Publications

 27 Journal Articles 

29 Reports

 1 Book Chapter 

4 R Packages

Peer Reviewed Articles

  1. Kyne, P. M., Smart, J. J., Johnson, G. J., Kyne, P. M., Smart, J. J., & Johnson, G. J. (2025). Extremely Low Sample Size Allows Age and Growth Estimation in a Rare and Threatened Shark. Fishes, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes11010007

  2. Pepperell, J. G., Smart, J., Wolfe, B. W., Williams, S. M., & Tracey, S. R. (2025). Abundance indices for black marlin (Istiompax indica) derived from 50 years of diarized daily catch-effort data from the charter fishery off the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82(10), fsaf182. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaf182

  3. Gibbs, M., Bice, C., Furst, D., Gao, L., Joehnk, K., McCullough, D., Montazeri, M., Nicol, J., Smart, J., Wallace, T., Zampatti, B., & Brookes, J. (2023). Using hydraulics to evaluate ecological benefits, risks, and trade-offs from engineered flooding. Hydrological Processes, 37(11), e15024. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.15024
  4. Wong, D., Smart JJ, Barrow J, Cleeland J, Yates P, Ziegler P and Rizzari J (2022). “Age, growth and maturity of Southern Ocean skates (Bathyraja spp.) from the Kerguelen Plateau.” Polar Biology 45, 1119–1130 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-022-03062-z
  5. McGarvey R, Steer MA, Smart JJ, Matthews DJ, Matthews JM (2021) Generalizing the Parker equation of DEPM: Incorporating the size dependence of population number and reproductive inputs to estimate spawning biomass and female population by size Fisheries Research 242:105992 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2021.105992
  6. Mukherji, S., Smart, J., D’Alberto, B. et al. Preliminary age and growth estimates of the blue shark (Prionace glauca) from Papua New Guinea. Environ Biol Fish 104, 1163–1176 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-021-01146-z
  7. Dennis, J. D., Grammer, G., Ward, T., Smart, J., & Huveneers, C. (2021). Using otolith chronologies to identify extrinsic drivers of growth of 2 commercially targeted small pelagic fish species. Fishery Bulletin, 119(2-3), 135-148. https://doi.org/10.7755/FB.119.2-3.4
  8. Ward TM, Grammer GL, Ivey AR, Smart JJ, McGarvey R (2021) Increasing the precision of the daily egg production method; 2020’s remix of a 1980’s classic ICES J Mar Sci 78:1177-1195 doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsab015
  9. Smart JJ, Grammer GL (2021) Modernising fish and shark growth curves with Bayesian length-at-age models PLOS ONE 16:e0246734 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0246734
  10. Emmons SM, D’Alberto BM, Smart JJ, Simpfendorfer CA (2021) Age and growth of tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) from Western Australia Marine and Freshwater Research doi:10.1071/mf20291
  11. Smart JJ et al. (2020) Can multi‐species shark longline fisheries be managed sustainably using size limits? Theoretically, yes. Realistically, no Journal of Applied Ecology 57:1847-1860 doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13659
  12. White, W. T., Baje L., Appleyard, S. A., Chin A., Smart J. J., and Simpfendorfer C. A. 2019. The shark longline fishery of Papua New Guinea: size and species composition and spatial variation of the catches. Marine and Freshwater Research.
  13. Grant, M. I., Smart, J. J., Rigby C. L., White W. T., Chin A., Baje L., and Simpfendorfer C. A.. 2019. Intraspecific demography of the silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis): implications for fisheries management. ICES Journal of Marine Science.
  14. Baje, L., Smart J. J., Grant M. I., Chin A., White W. T., and Simpfendorfer C. A.. 2019. Age, growth and maturity of the Australian blackspot shark (Carcharhinus coatesi) in the Gulf of Papua. Pacific Conservation Biology.
