Education
1987 PhD (Rhodes University)
1981 MSc cum laude (University of Cape Town)
1977 BSc (Hons) (University of Cape Town)

Employment history
1980 1983: Contract Research Scientist – Port Elizabeth Museum
1983 1987: Museum Natural Scientist – Port Elizabeth Museum
1987 1989: Lecturer, Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science (DIFS), Rhodes University.
1990 1993: Senior Lecturer, DIFS (1993 acting Head of Department).
1994-1995: Associate Professor, DIFS.
1996: Senior Lecturer and Post Graduate Course Co-ordinator, Faculty of Fisheries & Environment at the Australian Maritime College (FM&E - AMC)
1996-1998: Director, (FM&E - AMC).
1998-present: Director and Professor, Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute (TAFI), University of Tasmania.
Research interests
Marine fisheries, including the ecology and biology of reef associated fishes.

Marine Protected Areas, especially the evaluation of MPAs as a fisheries management tool and the impact of MPAs on fisheries.

I have supervised several research higher degree and honours students in these areas.

Professional distinctions
• Helpmekaar scholarship, Fisheries Development Corporation (FDC), South Africa.
• Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa, post graduate scholarship.
• FDC Post graduate Scholarship.
• Foundation for Research & Development (FRD) Stipendium to outstanding young scientists (Category Y).
• 1994 JLB Smith Memorial Lecture entitled “Marine Reserves - Can they enhance our inshore fisheries?”
• Marine Science Society of Southern Africa (Executive committee member and chairman of the East Cape branch 1993-95)
• Cape Coastwatch Programme (Expert panel member 1990-96)
• South African Marine Linefish Management Association (Scientific advisor to South African and Ciskeian delegations 1990-96)
• Sea Fisheries Linefish Working Group (1994-96)
• Sea Fisheries Abalone Working Group (1994-96)
• South African Marine Linefish Research Group (1980-16, Chairperson 1995-96) Member of the Zoological Society of Southern Africa (1980-96), African Fisheries Society (1994-95), South African Institute of Ecologists (Professional member 1981-96), American Fisheries Society (1995-96), Australian Society for Fish Biology (current), World Aquaculture Society
• FRDC Effects of Trawling Sub-committee (1996-98)
• CRC for Sustainable Finfish Aquaculture (Chair of Bid Committee 2000)
• Australian Fisheries Management Forum – Research Sub-Committee (1998-present)
• Chairman of Crustacean, Abalone, Scalefish, Marine Environment & Aquaculture Research Advisory Groups (1998 - present)
• Recipient of continuous nationally competitive grant funding in South Africa (1981-96) and Australia (1998-2006)

Board membership
• Tasmanian Fishing Industry Training Board (1997-1998)
• Tasmanian Fisheries Research Advisory Board (1998-present)
• Aquaculture Cooperative Research Centre (1998-2001)
• Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute (1998-present)
• Marine & Marine Industries Council (1999-present)
• Sustainable Aquaculture of Finfish Cooperative Research Centre (2001-present)
• Aquafin CRC Holdings Pty Ltd (2002-present)
• Aquafin CRC Pty Ltd (2002-present)

Key publications
• Summary: 98 publications - 45 peer-reviewed journal publications, 2 publications accepted/in press.
BUXTON, C.D. & SMALE, M.J. 1989. Abundance and distribution patterns of three temperate reef fishes (Teleostei:Sparidae) in exploited and unexploited areas off the southern Cape coast. J. Appl. Ecol. 26: 441 451.
BUXTON, C.D. 1993. Life-history changes in exploited reef fishes on the east coast of South Africa. Envir. Biol. Fish. 36: 47-63.
BUXTON, C.D. 1993. Marine reserves - the way ahead? In: L.E. Beckley and R.P van der Elst (eds). Fish, Fishers and Fisheries. Oceanog. Res. Inst. Spec. Publ. 2:170-174.
TILNEY, R.L., BUXTON, C.D., NELSON, G. & RADLOFF, S.E. 1996. Ichthyoplankton distribution and dispersal in the Tsitsikamma National Park marine reserve, South Africa. S. Afr. J. mar Sci.17: 1-14.
BUXTON, C.D. 1995. Life history characteristics of temperate reef fishes and their implications for fisheries management. In: Armantrout. N.B.(ed) Conditions of the world’s aquatic habitats. Proc. 1st World Fish. Congr. Theme 1 :105-121.
ROBERTS, C., BALLANTINE, W.J., BUXTON, C.D., DAYTON, P.,CROWDER, L.B., MILON, W., ORBACH, M.K., PAULY, D. & TREXLER, J. 1995. Review of the use of marine fishery reserves in the US Southeastern Atlantic. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SECFC-376. 31pp.
BUXTON, C.D. 1996.The role of Marine Protected Areas in the management of reef fish: A South African example. In: Thackway, R. (ed) 1996. Developing Australia’s representative system of marine protected areas: Criteria and guidelines for identification and selection. Ocean Rescue 2000 Workshop Series 2: 114-124.
BUXTON, C.D., HADDON, M., BARRETT, N.  & MUNDY, C. 2001. Marine Protected Areas and Abalone Fishing - A Tasmanian Perspective. Proc. 1st National Abalone Convention.
HADDON, M., BUXTON, C., GARDNER, C & BARRETT, N. 2003. Modelling the effect of introducing MPAs in a commercial fishery: A rock lobster example. In: Beumer, J.P, Grant, & Smith, D.C. Aquatic Protected Areas – What works best and how do we know? Proc. World Congress on Aquatic Protected Areas. Cairns. 428-436.
BARRETT, N. & BUXTON, C.D. 2002. (Editors) Examining underwater visual census techniques for the assessment of population structure and biodiversity in temperate coastal marine protected areas. Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute Technical Report Series 11: 1-114.
SMITH, D., SAINSBURY, K., BUXTON, C., MORRIS, L., HOUGH, D., HADDON, M. & MOORE, M. 2003. Development of an R&D response to ecosystem based management: Spatial management of fisheries and the role of MPAs. Fisheries Research Development Corporation Final Report 2003/073. 51pp
BUXTON, C.D., BARRETT, N., GARDNER, C. & EDGAR, G. 2004. Evaluating the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas as a fisheries management tool. Fisheries Research Development Corporation Final Report 1999/162. 384pp.
BUXTON, C.D., HADDON, M. & BRADSHAW, M. 2006. Regional Impact Assessment for the Marine Protected Areas proposed for the South-East Region. Fisheries Research Development Corporation Final Report 2005/083. 198pp.