On Thursday August 14th, FECPL PostDoc Jon Midwood was featured on the CBC morning show in Ottawa. The news program was interested in hearing about the telemetry project in the Rideau River where 20 Muskellunge and 20 Northern Pike have … Read More
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RESEARCH FEATURED ON SCIENCE WEBSITE
A new paper by Shiffman et al. (2014) focusing on trophy fishing for threatened species was recently featured in Science as a news item. Click here to read the article and here to read the abstract in Marine Policy.
TRACKING ARAPAIMA IN THE AMAZON
FECPL Post Doctoral Fellow Dr. Eduardo Martins has just returned from the Amazon after spending a few days visiting Lake Ayapua (located in the Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Piagaçu-Purus managed by Instituto Piagaçu). Eduardo will be participating in a … Read More
Pufferfish personality – is it relevant in the wild?
Naomi Pleizier is back in the field at the Cape Eleuthera Institute, in the Bahamas, to follow up on her findings about personality and stress in checkered pufferfish (Sphoeroides testudineus). Checkered puffers are ubiquitous in mangrove ecosystems … Read More
STUDENT ATTENDS COASTAL ZONE CANADA CONFERENCE IN HALIFAX, NS
PhD candidate Vivian Nguyen had the chance to to attend the Coastal Zone Canada (CZC) conference, held in Halifax from 15-19 June, 2014. This marked their 11th meeting, and the theme was “Our Coasts: Legacies and Future”. This year’s … Read More
VOLUNTEERS GET WET SEINING FOR JUVENILE ESOCIDS
Last week Post Doc Dr. Jon Midwood led a group of volunteers from the FECPL lab and Ottawa community on a hunt for juvenile Muskellunge and Northern Pike in the Rideau River.
Ottawa can boast about its urban muskie population … Read More
FECPL ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTED IN LATEST ISSUE OF “IN-FISHERMAN” MAGAZINE
In their Aug/Sept 2014 issue, In-Fisherman magazine summarizes a paper published in Fisheries Research by Colotelo and Cooke (2011). The topic focused on fish handling factors and their effects on Northern Pike and Largemouth Bass.
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DR. COOKE QUOTED IN OTTAWA CITIZEN ARTICLE
Dr. Steven Cooke was recently contacted for his professional opinion regarding pollution entering the Rideau Canal in the form of “love locks”. Click here to read the article.… Read More
ESOCID STUDY IN RIDEAU RIVER HIGHLIGHTED IN OTTAWA CITIZEN
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DR. COOKE HOLDS WORKSHOP ABOUT ANIMAL CARE
On Saturday June 14th, Steven Cooke and a few members of the FECPL lab (Jon Midwood, Graham Raby, Taylor Ward, and Maja Cvetkovic) spent the morning running a workshop at Dow’s Lake in Ottawa, ON.
The purpose of … Read More
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The Cooke Lab (past and present) was well represented at the AFS Annual Meeting in San Antonio
August 18, 2025 11:59 am
Dr. Cooke delivered the plenary address for the Black Bass 2025 meeting and also facilitated a session on future-proofing black bass management. Students Joel Zhang, Raegan Davis, Luc LaRochelle and Justin Lombardo delivered presentations as did Cooke alum Drs. Morgan … Read More
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July 3, 2025 12:31 pm
Dr. Steven Cooke and Dr. John Smol (Queen’s University) have published an article in the United Nations Today magazine highlighting threats to freshwater ecosystems.
“INTERNATIONAL BODIES NEED TO PUT FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS ON THE AGENDA”
Article is available below:
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Cooke lab members attend the American Fisheries Society annual meeting in Honolulu!
November 22, 2024 4:37 pm
Several past and present Cooke lab members presented and enjoyed their time at the latest American Fisheries Society meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii (August, 2024). A great experience connecting with and learning with colleagues …. we are looking forward to the … Read More
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Our lab celebrates our most recent grad students for defending their MSc and PhD theses (Sept 2023).
September 17, 2023 4:25 am
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Lab members assembled at the inaugural SCAS meeting in Montreal in February of 2023.
February 27, 2023 11:01 pm
There were many team members (past and present) at the meeting. Dr. Cooke assumed the role of President of SCAS and will hold that position until the next SCAS meeting in February 2024 in Fredericton.
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