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Related Researchers
Cooperative Resource Management Institute
Researchers in fisheries science in the School of Resource
and Environmental Management collaborate with a wide range of
management agencies, including two that are partners in the
Cooperative Resource Management Institute
(CRMI) at Simon Fraser University. Those partners are
the federal department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
(DFO) and the British Columbia Ministry of Water,
Land, and Air Protection (WLAP). The Cooperative Resource
Management Institute allows scientific research personnel
from management agencies to work side-by-side with SFU
researchers. The university benefits from the Cooperative
Resource Management Institute through greater concentration
of expertise in resource management on campus and new
opportunities for multidisciplinary, collaborative, applied
research programs. Agencies benefit from engaging SFU
researchers in projects that are directly applicable
to the agencies' needs.
Several researchers from the Marine and Freshwater Habitat Science
Section of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada are located
full-time on the Simon Fraser University campus in the CRMI. For
instance, DFO research scientist
Steve Macdonald
heads the Freshwater
Habitat Science Section of DFO and is a senior researcher with the
Stuart-Takla Fish-Forestry Interaction project. This project involves
evaluating effects of forest management practices on fish habitat.
Another research scientist,
Michael Bradford
works on conservation,
fish population biology, and fish habitat issues, including effects
of hydroelectric power projects and placer mining. Along with SFU
faculty, Drs. Macdonald and Bradford each co-supervise fisheries
graduate students.
Erland MacIsaac
is head of the Stuart-Takla
Fish-Forestry Interaction project and has also worked extensively
on lake fertilization to enhance production of salmon.
Other REM Faculty Members Working in Fisheries
The School of Resource and Environmental Management (REM) includes
an interdisciplinary mix of faculty and students. This is particularly
relevant because solutions to problems in fisheries management require
knowledge from various disciplines. Members of the Fisheries Science
and Management Research Group interact with several other REM faculty
members who have related expertise:
- Frank Gobas
is an environmental toxicologist and chemist whose research includes
work on the ecological and human health risks created by toxic
substances in the environment. Most of his research focuses on
fish or aquatic invertebrates. He has developed simulation models
of hydrodynamics, chemical fate dynamics, and food-web transfer
of toxins, with the goal of improving management regulations for
pollutants.
- Evelyn
Pinkerton works in the field of co-management (sharing of
decision making between communities and government agencies).
She has done substantial research on co-management in fisheries,
including identifying conditions under which it can be implemented
successfully to foster sustainable fisheries.
- Duncan
Knowler works at the interface between economics and ecology,
in the emerging field of ecological economics. His bioeconomic
modelling of the Black Sea ecosystem demonstrates how improved
management can result from linking our understanding of nutrient
enrichment due to pollution, the dynamics of aquatic communities,
and commercial fisheries. He has collaborated with fisheries
scientists in REM and DFO on a project to estimate the economic
value of preserving fish-producing habitat in parks.
- Wolfgang
Haider works on understanding how managers and users of natural
resources deal with tradeoffs when making decisions. He has applied
multivariate modelling of complex tradeoffs to recreational fishing
issues and has produced decision support systems that help managers
and users make more informed decisions.
We also interact with faculty members in other departments at
Simon Fraser University who have research expertise relevant to fisheries.
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