  15. Smart, J. J., Punt, A. E., Espinoza, M. , White, W. T. and Simpfendorfer, C. A. (2018), Refining mortality estimates in shark demographic analyses: a Bayesian inverse matrix approach. Ecol Appl, 28: 1520-1533. doi:10.1002/eap.1687
  16. Baje L, Smart JJ, Chin A, White WT, Simpfendorfer CA (2018) Age, growth and maturity of the Australian sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon taylori from the Gulf of Papua. PLOS ONE 13(10): e0206581. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206581
  17. Grant M I., Smart JJ., White WT., Chin A, Baje L, Simpfendorfer C A. (2018) Life history characteristics of the silky shark Carcharhinus falciformis from the central west Pacific. Marine and Freshwater Research 69, 562-573. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF17163
  18. Smart, J.J., Chin, A., Tobin, A.J., Kumasi, B., White, W.T., Simpfendorfer, C.A. (2017) Stochastic demographic analyses of the silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) and the common blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) from the Indo-Pacific. Fisheries Research
  19. Smart, J.J., Chin, A., Baje, L., Tobin, A.J., Simpfendorfer, C.A., White, W.T. (2017) Life history of the silvertip shark Carcharhinus albimarginatus from Papua New Guinea. Coral Reefs
  20. Smart, J.J., Chin, A., Tobin, A.J., Simpfendorfer, C.A. (2016) Multimodel approaches in shark and ray growth studies: strengths, weaknesses and the future. Fish and Fisheries. DOI: 10.1111/faf.12154
  21. Smart, J.J., Chin, A., Baje, L., Green, M. E., Appleyard, S. A., Tobin, A.J., Simpfendorfer, C.A., White, W.T. (2016) Effects of including misidentified sharks in life history analyses: a case study on the Grey Reef Shark Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos from Papua New Guinea. PLoS ONE 11(4): e0153116.
  22. D’Alberto, B., Smart, J.J, Baje, L., Chin, A., Simpfendorfer, C.A and White W.W. (2016) The age, growth and maturity of the oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) from Papua New Guinea. Marine and Freshwater Research.
  23. Harry, A.V., Saunders, R.J., Smart, J.J., Yates, P.M., Simpfendorfer, C.A., Tobin, A.J. (2016) Assessment of a data-limited, multi-species shark fishery in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and south-east Queensland. Fisheries Research 177, 104-115. DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2015.12.008
  24. Rigby, C.L., White, W.T., Smart, J.J., Simpfendorfer, C.A. (2016) Life histories of two deep-water Australian endemic elasmobranchs: Argus skate Dipturus polyommata and eastern spotted gummy shark Mustelus walkeri. Journal of Fish Biology. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12891
  25. White, W. T., Appleyard, S. A., Sabub, B., Kyne, P. M., Harris, M., Lis, R., Baje, L., Usu, T., Smart, J. J., Corrigan, S., Yang, L. and Naylor, G. J. P. (2015). Rediscovery of the Threatened River Sharks, Glyphis garricki and G. glyphis, in Papua New Guinea. PLoS ONE 10(10): e0140075. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140075
  26. Smart, J.J., Chin, A., Tobin, A.J., Simpfendorfer, C.A., White, W.T. (2015) Age and growth of the common blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus from Indonesia, incorporating an improved approach to comparing regional population growth rates. African Journal of Marine Science 37, 177-188.  DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2015.1025428
  27. Smart, J.J., Harry, A.V., Tobin, A.J., Simpfendorfer, C.A. (2013) Overcoming the constraints of low sample sizes to produce age and growth data for rare or threatened sharks. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 23, 124-134. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2274

