Dr Natalie Hold

Darlithydd ym maes Pysgodfeydd Mor Cynaliadwy

n.hold@bangor.ac.uk

Dr Natalie Hold

I gained my MSc in Marine Environmental Protection at Â鶹Íø in 2008 with a research project on the population genetics of the Caribbean spiny lobster in the western Antilles. I completed my PhD in 2012 which focused on the connectivity and spatial structure of the scallop fishery around the Isle of Man, funded by the Isle of Man Government. The project involved surveys on the research vessel Prince Madog as well as collaboration with stakeholders including fishermen and processors. Work included population genetics of scallops around the Isle of Man and across the wider European range, statistical modelling of environmental and anthropogenic drivers of spatial variation in scallop reproductive status and modelling of the impact of hatchery reared scallop seed on wild populations.

Post-doctoral research at Â鶹Íø (2012-2015 and 2019- present) has focused on inshore, data poor, shellfish fisheries across Wales, requiring active engagement with the fishing industry for collaborative data collection. All research aims are closely aligned with fisheries management and policy evidence requirements in order to deliver meaningful research to impact sustainable fisheries management. A key framework for our sustainable fisheries research is to provide evidence for the management of key commercial fisheries within the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM), ensuring that single species approaches (such as stock assessment and single species reference points) are complemented with wider ecosystem evidence such as appropriate spatial scales, adjacent effects and long term effects.

I have also spent three years working as a fisheries scientist for a consultancy (2016-2019) where I worked on a range of projects including environmental baseline studies for energy developments, intertidal aquaculture developments and coastal realignment schemes. I have worked in collaboration with fishers and statutory conservation agencies to develop fisheries management plans for several order fisheries and to carry out annual stock status surveys on the fishery. I have also modelled the effect of river flow on salmonid up-stream migration including drought scenarios.

I am currently the project manager for the EMFF sustainable fisheries in Wales project. As well as project management I am the lead researcher for the component of the project using our long-standing relationships with the industry to develop innovative technology for maximising high quality, high resolution fishery-dependant data collection. In addition my current research is investigating the reproductive ecology of lobsters and how this can influence stock assessment and fishery management measures.

n.hold@bangor.ac.uk

01248 383948

I am willing to supervise PhD students in the fields of fisheries science and fisheries management.

2025

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Heney, C., Gross, J., Hoenig, J. & Hold, N., 1 Chwef 2025, Yn: Fisheries Research. 282, 107283.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Garratt, M., Bloor, I., Coleman, M., Colvin, C., Hiddink, J. G., Hold, N. & Jenkins, S., 1 Ebr 2025, Yn: Fisheries Research. 284, 8 t., 107320.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Hold, N., 11 Maw 2025, ICES Scientific Reports. (ICES Scientific Reports; Cyfrol 07, Rhif 32)
    Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Adroddiad Comisiwn › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2024

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Fenton, M., Szostek, C., Delargy, A., Johnson, A. F., Kaiser, M. J., Hinz, H., Hold, N. & Sciberras, M., 13 Mai 2024, Yn: PLoS ONE. 19, 5, t. e0302225
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Iftikhar, M., Neal, M., Hold, N., Dal Toe, S. G. & Tiddeman, B., 11 Mai 2024, Yn: Computers. 13, 5
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu
    Garratt, M., Bloor, I., Coleman, M., Colvin, C., Hiddink, J. G., Hold, N., Phillips, E., Ward, S. & Jenkins, S., 11 Medi 2024, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: ICES Journal of Marine Science.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Colvin, C., Hold, N., Phillips, E., Hoenig, J. & Gross, J., Meh 2024, Yn: North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 44, 3, t. 693-705 13 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Lincoln, H., Robins, P., Wilmes, S.-B., Pérez-Mayol, S., Moore, A., Simpson, S., Goward Brown, A., Heney, C., Malham, S., Morales-Nin, B., Hold, N. & McCarthy, I., 1 Chwef 2024, Yn: Fisheries Research. 270, 106884.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Hold, N. & Bloor, I. (Golygydd), 12 Rhag 2024, ICES Scientific Reports. (ICES Scientific REports; Cyfrol 6, Rhif 104)
    Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Adroddiad Comisiwn › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2023

