RESEARCH

American plaice are a flatfish that was the historically the target species for large trawl fisheries on the Newfoundland Grand Banks

Capelin are a forage fish that are crucially important for transferring energy from plankton to larger fish predators

Atlantic cod are the iconic Newfoundland groundfish species, once being harvested in one of the world's largest fisheries and now a poster child for fisheries mis-management

Fisheries science is used to inform fisheries management. Our lab does some work to improve the ways in which the best available science can be used to inform and modify management

Harp seals have the largest population of any seal species in Newfoundland waters

Although much of our lab's research focuses on Newfoundland and Labrador marine ecosystems, we also collaborate on research in other areas

Recreational fisheries are defined as fishing of aquatic animals that does not constitute an individual’s primary resource to meet basic nutritional needs and are not generally sold

Our lab's research seeks to identify ways in which we can improve scientific methods

Sand lance are a forage fish that inhabit sandy sediment and are likely a critically important prey in Newfoundland, but they are understudied

Various shark species live around Newfoundland and Labrador and serve as important top predators

Witch flounder is a deep water flatfish that is common in offshore waters around Newfoundland and Labrador.

Yellowtail flounder are a flatfish that represent one of the only species to collapse and recover on the Newfoundland Grand Banks in the 1990s