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Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Resources

CSAR

Management and Administration

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Paul.Winger, Ph.D. Director

Telephone: 709-778-0430

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Melissa Rideout Administrative Assistant

Email: Melissa.Rideout@mi.mun.ca
Telephone: 709-778-0521

Research and Technical Personnel

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Tomás Araya Schmidt Fisheries Technologist

Email: Tomas.Schmidt@mi.mun.ca
Telephone: 709-778-0384

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Shannon Bayse Research Scientist

Email: Shannon.Bayse@mi.mun.ca
Telephone: 709-778-0386

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Scott Grant, Ph.D. Research Scientist

Email: Scott.Grant@mi.mun.ca
Telephone: 709-778-0598

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George Legge Facility Supervisor

Email: George.Legge@mi.mun.ca
Telephone: 709-778-0508

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Mark Santos Fisheries Technologist

Email: Mark.Santos@mi.mun.ca
Telephone: 709-778-0797

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Daniel Gosse Electronics Technologist

Email: Daniel.Gosse@mi.mun.ca
Telephone: 709-778-0629

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Jill Conway Fisheries Technologist

Email: Jill.Conway@mi.mun.ca
Telephone: 709-778-0553

Adjunct Research Scientists

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Pingguo He Professor

Current Graduate Students

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Sidney Andrade Ph.D. – Fisheries Science and Technology

Email: Sidney.Andrade@mi.mun.ca
Telephone: 709-778-0303
Thesis Title: Improving elasmobranch bycatch reduction in commercial fisheries.

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Colin Frank Ph.D. – Fisheries Science and Technology

Email: Colin.Frank@mi.mun.ca
Telephone: 709-778-0583
Thesis Title: TBD

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Stuart Newbury M.Sc. – Fisheries Science and Technology

Email: Stuart.Newbury@mi.mun.ca
Telephone: 709-778-0557
Thesis Title: TBD

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Cameron Pye M.Sc. – Fisheries Science and Technology

Email: Cameron.Pye@mi.mun.ca
Thesis Title: Using adaptive management to reduce fishing pressure on Golden Cod near the Gilbert Bay Marine Protected Area (MPA).

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Rioghnach Steiner M.Sc. – Fisheries Science and Technology

Email: Rioghnach.Steiner@mi.mun.ca
Thesis Title: Investigating snow crab behaviour prior to pot capture.

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Jackson Yang Ph.D. – Fisheries Science and Technology

Email: jackson.yang@mi.mun.ca
Telephone: 709-778-0425
Thesis Title: Iceland Scallop (Chlamys islandica) reproductive biology.

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Samantha Zabudsky M.Sc. – Fisheries Science and Technology

Email: Samantha.Zabudsky@mi.mun.ca
Thesis Title: Towed video surveys of Nunavut's deep sea and coastal marine environments: investigating density of mobile demersal and station.

Past Graduate Students

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James Anderson M.Eng.- Computer Engineering

Email: james@wcscientific.com
Thesis Title: Stereovision in underwater environments.

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Tomás Araya Schmidt Ph.D. – Fisheries Science and Technology

Email: Tomas.Schmidt@mi.mun.ca
Thesis Title: Reducing bottom trawl seabed impacts and bycatch in the Eastern Canada offshore Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) fishery.

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Jonathan Bergshoeff M.Sc. - Ocean Sciences

Thesis Title: Developing an optimal removal program for the invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in Newfoundland.

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Zhaohai Cheng Ph.D. – Environmental Science

Email: chengzhaohai@gmail.com
Thesis Title: Improving the size selectivity of trawl codends for shrimp and redfish fisheries in the North Atlantic.

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Maggie Folkins M.Sc. – Fisheries Science and Technology

Email: mfolkins@trinavfisheries.com
Thesis Title: Using underwater video observations to improve capture efficiency of fishing gear.

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Colin Frank M.Sc. – Fisheries Science and Technology

Email: Colin.Frank@mi.mun.ca
Thesis Title: Visual modeling approach to assess fishing gear efficiency and visual capacity of snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio): A case study on luminescent-netting pots in commercial fisheries.

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Gregory Furey M.Sc. - Biology

Email: greg.furey@gmail.com
Thesis Title: Prevalence and effects of rhizocephalan (Briarosaccus callosus) parasitism on the deep water Porcupine crab (Neolithodes grimaldii) captured on the Labrador shelf in the Northwest Atlantic and an assessment of post-capture survival using the reflex action mortality predictor (RAMP) method.

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Jessica Kenney M.Sc. – Biology

Email: boland.jlk@gmail.com
Thesis Title: Assessing and minimizing fillet discolouration in commercially harvested yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea).

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Anulika Mbakwe M.Sc. - Environmental Science

Email: ambakwe@mun.ca
Thesis Title: Investigating factors that influence the catchability of northern stone crab (Lithodes maja).

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Phillip Meintzer M.Sc. - Ocean Sciences

Email: meintzer.phillip@gmail.com
Thesis Title: Improving baited pots for Atlantic cod in Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries.

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Jenna Munden M.Sc. - Biology

Email: jgmunden17@gmail.com
Thesis Title: Reducing negative ecological impacts of capture fisheries through gear modification.

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Andrew Murphy M.Sc. - Biology

Email: Andrew.Murphy@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Thesis Title: Evaluation of fishing gears modified to reduce ecological impacts in commercial fisheries.

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Khanh Nguyen Ph.D. – Environmental Science

Email: Khanh.Nguyen@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Thesis Title: Lighten up. Using Low-Powered LED lights to improve the efficiency and selectivity of fishing gear.

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Truong Nguyen Ph.D. – Environmental Science

Email: Truong.Nguyen@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Thesis Title: Development of Seabed Friendly Bottom Trawls.

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Vang Nguyen Ph.D. – Fisheries Science and Technology

Email: Vang.Nguyen@mi.mun.ca
Thesis Title: Developing and improving the selectivity of bottom trawls in northern atlantic fisheries.

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Genevieve Peck M.Sc. – Fisheries Science and Technology

Email: gpeck870@gmail.com
Thesis Title: Evaluating the viability of low-breaking strength fishing gear for the snow crab fishery in Newfoundland.

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Emma Posluns M.Sc. – Environmental Science

Email: emma.posluns@gmail.com
Thesis Title: The analysis of temporal and environmental influence on commercial catch rate of yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea).

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Taufiqur Rahman Ph.D - Mechanical Engineering

Email: Taufiq.Rahman@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Thesis Title: Design synthesis and prototype implementation of parallel orientation manipulators for optomechatronic applications.

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Jackie Saturno M.Sc. - Fisheries Science and Technology

Email: jacquelynsaturno@gmail.com
Thesis Title: Investigating the role of fishing gear in the generation of microplastic waste and ingestion by Atlantic cod in Fogo Island, Newfoundland.

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Melanie Underwood M.Sc. – Cognitive Ecology

Email: melanie.underwood@imr.no
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.

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Jessica Wood M.Sc. – Fisheries Science and Technology

Email: jessica.m.wood1@gmail.com
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.

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Nicola Zargarpour M.Sc. - Ocean Sciences

Email: 9nz7@queensu.ca
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.

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