Dr. Christopher Jones received a Ph.D. from the University of Miami, and has worked in the field of fish population dynamics and biology since 1989. Through the 1990’s, his research effort’s concentrated on assessment and population dynamics of highly migratory fish species in the Atlantic Ocean. In 1998, he started working exclusively with Antarctic species, and has served as chief scientist on numerous scientific expeditions, as well as participating in several international research expeditions to the Antarctic.

Dr Jones is the director of the Antarctic finfish and scientific survey research program for U.S. Antarctic Marine Living Resources (U.S. AMLR) program. He also coordinates the Southern Ocean scientific observer program, which collects scientific data from commercial vessels that harvest krill, fish, and crabs in the Southern Ocean. His primary research focuses on Southern Ocean island archipelagos and Antarctic shelf areas, including population dynamics, characterization and biological features of Antarctic demersal finfish species and associated benthic invertebrate communities. In addition to studying these aspects of Antarctic fish and demersal fauna, information derived through his scientific surveys provides a scientific basis for developing management advice toward the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) Conservation Measures.

He actively participates in all scientific working groups of CCAMLR, and currently serves as convener of the CCAMLR Working Group on Fish Stock Assessment (WG-FSA). This group develops scientific advice toward the management and conservation of Antarctic fish and associated species.