Cooke, S.J., T. Rytwinski, M. Harper, A. Howarth, S. Nakagawa and L.M. Hunt. 2026. Evidence synthesis in recreational fisheries science and management. Pages 573-604 in K.L. Pope, R. Arlinghaus, L.M. Hunt, A.J. Lynch and B.T. van Poorten, Eds. Understanding Recreational Fishers: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Approaches for Fisheries Management. Springer, Princeton, NJ.
Howarth, A., Islam, S. S., Firth, B. L., Heath, D. D., and Cooke, S. J. 2025. Transcriptomic responses to thermal and angling stress in wild brook trout from a southern Ontario stream. Conservation Physiology. 13(1): coaf084.
Howarth, A., S.J. Cooke, and V.M. Nguyen. 2025. It takes all kinds: a composite approach to sustainable freshwater fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. (ja).
Cooke, S.J., M. Carlotti, K. Velempini, N. Heavers, Z. Wang, Z. Moula, Q. Hou, A. Howarth, M. Harper, A.N. Kadykalo, Y. Kondo, Y. Che, H. Wang, Y. Wang, W. Gao, D. LaRosa and J. Zhang. 2025. Twelve strategies for realizing the promise of ecopracticology. Socio-Ecological Practice Research. 1-13.
Howarth, A., Cooke, S. J., Nguyen, V. M., Hunt, L. M. 2024 . Non-probabilistic surveys and sampling in the human dimensions of fisheries. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-023-09831-1.
Jeanson, A.L., J.C. Madden, A. Ekström, A.J. Danylchuk, N. Young, A. Howarth, W.M. Twardek, R.G. Twibell, R.P. Root, K.C. Hanson and S.J. Cooke. 2023. Bioenergetic consequences of repeated catch-and-release fisheries interactions on adult steelhead across a range of ecologically relevant water temperatures. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A. 284:111469.
Cooke, S.J., R.A. Castaneda, A.J. Reid, A. Duncan, C.T. Hasler, J. Brownscombe, A. Howarth, M.L. Piczak, S.J. Kerr, M.L. Jones, J.M. Casselman, J.G. Imhof and N.E. Mandrak. 2023. Freshwater fisheries resources and management: Canadian contexts. Pages 57-90 in C.T. Hasler, J.G. Imhof, N.E. Mandrak and S.J. Cooke, Editors. Freshwater fisheries in Canada: Historical and contemporary perspectives on the resources and their management. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.
Howarth, A., Nguyen, V. M., and S. J. Cooke. 2023. Managing Canadian freshwater fisheries: persistent challenges and opportunities for growth. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 80:1436-1455.
Cooke, S.J., M.F. Docker, N.E. Mandrak, N. Young, D.D. Heath, K.M. Jeffries, A. Howarth, J.W. Brownscombe, J. Livernois, C.A.D. Semeniuk, P.A. Venturelli, A.J. Danylchuk, R.J. Lennox, I. Jarić, A.T. Fisk, C.S. Vandergoot, J.R. Britton and A.M. Muir. 2022. Technoscience and the modernization of freshwater fisheries assessment and management. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 28:102865.
Piczak, M.L., J.L. Brooks, B. Bard, C. Bihun, A. Howarth, A.L. Jeanson, L. LaRochelle, J.R. Bennett, N.W.R. Lapointe, N.E. Mandrak and S.J. Cooke. 2022. Revisiting the challenge: Perspectives on Canada’s freshwater fisheries policies three decades after the Pearse Report. FACETS Journal. 7:912-935.
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
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:
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
Our lab celebrates our most recent grad students for defending their MSc and PhD theses (Sept 2023).
September 17, 2023 4:25 am
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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