The 68th annual Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR) was held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, ON from January 8th-11th.
This year, Dr. Cooke and Cooke Lab members helped to organize the conference that … Read More
Dr. Cooke was an invited speaker at the recent “Conservation Physiology” symposium at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in West Palm Beach, FL. The symposium ended with a lively round table on the “successes” in conservation physiology to … Read More
UBC Branchline Magazine has profiled some of the research conducted by M.Sc. graduate student Nicholas Burnett. The project is a collaboration between BC Hydro, local First Nations communities, the University of British Columbia, and Carleton University. To access the story, … Read More
On December 11, Melissa Dick visited Lucerne Elementary Secondary School in New Denver, BC, to do presentations on the physiology of Pacific salmon. She worked with the grade 7/8 and 9/10 classes to dissect two adult salmon spawners. They identified … Read More
The week before his recent (and successful) Ph.D. defense, Graham Raby represented the Cooke Lab at a meeting at ICES headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. The meeting (Nov. 24-28, 2014) was titled “Workshop on Methods for Estimating Discard Survival II”. The … Read More
Cooke lab was awarded a grant from Environment Canada to develop an online portal for the dissemination of science-based information on best practices for catch-and-release. We look forward to working with our partners (Muskies Canada, Trout Unlimited Canada, ON BASS, … Read More
The Cooke lab is thrilled to announce the recent successful dissertation defence by Dr. Lee Gutowsky and Dr. Graham Raby. Dr. Gutowsky (co-advised by Cooke and Dr. Mike Power from U Waterloo) studied the behavioural ecology of adfluvial bull trout … Read More
In November, Graham Raby traveled to Denmark to participate in an ICES technical workshop on bycatch mortality in marine fish.… Read More
In November, Dr. Cooke participated in a two day CSAS review for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada intended to provide guidance on the off-setting measures for the new fisheries protection program.… Read More