Technical Reports

  1. Smart J. J. (2025) Recommendations for appropriate and biologically relevant performance indictors to inform an updated NT Trepang Fishery Harvest Strategy. Report to Northern Territory Government.
  2. Smart J. J., Randall J., Roberts B., Pazhayamadom D. (2025) Stock assessment of Black Jewfish (Protonibea diacanthus) in the Northern Territory 2023/24. Technical Report. Northern Territory Government, Darwin.
  3. Smart, J., Koopman, M. and Knuckey, I. (2025) CPUE standardisation and stock assessment scoping report for sandfish (Holothuria scabra) in the Northern Territory. 34pp
  4. Smart, J. J., Wortmann, J. and Wickens, M. E. (2024) Stock assessment of Queensland east coast prickly redfish, herrmanni curryfish and vastus curryfish with data to December 2023. Technical Report. State of Queensland, Brisbane.
  5. Smart, J. J., Wortmann, J. and Wickens, M. E. (2024) Stock assessment of Queensland east coast burrowing blackfish (Actinopyga spinea), with data to June 2023. Technical Report. State of Queensland, Brisbane.
  6. Wickens, M. E., Smart, J. J. and Wortmann, J. (2024) Management strategy evaluation of the Queensland east coast sea cucumber fishery, with data to June 2023. Technical Report. State of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland.
  7. Smart, J. J., Earl, J., McGarvey, R., Feenstra, J., Drew, M. J., Bailleul, F., Fowler, A. J., Matthews, D., Chaplin, G., Matthews, J. M., Freeling, B., Rogers, T. A., Beckmann C.L. and Tsolos, A. (2023). Assessment of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery in 2021/22. Report to PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide.
  8. Smith, D. C. and Smart, J.J. (2022). Harvest strategies and reference points: a review of current practices. Report to PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture. 33pp.
  9. Drew, M. J., Rogers, T. A., McGarvey, R., Feenstra, J., Matthews, D., Matthews, J., Earl, J., Smart, J. J., Noell, C. and Fowler, A. J. (2022). Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) Stock Assessment Report 2022. Report to PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide. SARDI Publication No. F2007/000523-7. SARDI Research Report Series No. 1155. 178pp.
  10. Durante, L. M., Smart, J. J., and Tsolos, A. (2022). South Australian Charter Boat Fishery 2020/21 Data Summary. Final Report to PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide.
  11. Smart, J. J., Steer, M., Bailleul, F., Hall, D., Knuckey, I., Magnusson, A., Morison, J., Presser, J., and Schirmer J., South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), 2022, Informing the structural reform of South Australia’s Marine Scalefish Fishery, Adelaide
  12. Smart, J. J., Earl, J., McGarvey, R., Feenstra, J., Drew, M. J., Bailleul, F., Fowler, A. J., Matthews, D., Chaplin, G., Matthews, J. M., Freeling, B., Rogers, T. A., Beckmann C.L. and Tsolos, A. (2022). Assessment of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery in 2020. Report to PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide.
  13. Durante L., Smart, J. J., Tsolos A. (2022). South Australian Charter Boat Fishery Assessment report 2020/21. Final Report to PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide.
  14. Grammer, G., Ivey, A. Smart, J. J., Bailleul, F. (2021). Stock assessment of Australian Sardine (Sardinops sagax) off South Australia 2021. Report to PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide. SARDI
  15. Drew et al (2021) Assessment of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery in 2019. Report to PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide.
  16. Fowler, A.J., Smart, J. J., McGarvey, R., Feenstra, J., Bailleul, F., Buss, J.J., Drew, M., Matthews, D., Matthews, J. and Rogers, T. (2020). Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) Fishery. Fishery Assessment Report to PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide. F2007/000523-6. SARDI Research Report Series No. 1072.111pp.
  17. Fowler, A.J., Rogers, P.J. and Smart, J. J., South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences) 2020, ESD risk assessment for ‘lesser known’ species to facilitate structural reform of South Australia’s Marine Scalefish Fishery. Adelaide, August.
  18. Drew, M.J., Rogers, T., Doubell, M.J., James, C., Oxley, A., McGarvey, R., Smart, J. J., Catalano, S., Redondo Rodriguez, A., Fowler, A.J., Matthews, D. and Steer, M.A. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences) 2020, King George Whiting (Sillaginodes punctatus) spawning dynamics in South Australia’s southern gulfs, Adelaide, August.
