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Dr Richard Noble

Dr Richard Noble

Research Associate (HIFI)

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Science and Engineering
  • School of Natural Sciences

Qualifications

  • BSc
  • PhD

Summary

Richard is an experienced researcher in the Hull International Fisheries Institute, specialising in the assessment, conservation and management of freshwater fish communities and habitats.

His role comprises a combination of research, consultancy and teaching. Current research focuses on the response of fish to environmental management and fish-friendly innovative technologies for hydropower (FITHydro).

Richard's experience includes research for government agencies and water companies, together with pan-European projects that developed tools for the assessment of ecological status using fish (FAME and EFI+) and projects that developed qualitative modelling of concepts in ecology and ecosystems (DYNALEARN).

During his career, Richard has been involved in research that has contributed to national and international programs. This has ranged from research on fish communities in wetlands during his PhD for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds under the LIFE-funded programme that has successfully protected and enhanced the status of bitterns in the UK, to contributions to the implementation of the Water Framework Directive through EU level research projects and direct contributions to the UK Technical Advisory Group.

A recent professional highlight was being elected in 2017 as a Fellow of The Institute of Fisheries Management, the professional body for fisheries management in the UK, as recognition of my contribution to the institute and fisheries management.

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

Understanding the impact of barriers to onward migration; a novel approach using translocated fish

Jubb, W. M., Noble, R. A., Dodd, J. R., Nunn, A. D., Lothian, A. J., Albright, A. J., …Bolland, J. D. (2023). Understanding the impact of barriers to onward migration; a novel approach using translocated fish. Journal of environmental management, 335, Article 117488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117488

The European Fish Hazard Index – An assessment tool for screening hazard of hydropower plants for fish

van Treeck, R., Radinger, J., Noble, R. A., Geiger, F., & Wolter, C. (2021). The European Fish Hazard Index – An assessment tool for screening hazard of hydropower plants for fish. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments an international journal, 43, Article 100903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2020.100903

The Response of River-Resident Fish to Reservoir Freshet Releases of Varying Profiles Intended to Facilitate a Spawning Migration

Baker, N. J., Taylor, M. J., Harvey, J. P., Angelopoulos, N. V., Smith, M. A., Noble, R. A., …Bolland, J. (2020). The Response of River-Resident Fish to Reservoir Freshet Releases of Varying Profiles Intended to Facilitate a Spawning Migration. Water Resources Research, 56(6), Article e2018WR024196. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR024196

Upstream passage of adult sea trout (Salmo trutta) at a low-head weir with an Archimedean screw hydropower turbine and co-located fish pass

Dodd, J. R., Bolland, J. D., Hateley, J., Cowx, I. G., Walton, S. E., Cattaneo, M. E. G. V., & Noble, R. A. A. (2018). Upstream passage of adult sea trout (Salmo trutta) at a low-head weir with an Archimedean screw hydropower turbine and co-located fish pass. Marine and Freshwater Research, 69(12), 1822-1833. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF18125

Overcoming the dichotomy of implementing societal flood risk management while conserving instream fish habitat – A long-term study from a highly modified urban river

Angelopoulos, N. V., Harvey, J. P., Bolland, J. D., Nunn, A. D., Noble, R. A., Smith, M. A., …Cowx, I. G. (2018). Overcoming the dichotomy of implementing societal flood risk management while conserving instream fish habitat – A long-term study from a highly modified urban river. Journal of environmental management, 224, 69-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.07.030

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

North York Moors National Park - Rye and Esk

Funder

North York Moors National Park

Grant

£19,156.00

Started

1 July 2021

Status

Ongoing

Project

Site Condition Monitoring of Atlantic Salmon

Funder

NatureScot

Grant

£19,850.00

Started

26 September 2022

Status

Ongoing

Project

Effective Management and Restoration of the River Lamprey Stocks in the River Trent

Funder

Marine Management Organisation

Grant

£99,107.00

Started

1 August 2019

Status

Complete

Project

IUCN Red List Assessment

Funder

Natural England

Grant

£14,987.00

Started

30 November 2021

Status

Complete

Project

Juvenile Salmonid Surveys River Esk

Funder

North York Moors National Park

Grant

£4,075.00

Started

1 September 2018

Status

Complete

Postgraduate supervision

Richard welcomes applications in any field related to freshwater fish ecology, ecological assessment of the response of fish populations / communities to environmental change, and fisheries management and conservation.

Current PhD supervisions

- Will Jubb, Humber river lamprey

Membership/Fellowship of professional body

Fellow Institute of Fisheries Management

2019

Chartered Environmentalist

2009

Insitute of Fisheries Management Society of Environment

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