Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland

Paul Winger, Ph.D.
Director
Telephone: 709-778-0430

Melissa Rideout
Administrative Assistant
Telephone: 709-778-0521

Tomás Araya Schmidt, Ph.D.
Fisheries Technologist
Telephone: 709-778-0384

Shannon Bayse, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Telephone: 709-778-0386

Scott Grant, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Telephone: 709-778-0598

Craig Hollett
Electronics Technologist
Telephone:  709-778-0629

George Legge
Facility Supervisor
Telephone: 709-778-0508

Mark Santos, MTM
Fisheries Technologist
Telephone: 709-778-0797

Pingguo He, Ph.D.
Professor
School for Marine Science and Technology
UMass Dartmouth

Sidney Andrade
Ph.D. – Fisheries Science and Technology
Telephone: 709-778-0303
Thesis Title: Improving elasmobranch bycatch reduction in commercial fisheries

Colin Frank
M.Sc. – Fisheries Science and Technology
Telephone: 709-778-0583
Thesis Title: How does light intensity affect snow crab catch rates and composition using luminescent netting pots?

Vang Nguyen
Ph.D. – Fisheries Science and Technology
Telephone: 709-778-0401
Thesis Title: Understanding fish behaviour to improve fishing gear selectivity under the impacts of changing environmental conditions

Genevieve Peck
M.Sc. – Fisheries Science and Technology
Telephone: 709-778-0576
Thesis Title: Evaluating the viability of low-breaking strength fishing gear for the snow crab fishery in Newfoundland

Cameron Pye
M.Sc. – Fisheries Science and Technology
Thesis Title: Using adaptive management to reduce fishing pressure on Golden Cod near the Gilbert Bay Marine Protected Area (MPA).

Rioghnach Steiner
M.Sc. – Fisheries Science and Technology
Thesis Title: Investigating snow crab behaviour prior to pot capture.

Jackson Yang
Ph.D. – Fisheries Science and Technology
Telephone: 709-778-0425
Thesis Title: Iceland Scallop (Chlamys islandica) reproductive biology

Samantha Zabudsky
M.Sc. – Fisheries Science and Technology
Thesis Title: Towed video surveys of Nunavut's deep sea and coastal marine environments: investigating density of mobile demersal and stationary benthic species

James Anderson
M.Eng.- Computer Engineering
Thesis Title: Stereovision in underwater environments

Tomás Araya Schmidt
Ph.D. – Fisheries Science and Technology
Thesis Title: Reducing bottom trawl seabed impacts and bycatch in the Eastern Canada offshore Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) fishery.

Jonathan Bergshoeff
M.Sc. - Ocean Sciences
Thesis Title: Developing an optimal removal program for the invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in Newfoundland

Zhaohai Cheng
Ph.D. – Environmental Science
Thesis Title: Improving the size selectivity of trawl codends for shrimp and redfish fisheries in the North Atlantic

Maggie Folkins
M.Sc. – Fisheries Science and Technology
Thesis Title: Using underwater video observations to improve capture efficiency of fishing gear

Gregory Furey
M.Sc. - Biology
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.

Jessica Kenney
M.Sc. – Biology
Thesis Title: Assessing and minimizing fillet discolouration in commercially harvested yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea)

Anulika Mbakwe
M.Sc. - Environmental Science
Thesis Title: Investigating factors that influence the catchability of northern stone crab (Lithodes maja)

Phillip Meintzer
M.Sc. - Ocean Sciences
Thesis Title: Improving baited pots for Atlantic cod in Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries

Jenna Munden
M.Sc. - Biology
Thesis Title: Reducing negative ecological impacts of capture fisheries through gear modification

Andrew Murphy
M.Sc. - Biology
Thesis Title: Evaluation of fishing gears modified to reduce ecological impacts in commercial fisheries

Khanh Nguyen
Ph.D. – Environmental Science
Thesis Title: Lighten up. Using Low-Powered LED lights to improve the efficiency and selectivity of fishing gear

Truong Nguyen
Ph.D. – Environmental Science
Thesis Title: Development of Seabed Friendly Bottom Trawls

Emma Posluns
M.Sc. – Environmental Science
Thesis Title: The analysis of temporal and environmental influence on commercial catch rate of yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea)

Taufiqur Rahman
Ph.D - Mechanical Engineering
Thesis Title: Design synthesis and prototype implementation of parallel orientation manipulators for optomechatronic applications

Jackie Saturno
M.Sc. - Fisheries Science and Technology
Thesis Title: Investigating the role of fishing gear in the generation of microplastic waste and ingestion by Atlantic cod in Fogo Island, Newfoundland

Melanie Underwood
M.Sc. – Cognitive and Behavioural Ecology
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

Jessica Wood
M.Sc. – Fisheries Science and Technology
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.

Nicola Zargarpour
M.Sc. - Ocean Sciences
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