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February 2025

Ruiz Díaz, Raquel (2025) Advancing ecosystem-based fisheries management on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

November 2024

Peck, Geneviève (2024) Evaluating the suitability and performance of entanglement mitigation devices for fixed gear fisheries in Atlantic Canada. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

October 2024

Sokolowski, Monica A. (2024) Exploring trophic dynamics and fish condition during autumn to understand the lack of recovery of groundfish in southern Newfoundland. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

August 2024

Hynes, Hannah (2024) Acoustic monitoring of marine seismic survey impacts on fish and zooplankton in the northeast Newfoundland slope marine refuge. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

May 2024

Chawarski, Julian Andrzej (2024) Advancing acoustic studies of pelagic fish and zooplankton at the western Atlantic-Arctic gateway. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

March 2024

Weerasekera, S. J. W. W. M. M. P. (2024) A spatiotemporal model of condition to derive a novel starvation mortality index that improves a state-space stock assessment model for Atlantic cod on the Southern Grand Bank of Newfoundland. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

January 2024

Dunn, Muriel (2024) Advancing active hydroacoustic methods with broadband echosounders for ecological surveys. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

November 2023

Frank, Colin (2023) 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. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

October 2023

Nguyen, Vang Y. (2023) Developing bottom trawls to improve size and species selectivity in North Atlantic fisheries. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

September 2023

Priou, Pierre (2023) Composition, distribution, and life history strategies of mesopelagic fauna in a changing Arctic Ocean. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Steele, Reid (2023) Exploring drivers of capelin (Mallotus villosus) and Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) population dynamics using Empirical Dynamic Modelling (EDM). Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

July 2023

Fuller, Natalie (2023) Estimating abundance indices for NAFO Subarea 2 + Division 3K redfish via a spatiotemporal model. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Wudrick, Alannah (2023) Comparison of ecosystem models of the Newfoundland and Labrador Shelf and Grand Banks. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

May 2023

Charmley, Kaitlyn (2023) Spatio-temporal mapping of sub-Arctic benthic communities. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Jacobsen, Eugenie (2023) Mercury (Hg) and organochlorine pesticides (OCP) in mesopelagic and demersal fish of the Labrador Sea and Canadian Arctic. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Robertson, Matthew D. (2023) The influence of climate and prey availability on flatfishes on the Newfoundland Grand Banks. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Small, Tiffany (2023) The influence of hydrography on pelagic fish distribution and communities in a sub-arctic estuary (Lake Melville, Labrador). Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2023

Prystay, Tanya S. (2023) From ecosystems to people: examining the variability in the provision of ecosystem services by eelgrass meadows in Atlantic Canada. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

October 2022

Cakmak, Ezgi (2022) Comparison of territorial use right fisheries with other conventional right-based fisheries management. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

June 2022

Chen, Jiaying (2022) Improvement to the stock assessment of witch flounder in NAFO 3N+3O division. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Command, Rylan J. (2022) A light in the dark: using cabled seafloor observatories to study abundance and behaviour of seafloor megafauna in response to environmental change. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

April 2022

Araya-Schmidt, Tomas (2022) Reducing bottom trawl seabed impacts and bycatch in the Eastern Canada offshore Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) fishery. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Cuenca Flores, Isabel (2022) Oxidative degradation and stabilization of Atlantic salmon (Salmon salar) by-products during storage. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Sutton, Jordan (2022) Phenology and growth of rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) in Lake Melville, Labrador, under increasing pressure from climate change and anthropogenic activities. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

January 2022

Gentile, Alessandra (2022) Integrating seasonal spatiotemporal interspecies and habitat dynamics to identify and hindcast bycatch hotspots of the yellowtail flounder fishery on the Grand Bank. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

July 2021

Tang, Xiaozhuo (2021) Modelling abrupt shifts of fish recruitment and growth. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

June 2021

Beita Jiménez, Andrés (2021) Spatiotemporal variability in northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) life-history traits in Newfoundland and Labrador. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

April 2021

Marentette, Julie R. (2021) Things that matter: insights from structured objectives into the operationalization and evaluation of sustainable fisheries. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

February 2021

Hatefi, Fatemeh (2021) Spatiotemporal models to improve stock size abundance indices derived from stratified bottom-trawl surveys, with an application to witch flounder. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