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Coleman, M., Jenkins, S., Garratt, M., Hold, N., Bloor, I., Porter, J., Tully, O. & Bell, M., Mai 2023, Yn: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 80, 4, t. 911-922 fsac234.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Dal Toe, S. G., Neal, M., Hold, N., Heney, C., Turner, B., McCoy, E., Iftikhar, M. & Tiddeman, B., 15 Medi 2023, Yn: Sensors. 23, 18, 7897.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Moore, A., Heney, C., Lincoln, H., Colvin, C., Newell, H., Turner, B., McCarthy, I. & Hold, N., 1 Medi 2023, Yn: Fisheries Research. 265, 106745.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Hold, N., 8 Rhag 2023, ICES. (ICES Scientific Reports; Cyfrol 5, Rhif 110)
    Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Llyfr › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2022

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Delargy, A., Hold, N., Heney, C., Cann, R., Bhandari, K., Colvin, C., Moore, A., Lincoln, H., Hiddink, J. G. & McCarthy, I., 1 Hyd 2022, Yn: Fisheries Research. 254, 106371, 106371.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Moore, A., Delargy, A., Cann, R., Heney, C., Le Vay, L., Lincoln, H., McCarthy, I. & Hold, N., 1 Tach 2022, Yn: Fisheries Research. 255, November 2022, 106450.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2021

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Hold, N., Robins, P., Szostek, C., Lambert, G., Lincoln, H., Le Vay, L., Bell, E. & Kaiser, M., Tach 2021, Yn: Fisheries Oceanography. 30, 6, t. 740-756 17 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2020

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Handal, W., Szostek, C., Hold, N., Andrello, M., Thiébaut, E., Ewan, H., Lefebvre, G., Elodie, B., Jolivet, A., Nicolle, A., Boyé, A., Foucher, E., Boudry, P. & Charrier, G., 31 Hyd 2020, Yn: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 30, 10, t. 1841-1853
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2017

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Lambert, G., Murray, L., Hiddink, J., Hinz, H., Lincoln, H., Hold, N., Cambie, G. & Kaiser, M., 2017, Yn: Scientific Reports. 7, 5440.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2015

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Hold, N., Murray, L. G., Pantin, J. R., Haig, J. A., Hinz, H. & Kaiser, M. J., 6 Maw 2015, Yn: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 72, t. 1811-1821
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2013

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Hold, N., Dawnay, L. & Taylor, M. I., Medi 2013, Yn: Conservation Genetics Resources. 5, 3, t. 663-666
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Hold, N., Murray, L. G., Hinz, H., Neill, S. P., Lass, S., Lo, M. & Kaiser, M. J., 1 Rhag 2013, Yn: Marine Environmental Research. 92, t. 144-153
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Hold, N., Murray, L. G., Kaiser, M. J., Hinz, H., Beaumont, A. R. & Taylor, M. I., 2 Chwef 2013, Yn: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 70, 2, t. 330-338
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Murray, L. G., Hinz, H., Hold, N. & Kaiser, M. J., 1 Tach 2013, Yn: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 70, 7, t. 1330-1340
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2024

  • SOS/BU writing sandbox

    11 Rhag 2024

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Cyfranogwr)

  • Members of the Scallop Assessment Working Group (WGScallop) discuss the key issues surrounding scallop species and are working towards the improvement and further development of appropriate stock assessment methods.

    ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The working group shares expertise on survey methodologies, advances in technology and recent studies on scallop species.

    The group has identified main data sources, collated information on biological parameters, developed a preliminary list of assessment or management units, and discussed the merits and limitations of fisheries dependent and fisheries independent methods for scallop assessment. The group also considers the implications of bycatch and issues surrounding closed areas.

    This work improves our understanding of scallop populations and the fishery. It is hoped that any future assessments will be used to underpin advice and be directly integrated into an approach for ecosystem-based fisheries management.

    7 Hyd 2024

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Siaradwr)

  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Whelk and other gastropod fisheries are key species in small-scale artisanal and commercially valuable fisheries worldwide. Within the eastern Atlantic, the whelk Buccinum undatum is commercially important however there is minimal management in most countries.

