Cleaning Up N.L.’s West Coast With the Marine Institute
Newfoundland and Labrador’s Marine Institute Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Resources (CSAR) is on a mission to clean up and recycle lost, abandoned or otherwise discarded fishing gear from the sea floor off the island’s west coast.
According to project lead Mark Santos, a fisheries technologist at CSAR, the funding came about in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, which devastated areas of Atlantic Canada, ruining numerous wharves and casting hundreds of pieces of stored fishing gear ...
World Oceans Day 2023
June 8 saw a celebration of World Oceans Day at the Ridge Road campus of the Marine Institute in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. World Oceans Day is dedicated to celebrating the benefits provided by the ocean while being aware of the steps people can take to protect them.
Participants of all ages were welcomed to attend the free event to participate in activities, engage with educational materials and enjoy performances by local musicians.
Photos by Nick Travis
Switching to Whale-Safe Gear is a Heavy Subject for the N.L. Snow Crab Fishery
To protect critically endangered whales from threats posed by entanglement, the Government of Canada is expected to mandate the use of whale-safe gear in Canadian fixed gear fisheries by 2024.
Whale-safe gear involves incorporating weak elements in the design of standard fishing gear which will break with a specified amount of force, lower than the ropes currently in use. While whale-safe gear may protect whales and avoid fishing area closures, as well as shortened or modified fishing ...
Scientists Testing Non-Invasive Fish Surveying Techniques
Above: L-R: Dr. Jonathan Fisher and Gordon Adams prepare a baited camera for deployment on the Northeast Newfoundland Slope. Photo by Adam Templeton
Researchers from the Marine Institute (MI) and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) recently spent 31 days at sea gathering data using state-of-the-art non-invasive surveying techniques within three federal marine conservation areas of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The group, headed by MI’s Dr. Jonathan Fisher, surveyed the ...
Scientists Testing Non-Invasive Fish Surveying Techniques
Researchers from the Marine Institute (MI) and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) recently spent 31 days at sea gathering data using state-of-the-art non-invasive surveying techniques within three federal marine conservation areas of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The group, headed by MI’s Dr. Jonathan Fisher, surveyed the areas of the Northeast Newfoundland Slope along the border of Canada’s 200-mile exclusive economic zone, the Hopedale Saddle off the Labrador coast and Funk ...
MI Nautical Skills Competition Results
Above photo: Team Beached Buoys
The Nautical Skills Competition, hosted by the Master Mariners of Canada (N.L. Division), in collaboration with the Marine Institute, took place on Feb. 1, at the Marine Institute’s Ridge Road campus in St. John’s.
Using state-of-the-art marine simulators from the Marine Institute and Virtual Marine, the competition included a series of challenging marine exercises designed to test the knowledge and ability of nautical science students and to ...
World Oceans Day 2019
June 8 is officially recognized by the United Nations as World Oceans Day. Each year, an increasing number of countries and organizations mark this day as an opportunity to celebrate our world ocean and our personal connection to the sea. World Oceans Day raises awareness about the crucial role the ocean plays in our lives and the important ways people can help to protect it. Thousands of leading aquariums, governments, conservation organizations, schools and individuals around the world ...
Online Enrolment Growing for MI Fishing Masters Training Across Canada
An increasing demand for fishing harvesting training in Canada is being driven by younger participants and the availability of online learning says the head of the Marine Institute’s Community Based Education Delivery (CBED) department.
“Fish harvesting training is definitely vital to an evolving industry and we are seeing more and younger students overall in online and traditional delivery programs in Newfoundland and Labrador and across Canada,” explained Craig Parsons.
“There ...
Fisheries Resource Management
Apart from my day job at the Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation, I teach a course in the Master of Marine Studies (Fisheries Resource Management) program at Memorial University’s Marine Institute, entitled, Overview of World Fisheries.
Before I go any further, I should confess that I am not a fisheries scientist and have never managed fish resources. However, I have been in the industry a long time, I have had a broad range of experience in the industry and I have literally traveled ...
MI Continues Support for Aquaculture in Coast of Bays
As the two-year pilot initiative wraps up at the Coast of Bays — Regional Aquaculture Centre, the Fisheries and Marine Institute (MI) will continue to move forward in engaging with aquaculture stakeholders in the region.
MI’s engagement will be through its Community Based Education Delivery (CBED) unit, Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development (CASD) and Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Resources (CSAR).
The pilot project, which was funded by the provincial and federal governmen...