October 2020

Chen, Zhiyu (2020) Proof of concept: efficacy of cleaner fish, cultured juvenile cunner (Tautogolabrus adsperus), for sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) mitigation and control in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Randall, Jessica R. (2020) Forage fish as a predator: summer and fall diet of Atlantic herring in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

September 2020

Marshall, Rachel C. (2020) Multidisciplinary perspectives on Atlantic halibut spawning behavior and vulnerability in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Saturno, Jacquelyn (2020) Investigating the role of fishing gear on plastic pollution: The occurrence of fishing gear-related plastic ingested by Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and the fragmentation of polymer ropes. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

August 2020

Wood, Jessica Marie (2020) Keeping Arctic fisheries as happy as a clam: assessing the life history and density of truncated soft-shell clams (Mya truncata) of southern Baffin Island, Nunavut, to promote sustainable fishery development. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

May 2020

Gullage, Nicholas (2020) Spatio-temporal modelling of fish stocks: deriving spatially-explicit MSY references points using a metapopulation model. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Perreault, Andrea M. J. (2020) Improving age-based fish stock assessments, with an application to American Plaice on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

June 2019

Folkins, Maggie (2019) Using underwater video observations to improve capture efficiency of fishing gear. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

December 2013

Pentz, Brian (2013) The ecological and fisheries management implications of changing environmental conditions on the Flemish Cap, Northwest Atlantic. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2013

MacPherson, Holli Christine (2013) Berth rights: informal property rights in a Nova Scotia lobster fishery. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Mercer, Keith Blair (2013) Integrated fisheries management of less economically valuable species: a case study of Atlantic hagfish (Myxine glutinosa) in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

October 2012

Fancy, Adam (2012) An evolutionary look and application to an ongoing commitment : the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2012

Bonnell, Carey (2012) Evolution of seafood sustainability certification standards : key trends & considerations. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Hann, Allan F. (2012) Empathy and fisheries: an introduction. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Ivany, Ian (2012) Marine Protected areas sustainability: issues of complexity and stewardship. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Storch, Arnannguaq Ana (2012) The biology, ecology and management of Greenland halibut (reinhardtius hippoglossoides) in NAFO subarea 0+ 1:a case for conservation and comanagement by Canada and Greenland. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Street, Dwan Krista (2012) Why not manage this fishery ourselves? : a brief analysis of harvesting caps as a management regime in the Northeast Newfoundland and Labrador inshore shrimp industry. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

July 2011

Martin, Paul (2011) The implications for aboriginal groups in Newfoundland and Labrador regarding changes to access/allocation provisions contained in the proposed federal fisheries act. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2011

Rumbolt, Perry (2011) Fisheries evolution: aquaculture as a means to support displaced harvesters and rejuvenate rural economies in Newfoundland and Labrador. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Waters, Christa L. (2011) Global and national developments toward an ecosystem approach to fisheries management: an audit of the Grand Manan, New Brunswick groundfish gillnet fishery. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2010

Belbin, Victoria Page Sparkes (2010) Regional governance and the Newfoundland fishery. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Glynn, Sherry (2010) Eco-labelling : the new cost of doing business in the seafood sector. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Mullowney, Darrell (2010) Factors affecting prevalence and distribution of Bitter Crab Disease in Newfoundland and Labrador snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) : an investigation toward formulating fishery management strategies. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2009

Saunders, Robyn L. (Robyn Lynn) (2009) Escape mechanisms in crab and lobster pots: implications for snow crab (chionoecetes opilio) stock conservation and policy review. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2008

Goetting, Kathryn (2008) Is fisheries diversification a sustainable strategy?: the case of the Newfoundland redfish fishery. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Rumboldt, Mark (2008) The United States 'Marine Mammal Protection Act' (MMPA): policy implications, challenges, opportunities and a strategy for the east coast sealing industry. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2007

Delaney, Brian J. (2007) Globalization, China and the implications for the Newfoundland and Labrador fishing industry. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Stern, Edward (2007) Towards a new management approach: defining recreational fishing effort in the Alaska halibut charter fishery. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2006