    This inaugural meeting aims to bring together scientists already working on whelk fisheries from across Europe, North America, and the rest of the world to share best practice, spark collaborations, and review recently published work as well as that underway.

    The workshop will focus on:

    - whelk aging techniques, error and use in routine data collection and stock assessment

    - current stock assessment approaches and challenges, and direction of research/travel for whelk stock assessment​

    8 Gorff 2024 – 9 Gorff 2024

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Cadeirydd)

2023

  • 2023 ICES WGCrab annual meeting

    10 Hyd 2023 – 13 Hyd 2023

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Trefnydd)

2022

  • 8 Tach 2022 – 10 Tach 2022

    Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Siaradwr)

  • John and his PhD student Julie Gross visited for a 2 week collaborative working visit. We worked on two papers and John gave 3 seminars

    Hyd 2022

    Gweithgaredd: Gwesteio ymwelydd academaidd (Gwesteiwr)

  • Â鶹Íø’s sustainable fisheries team currently carries out research into baseline biology of commercially important species, fisheries science and how these data can be applied to achieve sustainable fisheries management in Wales. This research has potential to create impact through policy change, guidance to fisheries management and change within the fishing industry through providing and disseminating evidence in support of sustainable fishing practices. It is expected that a range of research carried out by the sustainable fisheries team will come together to create a single impact case study concerning the management of shell fisheries in Wales.

    Funding awarded through the Â鶹Íø Innovation and Impact Award (Research Wales Innovation Funding). Value = £42,335

    4 Mai 2022 – 30 Ebr 2023

    Gweithgaredd: Arall (Cyfrannwr)

2020

  • This group meetings quarterly and is ongoing. It is a transdisciplinary group with stakeholders from fishing industry, government, CEFAS, environment, fisheries management, science. This meeting series does not have an end date, so currently set to today's date. This also includes a scientific sub-group who meet regularly outside the quarterly main group meetings. This group is involved in the R&D and implementation surrounding whelk management in the UK and the Fisheries Management Plans.

    1 Gorff 2020 – 12 Maw 2025

    Gweithgaredd: Arall (Cyfrannwr)

  • 01/01/2025 – 15/01/2026 (Wrthi'n gweithredu)

  • 01/07/2024 – 15/04/2025 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/07/2024 – 15/04/2025 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 05/03/2024 – 18/06/2024 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/01/2024 – 13/06/2025 (Wrthi'n gweithredu)

  • 01/10/2023 – 31/01/2025 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/06/2023 – 30/04/2025 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/03/2023 – 30/06/2024 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/01/2023 – 14/05/2025 (Wrthi'n gweithredu)

  • 01/12/2022 – 18/04/2025 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/06/2022 – 14/08/2023 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/06/2022 – 31/01/2025 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/02/2022 – 18/04/2025 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/01/2022 – 11/08/2023 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/04/2021 – 01/08/2022 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/09/2020 – 01/08/2022 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/02/2020 – 30/09/2020 (Wedi gorffen)

EFF funded "Sustainable use of fisheries resources in Welsh waters" - lead role in application for £300K for an 18 month extension to the project. (2013-2015)

EMFF funded "Fisher-Scientist collaboration" - during an NRN grant writing fellowhsip I developed the grant proposal capturing £1.2m in funding for this 4 year project. (2019-2022)

EMFF funded "Video and electronic fisheries data collection" - during and NRN grant writing fellowship I wrote the grant proposala capturing £140K in funding for the 2 year project. (2019-2021)

EMFF funded "Bass and Ray ecology in Liverpool Bay". This project extends the Welsh bass and ray science across the political boundary into north west English waters. £86K (2019-2020).

Welsh Government Marine Evidence Framework Agreement "Standardised stock assessment survey for whelk fisheries". £11,000 (2020)

I am a member of the UK whelk management group and Crab and Lobster management group, providing scientific input alongisde scientists from CEFAS and Scotland. The group is a multi-stakholder group with representivies from industry, DEFRA, Welsh Government, Seafish and academia.

I sit on the ICES working groups for crab, lobster and scallop.