With funding from NSERC’s Aboriginal Ambassador in the Natural Sciences and Engineering award and support from the Gingolx Village Government’s Education Department, Andrea Reid returned to Gingolx, B.C. to host a second Salmon Science Camp. Her work was featured on … Read More
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What is Electrofishing?
This fall, FECPL’s boat electrofisher is being used for various projects and courses. Below, Moumen Youssef provides an overview of electrofishing.
Electrofishing is used as a scientific survey method to sample fish populations and determine a variety of factors including … Read More
Dr. Cooke selected as TD Walter Bean Visiting Professor
Dr. Cooke has been selected at the TD Walter Bean Visiting Professor in the Environment at the University of Waterloo for 2018/2019.
… Read MoreAmerican Eel Research on the Ottawa River
Moumen Youssef is an undergraduate student studying environmental science at Carleton University. As part of his studies, he assisted with field work for FECPL’s collaborative project examining American Eel migration on the Ottawa River. Below, he provides an overview of … Read More
Cooke Lab activities featured in Big Jim’s “Just Fishing” Magazine
Cooke Lab tagging activities on the Rideau Canal Waterway were recently featured in Big Jim’s “Just Fishing” magazine (Sept 2018).
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Dr. Cooke attends kickoff meeting for HYCANOR project (Norwegian Science Council)
Dr. Cooke attends the kickoff meeting for the HYCANOR project funded by the Norwegian Science Council. This project will enable our team to participate in exchanges and training sessions with Norwegian colleagues on topics related to sustainable hydropower. June 2018.… Read More
Research by Tanya Prystay featured in Icelandic fishing magazine (May 2018)
An Icelandic sportfishing magazine recently featured heart rate logger research conducted by Tanya Prystay.
Dr. Cooke delivers the plenary address at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research Grad Student Symposium
Dr. Cooke delivers the plenary address at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research Grad Student Symposium at the University of Windsor on the state and future of global inland fisheries (March 2018).… Read More
FECPL’s Andrea Reid co-hosts Salmon Science Kids Camp in Nass River Valley
Last week, in the Nass River Valley on the BC–Alaska border, FECPL PhD Candidate Andrea Reid partnered with a Parks Canada educator, John-Francis Lane, to lead a Salmon Science Kids Camp over March Break. Kids from the Nisga’a Nation, age … Read More
An Overview of Pacific Salmon, photo diary by Kathryn Peiman
Kathryn Peiman (post doc) recently wrote a photo diary on Pacific Salmon for Fisheries (January 2018).… Read More