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Advani, Sahir
Program: PhD, RES
Thesis: How commoditization and cross-cultural values influence the sustainability of small-scale fisheries in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher, Mimi Lam


Agbayani, Selina
Program: MSc, RES
Thesis: Bioenergetic requirements of migrating eastern North Pacific grey whales in the face of climate change
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Ahrens, Robert
Thesis: A global analysis of apparent trends in abundance of large tunas and billfishes inferred from Japanese longline catch and effort data
Supervisors: Carl Walters, Villy Christensen


Al-Abdulrazzak, Dalal
Program: PhD, Zoology
Thesis: In the Wake of the Dhow: Historical Changes in the Marine Ecology and Fisheries of the Persian Gulf
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Allegue, Hassen
Program: MSc, Zoology
Thesis: Habitat use and foraging behavior of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in the Strait of Georgia
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Allen, Pamela
Thesis: Examine the seasonal changes in growth and feeding of Steller sea lions‚ Eumetopias jubatus‚ from captive records
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Andersen, Alicia
Program: MSc, OCF
Thesis: Vulnerability assessment for juvenile sockeye salmon using biological indicators
Supervisor: Brian Hunt


Angkiriwang, Patricia
Program: MSc, Zoology
Thesis: Tracing climate impacts using participatory systems mapping: informing adaptation for a marine food system in the Tla’amin First Nation
Supervisor: William Cheung


Anticamara, Jonathan Alburo
Thesis: Recovery of fish assemblages and benthic habitat inside marine protected areas
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent


Atwood, Elizabeth
Thesis: Studying stress and thyroid hormones as well as diet in wild populations of northern fur seals to determine if these factors are contributing to a decline in some populations
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Aylesworth, Lindsay
Thesis: Community and population ecology, specifically to address seahorse conservation, threats and management
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent


Azana, Cynthia
Thesis: Seasonal variation in nutrient composition of Alaskan walleye pollock (Theragara chalcogramma) and its effects on the nutritional status of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus)
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Bailey, Megan
Thesis: Economics of Tuna Fisheries in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Ban, Stephen
Thesis: Canada Modelling and characterization of Steller sea lion haulouts and rookeries using oceanographic and shoreline type data
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Ban, Natalie
Thesis: Response of plankton community structure to temporal heterogeneity and productivity
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent


Ben Hasan, Abdulrahman
Program: PhD, OCF
Thesis: On seasonality, fisheries, and management with a focus on the Arabian Gulf.
Supervisor: Villy Christensen


Beisner, Beatrix
Thesis: Response of plankton community structure to temporal heterogeneity and productivity
Supervisor:


Belhabib, Dyhia
Thesis: West African fisheries: past, present and “futures?”
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Bendriem, Nathan
Program: MSc, RES
Thesis: Looking at the potential economic costs and benefits of improved production of Coho Salmon land-based aquaculture in British Columbia
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Benoit, Natalie
Program: MSc, OCF
Thesis: Using environmental DNA (eDNA) to monitor outmigrating juvenile Pacific salmon
Supervisor: Brian Hunt


Bhathal, Brajgeet
Thesis: Historical reconstruction of Indian marine fisheries effort, 1950 to 2005, as basis for biological and economic models
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Biery, Leah
Thesis: Using enhanced shark catch data to estimate the magnitude, global distribution and species composition of the shark fin trade
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Bonfil Sanders, Ramon
Thesis: Elasmobranch fisheries: status, assessment and management
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Boonzaier, Lisa
Thesis: Marine protected areas: a global exploration of their quantity and quality

Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Bowles, Ella
Thesis: Determining the relative amounts of prey in Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) diet using real-time PCR
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Bozynski, Chantal
Thesis: Interactions between growth, sex, reproduction, and activity levels in control and fast-growing strains of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Brotz, Lucas
Thesis: Jellyfish fisheries of the world
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Bratty, Jessica
Thesis: The winter ecology of juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchis kisutch) in interior British Columbia streams
Supervisor: Carl Walters


Bredesen, Emma
Thesis: Krill and the Antarctic: Finding the Balance
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Buchary, Eny
Thesis: In search of viable policy options for responsible use of sardine resources in the Bali Strait, Indonesia
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Buckworth, Rik
Thesis: Effects of Spatial Stock Structure and Effort Dynamics on the Performance of Alternative Assesstment Procedures for the Fisheries of Northern Australia
Supervisor: Carl Walters


