman of the Scientific Committee: 1991-93;  
Chairman of sub-committee on sperm whales: 1986-87;  
Chairman of sub-committee on North Atlantic minke whales: 1988, 1990-91.  
Chairman of sub-committee on management procedures: 1993-96;  
Chairman of sub-committee on humpback whales: 2001-02.  
Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Sea (ASCOBANS)  
Member of UK delegation at First meeting of the Parties, September 1994.

Treasurer, European Cetacean Society: 1992-1995.

Editorial Board, Marine Mammal Science: 1998 - present & Journal of Cetacean Research and Management: 1999 - present  

Current research projects

Analysis & mitigation of cetacean bycatch in UK fisheries, interaction between grey seals and fisheries, conservation of cetaceans and management of whaling, diet of grey seals.

Selected Relevant Publications

Hammond, P.S.  1984.  Dolphin mortality incidental to purse-seining for tunas in the eastern tropical Pacific, 1982.  Rep. int. Whal. Commn. 34: 539-541.

Hammond, P.S. & Hall, M.A.  1985.  Dolphin mortality incidental to purse-seining for tunas in the eastern tropical Pacific inflicted by the US fleet in 1983 and non-US fleet in 1979-1983.  Rep. int. Whal. Commn. 35: 431-433.

Hammond , P.S. 1995. Estimating the abundance of marine mammals: a North Atlantic perspective. In: Blix, A.S., Walløe, L. & Ulltang, Ø. (eds) Whales, seals, fish and man. Developments in Marine Biology 4: 3-12. Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam .

Tregenza, N.J.C., Berrow , S.D. , Hammond , P.S. & Leaper, R. 1997. Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena L., bycatch in set gill nets in the Celtic Sea . ICES J. Mar. Sci. 54: 896-904.

Tregenza, N.J.C., Berrow , S.D. , Hammond , P.S. & Leaper, R. 1997. Common dolphin, Delphinus delphis L., bycatch in bottom set gillnets in the Celtic Sea . Rep. int. Whal. Commn. 47: 835-839.

Thompson, P.M., Wilson , B., Grellier, K. & Hammond, P.S. 2000. Combining power analyses and population viability analyses to compare traditional and precautionary approaches to conservation of coastal cetaceans. Conservation Biology 14(5): 1253-1263.