Director - Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Resources, Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
St. John's, Newfoundland
Joined March 2013
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It's been 38 years! The proceedings of the World Symposium on Fishing Gear and Fishing Vessel Design (1988) are now available online! View here: collections.mun.ca/.../mi_co…
Global fisheries experts met this week in Cairns, Australia to discuss sustainable methods of wild seafood capture! Great people doing amazing research! @ICES_FAO_WGFTFB
PhD student Nick Coady discusses whalesafe fishing gear for lobster traps. Listen here: cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-1…
Please join us in welcoming Nicholas Coady - our newest PhD student in Fisheries Science. Welcome Nick!
A beautiful video. This is an amazing example of collaborative research in action. Thanks for visiting the flume tank! @AKPFA
Please join us in welcoming Nurul Huda - a visiting graduate student from DTU-Aqua (Denmark). Nurul is a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Barry O'Neill. His research interests focus on the engineering performance and environmental impacts of bottom trawls.
Juvenile redfish can be irritating bycatch in northern shrimp trawls. Check out this latest study led by Dr. Tomas Araya-Schmidt to address the issue: doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.20…
‘Huge shift’ in Arctic research methods putting science in Inuit hands: Nunavut premier
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nunatsiaq.com/stories/articl…
Always a pleasure to meet people with a passion for sustainable fishing gears! A special thank-you to everyone who helped organize the 2nd International Fishing Gear Innovation Summit.
Gear conflict? In eastern Canada, we're discussing whether bottom trawling for Northern shrimp injures valuable crab stocks. Listen here:
cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-1…
Thank-you for inviting @marineinstitute to be part of this important research cruise and workshop aboard the RV Helmer Hansen. Developing size-selective snow crab traps is good for both sides of the Atlantic!
A beautiful documentary on the development of whalesafe fishing gear in Canada
tfo.org/episode/la-faune-con…
⚠️NEW PAPER - Reducing bycatch of sea lions in Chilean hake trawls! Read here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1jyPj…
