In collaboration with Parks Canada, Cooke Lab students Brittany Sullivan and Taylor Ward have finished installing a radio telemetry array that will be used to track bulltrout movement in 40 Mile Creek, a system that has recently had the fortune … Read More
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Dr. Cooke quoted in The Guardian article on science in Canadian politics
With a change in government occurring from the recent election, many are focused on how the previously frosty relationship between scientific researchers and government will advance. Recently, the UKs Guardian quoted Dr. Cooke on his views on science and the … Read More
Dr. Steve Cooke is elected as a member of the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
Shannon Bower featured on Too Big To Ignore website
Shannon Bower at Science Café Oct 28th
PhD Candidate Shannon Bower will be giving a talk in Carleton University’s Science Café series! Entitled “Finding Cauvery: Recreational Fishing in the Age of Conservation”, Shannon’s talk will highlight issues related to catch and release angling in established and developing … Read More
Cooke lab research featured in article “Fishing for a Glimpse of Salmon’s Future”
Temperatures in the Fraser River in British Columbia reached higher than normal this year, following a trend that predicts warming of another two degrees over the next 60 to 80 years. Many questions are being raised about what this means … Read More
New project tracks walleye in the Hamilton Harbour to assess success of restoration efforts
The aquatic ecosystem in the Hamilton Harbour area of Lake Ontario has been degraded over the last 120 years as a result of industrialization and land use change. Sewage, fertilizers and industrial pollutants flowing into the relatively small system combined … Read More
Cooke lab research on fate of fish released with lures featured in Salt Strong magazine
Cooke Lab Ph.D. Candidate Jacob Brownscombe wins the 2015 Steven Berkeley Marine Conservation Fellowship
The Steven Berkeley Marine Conservation Fellowship was established by the American Fisheries Society in 2007 in memory of Steven Berkeley, who was a passionate marine biologist based at Long Marine Laboratory at the University of California. This Fellowship is awarded … Read More
Understanding sockeye salmon cardiac recovery physiology one beat at a time
Teaming up with the University of British Columbia, Dalhousie University and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Cooke Lab students are spending the month of August studying sockeye salmon cardiac recovery following a fisheries stressor across various water temperatures. The … Read More