  19. Ward, T.M., Smart, J. J., Grammer, G., Ivey, A. and McGarvey, R. (2020). Stock assessment of Australian Sardine (Sardinops sagax) off South Australia 2019. Report to PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide. SARDI Publication No. F2007/000765-7. SARDI Research Report Series No. 1048. 108pp.
  20. AJ Fowler, Steer MA, McGarvey R., Smart, J. J., (2019) Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) Fishery. Report to PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide. SARDI Publication No. F2019/000331-1. SARDI Research Report Series No. 1031. 69pp.
  21. Ward, T.M., Smart, J. J., Grammer, G., Ivey, A., and McGarvey, R. (2019) Stock assessment of Australian Sardine (Sardinops sagax) off South Australia in 2019. Report to PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide.
  22. Goldsworthy, S. D., Shaughnessy, P. D., Smart, J. J., Mackay, I., Bailleul, F., Reinhold, S-L., Stonnill, M. and Lashmar, K. (2019). Monitoring of Seal Bay and other pinniped populations on Kangaroo Island: 2017/2018. Report to the Department for Environment and Water. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide. SARDI Publication No. F2014/000322-5. SARDI Research Report Series No. 1018. 59pp.
  23. Steer, M.A., Fowler, A.J., McGarvey, R., Feenstra, J., Smart, J. J., Rogers, P.J., Earl, J., Beckmann, C., Drew, M. and Matthews, J. (2018). Assessment of the South Australian Marine Scalefish Fishery in 2017. Report to PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide. SARDI Publication No. F2017/000427-2. SARDI Research Report Series No. 1002. 230pp.
  24. Ward, T. M., Carroll, J., Grammer, G. L., James, C., McGarvey, R., Smart, J. J., and Ivey, A.R. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences) (2018). Improving the precision of estimates of egg production and spawning biomass obtained using the Daily Egg Production Method, Adelaide, February.
  25. Ward, T. M., Grammer, G. L., Ivey, A. R., Smart, J. J., and Keane, P. (2018). Spawning biomass of Jack Mackerel (Trachurus declivis) and Sardine (Sardinops sagax) between western Kangaroo Island, South Australia and south-western Tasmania. Report to the Australian Fisheries Management Authority. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide. SARDI Publication No. F2018/000174-1. SARDI Research Report Series No. 983. 51pp.
  26. Ward, T.M., Ivey, A.R. and Smart, J. J., (2017). Spawning biomass of Sardine, Sardinops sagax, in waters off South Australia in 2017. Report to PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide. SARDI Publication No. F2007/000566-8. SARDI Research Report Series No. 965. 27pp.
  27. Ward, T.M., Smart, J. J., and Ivey, A. (2017). Stock assessment of Australian Sardine (Sardinops sagax) off South Australia 2017. Report to PIRSA Fisheries and Aquaculture. South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Sciences), Adelaide. SARDI Publication No. F2007/000765-6. SARDI Research Report Series No. 971. 107pp.
  28. Clarke, S., Coelho, R., Francis, M., Kai, M., Kohin, S., Liu, K.M., Simpfendorfer, C.A., Tovar-Avila, J., Rigby, C. and Smart, J. J., (2015) Report of the Pacific shark life history expert panel workshop, 28-30 April 2015. WCPFC EB-IP-13, Cairns, QLD, Australia. https://www.wcpfc.int/node/21738
  29. Tobin A, Harry A, Smart, J. J., Saunders R, Simpfendorfer C. (2014). Estimating fishing mortality of major target species and species of conservation interest in the Queensland east coast shark fishery. FRDC Project No. 2010/006. Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, James Cook University: Townsville. http://frdc.com.au/research/Final_reports/2010-006-DLD.pdf

Book chapters

  1. Harry, A.V., Smart, J.J., Pardo, S., (2022) Advances in the age and growth analysis of Chondrichthyan fishes in J. C. Carrier, J., K. Yopak, C. A. Simpfendorfer, and M. R. Heithaus, editors. Biology of sharks and their relatives: 3rd edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA.

R Packages

 
  1. Smart J. J. (2022). BayesGrowth: Estimate fish growth using MCMC analysis. R package version 0.3.4. https://github.com/jonathansmart/BayesGrowth
  2. Smart, J. J., McGarvey R, and Matthews JM (2020) DEPM: Estimate spawning biomass for a fish population using the Daily Egg Production Method https://github.com/jonathansmart/DEPM
  3. Smart J. J (2020). SharkDemography: Shark demographic analyses using Leslie matrix models. R package version 0.0.9000. https://github.com/jonathansmart/SharkDemography
  4. Smart J. J. (2019) AquaticLifeHistory: Fisheries life history analysis using contemporary methods. https://github.com/jonathansmart/AquaticLifeHistory