Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland

Paul Winger, Ph.D.
Director
Telephone: 709-778-0430

Kelly Moret
Assistant Director
Telephone: 709-778-0425

Claudene Hartery
Administrative Secretary
Telephone: 709-778-0521

George Legge
Facility Supervisor
Telephone: 709-778-0508

Harold DeLouche
Senior Trawl Designer
Telephone: 709-778-0387

Philip Walsh
Fishing Gear Technologist
Telephone: 709-778-0501

Roy Gibbons
Instructor, Fishing Masters
Telephone: 709-778-0576

Scott Grant, Ph.D.
Senior Fisheries Biologist
Telephone: 709-778-0598

Craig Hollett
Electronics Technologist
Telephone:  709-778-0629

Brett Favaro, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Telephone:  709-778-0587

Gebre Kebede, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow
Telephone: 709-778-0557

Meghan Donovan, M.Sc
Fisheries Technologist
Telephone: 709-778-0699

Shannon Bayse, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Telephone: 709-778-0386

Mark Santos
Fisheries Technologist
Telephone: 709-778-0797

Pingguo He, Ph.D.
Professor
School for Marine Science and Technology
UMass Dartmouth

Khanh Nguyen
Ph.D. – Environmental Science
Telephone:  709-778-0630
Thesis Title: Lighten up. Using Low-Powered LED lights to improve the efficiency and selectivity of fishing gear

Tomás Araya Schmidt
Ph.D. – Fisheries Science and Technology
Telephone: 709-778-0384
Thesis Title: Reducing seabed impacts of Northern shrimp and Greenland halibut trawling in the Nunavut offshore fishery through trawl modifications

Zhaohai Cheng
Ph.D. – Environmental Science
Telephone: 709-778-0303
Thesis Title: Improving trawl technology for the Newfoundland shrimp industry

Maggie Folkins
M.Sc. – Fisheries Science and Technology
Telephone: 709-778-0553
Thesis Title: Using underwater video to investigate the use of potting gear in the Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) fishery.

Jackie Saturno
M.Sc. - Fisheries Science and Technology
Thesis Title: Investigating the role of fishing gear in the generation of microplastic waste and ingestion by Atlantic cod in Fogo Island, Newfoundland

Elizabeth Moore
Ph.D. – Fisheries Science and Technology
Telephone: 709-778-0583
Thesis Title: The behaviour of Atlantic cod discarded from cod pots

Vang Nguyen
Ph.D. – Fisheries Science and Technology
Telephone: 709-778-0401
Thesis Title: Understanding fish behaviour to improve fishing gear selectivity under the impacts of changing environmental conditions

Jessica Wood
M.Sc. – Fisheries Science and Technology
Telephone: 709-778-0531
Thesis Title: From the Mud Up: Assessing the Life History of the Soft-Shell Clam (Mya truncata) of Baffin Island and its Potential as a Commercial Fishery.

James Anderson
M.Eng.- Computer Engineering
Thesis Title: Stereovision in underwater environments

Jonathan Bergshoeff
M.Sc. - Ocean Sciences
Thesis Title: Developing an optimal removal program for the invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in Newfoundland

Gregory Furey
M.Sc. - Biology
Thesis Title: Assessing the prevalence and effects of rhizocephalan parasite Briarosaccus callosus on the Porcupine crab host in the Northwest Atlantic

Michael Hurley
M.Sc. - Biology
Thesis Title: Investigations into the commercial potential of a Sub-Arctic population of Porcupine crab (Neolithodes grimaldii): establishing information on life-history characteristics key to effective management

Jessica Kenney
M.Sc. – Biology
Thesis Title: Assessing and minimizing fillet discolouration in commercially harvested yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea)

Anulika Mbakwe
M.Sc. - Environmental Science
Thesis Title: Investigating factors that influence the catchability of northern stone crab (Lithodes maja)

Phillip Meintzer
M.Sc. - Ocean Sciences
Thesis Title: Improving baited pots for Atlantic cod in Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries

Jenna Munden
M.Sc. - Biology
Thesis Title: Reducing negative ecological impacts of capture fisheries through gear modification

Andrew Murphy
M.Sc. - Biology
Thesis Title: Evaluation of fishing gears modified to reduce ecological impacts in commercial fisheries

Truong Nguyen
Ph.D. – Environmental Science
Thesis Title: Development of Seabed Friendly Bottom Trawls

Emma Posluns
M.Sc. – Environmental Science
Thesis Title: The analysis of temporal and environmental influence on commercial catch rate of yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea)

Taufiqur Rahman
Ph.D - Mechanical Engineering
Thesis Title: Design synthesis and prototype implementation of parallel orientation manipulators for optomechatronic applications

Melanie Underwood
M.Sc. – Cognitive and Behavioural Ecology
Thesis Title: The use of a high definition (HD) underwater camera to observe the behaviour of yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) in the mouth of a commercial bottom trawl

Nicola Zargarpour
M.Sc. - Ocean Sciences
Thesis Title: To catch a predator: Using underwater video to investigate the impact of invasive green crab (Carcinus maenas) on American lobster (Homarus americanus) catch efficiency