This spring MSc candidate Robert Lennox traveled to Norway to meet with collaborators at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) for an annual meeting about the salmon care project initiated in 2012. The three year project is in its … Read More
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FIELD WORK ON THE WINNIPEG RIVER
M.Sc. candidate Daniel Struthers is in Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba, working on the Winnipeg River with Dr. Ana Silva and Maja Cvetkovic from the Cooke lab. Dan’s thesis is part of a large collaborative project with Manitoba Hydro, University of … Read More
COOKE LAB MEMBER PRESENTS AT FISHERIES WORKSHOP IN FINLAND
Ph.D. candidate Jake Brownscombe travelled to Helsinki, Finland on April 22nd to attend a North Atlantic Recreational Fisheries Workshop and provide a Canadian perspective on recreational fisheries dynamics and issues.
Canada has numerous and diverse fisheries with great social and … Read More
FECPL student presents at Mangroves as Fish Habitat Symposium
Naomi Pleizier (M.Sc. candidate) recently returned from enjoying the Mangroves as Fish Habitat Symposium of the AFS Western Division meeting in sunny Mazatlán, Mexico. She presented her results of the effects of cortisol on the personality of checkered pufferfish to … Read More
Cooke Lab leads Mahseer workshops in India
Shannon Bower (graduate student) and Dr. Cooke recently returned from a 2 week trip to India. Along with Dr. Andy Danylchuk and other team members from the Mahseer Trust and Baobab Educational Adventures, and with financial support from the Fisheries … Read More
Grant Updates
Dr. Cooke’s NSERC Discovery Grant on the “Ecology of stress in wild fish in a changing world” was successful and his Canada
FECPL members present at GLATOS meeting in Ann Arbor, MI
Last week Maxime Veilleux, Tyler Peat, Andrew Rous, Vivian Nguyen, and Steve Cooke attended the Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System (GLATOS) meeting in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The meeting focused on the application of acoustic telemetry … Read More
FECPL members get wet and dirty in Denmark
Dr. Jon Midwood and Dr. Alex Wilson left for Silkeborg, Denmark this past weekend to continue an ongoing collaborative project with the Danish Institute of Aquatic Research. Previous projects have focused on the effects of stress and outmigration timing of … Read More
Dr. Cooke delivers plenary lecture at R.E. Peter Biology Conference at University of Alberta
Dr. Cooke was welcomed and entertained by the Biology Graduate Student Society (impressive job by their team!). To engage the diverse audience, Cooke described the interface of physiology, behaviour and conservation through two case studies on bycatch. While on campus, … Read More
FECPL team organizes upcoming workshops in India
Dr. Cooke and Shannon Bower (Ph.D. Candidate) are co-organizing two workshops in India scheduled at the end of March and early April, 2014. Shannon will be studying Mahseer fisheries in India as part of her Ph.D. thesis. Please see the … Read More