People
Independent quantitative scientists combining deep technical expertise with a shared focus on useful, defensible marine advice.
A collaborative model
Quantifish is led by Darcy Webber and works with a trusted network of independent specialists. This keeps projects focused and flexible while bringing together the depth needed for demanding assessments.
The people below collaborate across New Zealand rock lobster science and wider fisheries, protected-species, and marine decision problems.
Director · Quantitative fisheries scientist
BSc Biology · MSc Ecology · PhD Statistics
Darcy founded Quantifish to provide rigorous, independent quantitative fisheries science. His work spans stock assessment, management strategy evaluation, ecological risk assessment, and scientific software development.
He combines statistical depth with a practical understanding of how scientific evidence becomes management advice.
Specialist collaborators
Long-standing collaboration provides continuity across data, models, review, and management advice.
Population models · Data-limited fisheries
Merrill develops stock-assessment methods for data-limited fisheries and applies population models to management questions around the world. She contributes assessment modelling and uncertainty analysis to the rock lobster programme.
Population modelling · Ecological risk
Jim is an independent marine scientist specialising in population modelling of fish, marine mammals, and seabirds. He brings stock-assessment and multi-threat ecological risk expertise to fisheries and protected-species work.
Stock assessment · Management strategy evaluation
Maite is a quantitative fisheries scientist with extensive experience in stock assessment and management of tuna and other fisheries. Her work spans population dynamics, data-limited methods, and management strategy evaluation, including New Zealand rock lobster assessments.
Stock assessment · CPUE
Paul is an independent fisheries stock-assessment scientist with deep experience in catch-and-effort data, CPUE standardisation, and assessment. His work spans New Zealand rock lobster and Canadian groundfish fisheries.
Contact
Tell Darcy what decision, assessment, or model you are working on. Quantifish can shape the scope and bring together the expertise the work needs.
Email Darcy