
He is an associate professor working in the King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Department of Marine Biology. He was graduated from the Faculty of Sciences, Zoology department. His Master of Science was in Fishery Biology and Fish Population Dynamics. His PhD was in Fish behavior in relation to fishing gears from Hokkaido University, Japan. He is currently conducting research in all topics of fisheries, mainly fisheries biology, Stock Assessment, and Fishing gear technology, beside education and supervising M Sc and PhD Students.