Crawford, Jared (2006) Use of constructed wetlands and greenhouse aquaponics in filtering intensive land-based fish farm effluent. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Johnson, Brian (2006) The impact of improving fishing gear technology on the fisheries resources. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Rideout, Keith M. (2006) The ecological and genetic impacts of escaped farmed salmon on wild salmon with recommended management measures for southern Newfoundland. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

February 2005

Ryan, Janice Marie (2005) An Integrated Fisheries Management Blueprint For the Newfoundland and Labrador Green Sea Urchin Fishery. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2005

Azizan, Hajimatt (2005) Current international legal regime and its effectiveness in the management of shared fish stocks. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Milley, Noel C. (2005) An examination of the factors affecting the sustainability of the Newfoundland & Labrador snow crab fishery. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Pilgrim, Brooks B. (2005) A review of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Parks Canada's marine protected areas program and their role in Canadian fisheries management. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2004

Dooley, Thomas (2004) A new approach to access and allocation in the Atlantic Canadian fishery. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Small, David (2004) An alternative method of fish price determination in Newfoundland and Labrador: the Icelandic experience with fish auctions. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2003

Davis, Carla (2003) Co-management in Malawi : comparison of Lake Malombe and Lake Chiuta. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Grant, Paul G. (2003) The evolution of fish trades associations and their changing role in the collective bargaining process in Newfoundland and Ladrador. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Spencer, Nicole J. C. (2003) Marine stock enhancement : a critical review of the past and a look to the future within coastal community-based marine reserves. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2002

Gibbons, Roy (2002) Aboriginal participation in commercial fisheries of the Canadian North : the Inuit experience. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

March, Chantal A. (2002) The impact of the Marshall Decision on fisheries policy in Atlantic Canada. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Sokhan, Savuth (2002) Marine fisheries management in Cambodia: offshore fisheries sustainable development. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2001

Adams, Gordon (2001) The complexity of the merchant-fisher relationship : revising the merchant domination thesis. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Brake, Constance Elaine (2001) The roles of women fisherfolk in the fishing industry in India and the impacts of development on their lives. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Carew, Andrea M. E. (2001) Oil pollution and the Newfoundland and Labrador fishery : current and potential threats for the conservation of commercial fisheries resources in Placentia Bay. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Glavine, Paul Lawrence (2001) Gender and the Newfoundland fishery crisis : a re-examination of adjustment. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

McCallum, Barry R. (2001) The impact of mobile fishing gear on benthic habitat and the implications for fisheries management. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Nichols, Danielle (2001) Implications of the introduction and transfer of non-indigenous marine species with particular reference to Canadian marine aquaculture. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Sam Onn, Mao (2001) Improving inland fisheries management in Cambodia. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Vokey, Joanne (2001) The evolution of conservation harvesting in Atlantic Canada. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

2000

Campos, Alberto Alves (2000) Food and feeding of the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana (Brazilian Macau population) in semi-intensive culture. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Chisholm, Judith (2000) The role of weak fisheries science in the northern cod stock collapse off Newfoundland and its usefulness in legitimizing federal government policy objectives. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Tillman, Joseph M. (2000) An examination of ocean policy development in Canada. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1999

Blundon, Joy(Janet Joy) (1999) Co-management and the Eastport lobster fishery. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Brown, Thomas J. (1999) The Hamilton Bank-Hawke Channel region: potential as an offshore marine protected area?, a study to examine the physical, biological, economic, and social characteristics of an offshore fishing area. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Daley, Christopher C. (1999) An overview of the Newfoundland sealing industry, the animal rights movement and resource management issues currently facing the Newfoundland seal fishery. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Pynn, Ralph M. (1999) The Newfoundland and Labrador cod trap fishery : the basis for a future cod grow out industry. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

1998

Billard, Gina L. (1998) Marine conservation areas in the Newfoundland context : the proposed Bonavista and Notre Dame Bay initiative. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Cameron, Christopher A. (1998) The development of selective fish harvesting technologies in Atlantic Canada. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Parsons, Carl Philip (1998) Fishing vessel replacement regulations in the Newfoundland fishery : implications for the future. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Powell, Frank (1998) Effects of salinity on eggs and yolk-sac larvae of Atlantic cod, Atlantic halibut, haddock and winter flounder. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.