Michael Davis Email & Phone Number

Triabunna, Tasmania, Australia

The Spirit Of Maria Cafe was opened after Covid to provide employment for displaced cafe hospitality staff in Triabunna. The cafe provides exceptional food options for people visiting Maria Island National Park, as well as the working community of Triabunna. The cafe works in partnership with local suppliers for cafe products and kitchen supplies. The business has a very strong focus on ethically responsible and sustainable practices, using all compostable takeaway packaging, fully compostable food wrap, responsibly sourced coffee, free range chicken products, milk on tap, and glass bottle cold takeaway drinks. We have reduce our comparable plastic waste by 90%. Quality expired food is also offered to the community at the end of each day before being disposed to land fill.

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

The Maria Island Shuttle provides a daily transport service from Hobart to the Maria Island Ferry in Triabunna between October and May. Our buses provide the only dedicated daily bus transport service direct from Hobart to Maria Island National Park.

Tasmania, Australia

East Coast Cruises is a tour company specialising in "cruise & walk" tours to Maria Island National Park and Ile Des Phoques Nature Reserve. East Coast Cruises (trading as Maria Island Cruises) operates two vessels from the marina at Triabunna and a booking office and souvenir shop in the town's main street. East Coast Cruises is owned and operated by Michael Davis. Michael has been cruising to Maria Island since 2006, whilst also maintaining his role as a marine biologist, fisheries scientist, commercial diver and master SCUBA instructor. Michael shares his passion with passionate staff working alongside to bring one of the most enthralling and unique experiences on Tasmania's stunning East Coast. East Coast Cruises also operates a shuttle bus service from Hobart and cafe in Triabunna.

In conjunction with the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA), Fishwell Consulting PTY LTD has been monitoring the state of fisheries in the SE fishing zones of Australia and has been instrumental in providing professional advice to their sustained management. Since joining Fishwell’s observer program in 2006, I have been involved in the following research projects as the principle data collection officer:• The survey of the Orange Roughy Fishery (2006* and 2008) in SE Tasmania (Cascade) *assistant; • The Blue Warehou Fishery survey (2006) in Southern Victoria; • Redfish and Market Fishery survey (2007) in the Great Australian Bight; • Blue Grenadier and Market Fishery survey (2007 & 2011) in Bass Straight and Western Tasmania; • Gemfish Fishery survey (2008) in the Central Coast of NSW; • The trial of gill nets in the South East Australian Shark Fishery (2009 & 2010) in Bass Straight; • The trial of inshore long lining for the South East Australian Shark Fishery (2012) ex Robe; • SESSF Fishery Independent Surveys (FIS) (2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) Lakes Entrance; • Scallop Commonwealth Zone pre-harvest survey (2015, 2016, 2017-part, 2018, 2019, 2021) in Bass Straight.Tasmanian State waters commercial scallop biomass survey. East Coast Tasmania (2020)- Total 40 weeks of sea timeExpeditions have included;• Monitoring and mapping fish spawning aggregations• Recording trawl (fishing) equipment parameters & trawl specific data• Recording environmental parameters, including sea floor mapping• Fishery catch composition & catch estimates• Fish species identification• Length frequency data collection• Sex identification• Maturity staging• Otolith collections• Recording biological specimen damage, including predatory and parasitic damage• Scallop bed mapping and biomass estimates

Triabunna, Tasmania

Elected member of Local Government to the Council of the Glamorgan Spring Bay municipality

➢ Providing field based technical assistance to private marine research projects around the state of Tasmania. Experience in experimental design and fabrication, ecological sampling techniques, data collection, sorting and species identification.

Hobart, Tasmannia

Aqua Scuba was a lead dive retail, service and dive training centre in the Hobart CBD. During my four years working in the business, I was involved in every element of the business' service provision. The ability to gain knowledge and skills servicing complex commercial dive equipment was invaluable for later opportunities in the commercial dive industry and was the keystone employment for starting my own company in dive tourism. At the completion of my employment with Aqua Scuba, I started my own business on the East Coast of Tasmania in dive tourism, linking with Aqua Scuba to offer their business in Hobart a charter dive experience at Maria Island. Together our businesses were successful in acquiring one of two business licenses to dive the Troy D artificial reef, established by the Tasmanian Government in 2007.Retail assistantDive service technicianSSI Specialty SCUBA InstructorDive charter operator

➢ A 12 month contract working to assist the technical operations of the Abalone Research team of the Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute (Now IMAS). The combination of my previous work experience and bachelor degree was a great fit for the team's extensive field operations. Experience in scientific diving Coordination of research projectsAbalone industry relations Equipment design and fabrication (Arc/Mig welding)Dive equipment maintenance Data entry and analysis Technical assistance in the quantitative assessment of algal populations and abalone/algae interactions.

Sandy Bay

Bachelor of ScienceZoology - MajorBiochemistry - MajorBiochemistry - HonsResearch coordinated by Dr Adele Holloway investigating the molecular ‘switch’ controlling the expression of the gene GM-CSF (Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor). GM-CSF is a cytokine (protein) responsible for regulating haematopoesis in the bone marrow of mammals. GM-CSF initiates the differentiation and proliferation of granulocytes and macrophages (white blood cells or T-cells) from bone marrow stem cells in response to immune stimuli. Aberrant expression of GM-CSF characterises the uncontrolled proliferation of T-cells and leads to many debilitating autoimmune diseases, such as leukemia and asthma. Recognising the control points in this molecular “switch” is vital for the development of therapeutics that may ultimately target GM-CSF and prevent this uncontrolled expression. One control point in the ‘switching’ on and off of GM-CSF appears to be the recruitment of two nuclear proteins, a transcription factor and a chromatin remodeller (brg1). Our project investigated whether these proteins interacted together upon recruitment to the GM-CSF promoter, and if so, discerning the nature of the interaction. During the project I gained experience in the following molecular techniques:Establishing and maintaining T-cell culturesIsolation and extraction of nuclear materialCo-Immunoprecipitation of target proteinsProtein resolution by SDS-PAGEProtein detection by Western BlottingExpression of cloned Brg1 protein domains in bacterial cell culturesExtraction and purification of cloned Brg1 protein domainsMapping N and C terminal RelA domains for cloningT-cell DNA extractionPlasmid purificationAmplification of plasmid DNA by PCRDNA resolution by Agarose Gel ElectrophoresisQuantitation of DNADNA gel extractionDNA precipitation and Phenol Chloroform extractionEstablishing and maintaining competent cell culturesLigation and transformation of competent cells

Margate, Tasmania

Now Tassal Pty Ltd. Duties and responsibilities included permanent member of the company dive team. - Acting dive supervisor- Mooring construction and repair - Underwater net assembly and repair - Fish recovery, fish health assessment and stock husbandry. - Net manufacture on company's net area including hand stitching new nets and net repair- Fish net and predator net assembly - General farm duties including fish bathing, net change, pen towing, fish harvesting, vessel operation, marine crane operation, gantry operation, crane truck and forklift operation.