Bundy, Alida
Thesis: Assessment and Management of Multispecies, Multigear Fisheries: A case study from San Miguel Bay, the Philippines.
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Burg, Theresa
Thesis: Genetic analysis of eastern Pacific seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) from British Columbia and parts of Alaska using mitochondrial DNA and microsatellites)
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Caldwell, Iain
Thesis: Movement of a sedentary fish in response to environmental change
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent


Campbell, Brooke
Thesis: A global analysis of historical and projected mariculture production trends, 1950-2030
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Cannon, Sara
Program: PhD, Geography
Thesis: Coral reef management across the Micronesia region of the Pacific Ocean
Supervisor: Simon Donner


Cardenas, Susana
Thesis: Recovery of South American fur seals in Peru
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Cashion, Madeline
Program: MSc, Zoology
Thesis: A shark by any other name: Assessing and improving shark and ray catch data in the Mediterranean and Black Seas
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Cashion, Timothy
Program: PhD, OCF
Thesis: Get it in gear: evaluating gear-based trade-offs in fisheries
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Cheneval, Olivier
Thesis:  Steller sea lions and predator-prey relationships in a captive environment
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Cheung, William
Thesis: Vulnerability of Marine Fishes to Fishing: from Global Overview to the Northern South China Sea
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Christensen, Line
Thesis: Reconstructing historical abundances of exploited marine mammals at the global scale
Supervisor: Steve Martell


Chudnow, Rachel
Program: PhD, Zoology


Chuenpagdee, Ratana
Thesis: Scales of Relative Importance and Damage Schedules: A Non-Monetary Valuation Approach for Natural Resource Management
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Claytor, Ross
Thesis: Fishery Acoustic Indices for Assessing Atlantic Herring Populations
Supervisor: Carl Walters


Colleter, Mathieu
Thesis: The impact of fisheries on the trophic functioning of marine ecosystems: comparative approach and global-scale mapping
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Coombs Wallace, Andrea
Thesis: Marine Mammals and Human Health in the Eastern Bering Sea: Using an Ecosystem-based Food Web Model to Track PCBs
Supervisors: Andrew Trites, Daniel Pauly


Cope, Scott
Thesis: Responses of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) embryos to intragravel incubation in selected streams within the Stuart-Takla watershed
Supervisor: Carl Walters


Cox, Sean
Thesis: Angling quality, effort response, and exploitation in recreational fisheries: field and modeling studies on British Columbia rainbow trout (Onchorhynchus mykiss) lakes
Supervisor: Carl Walters


Cox-Rogers, Steve
Thesis: Racial Analysis of Skeena River steelhead trout using scale pattern features
Supervisor:


Cullis-Suzuki, Sarika
Thesis: Effectiveness of global Marine Protected Areas in the face of climate change
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Curtis, Janelle
Thesis: Life history, ecology and conservation of European seahorses (PhD); The Impacts of Forest Harvest on the Persistence and Colonisation Potential of Pacific Giant Salamanders (Dicamptodon tenebrosus) in British Columbia (MSc)
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent


Cutting, Allison
Program: MSc, RES
Thesis: Entangled Assumptions: Sea turtles and paper parks in a Nicaraguan small scale fishery
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Dalla Rosa, Luciano
Thesis: The foraging habitat of humpback whales
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Dalsgaard, Johanne
Thesis: Modeling the trophic transfer of beta radioactivity in the marine food web of Enewetak atoll, Micronesia
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Dalton, Alex
Thesis: Northern Fur Seals, Conservation and Recovery, Energetic Expenditure; Research Area: North Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Daniel, Raychelle
Thesis: The Timing of Moulting in Wild and Captive Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias Jubatus)
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Darcy, Meaghan
Thesis: Deriving species specific abundance information from aggregate catch statistics (i.e. total catch-per-unit-effort data)
Supervisor: Steve Martell


De Gisi, Joseph
Thesis: Year class strength and catchability of mountain lake brook trout
Supervisor: Carl Walters


De la Puente, Santiago
Program: MSc, RES
Thesis: Management Strategy Evaluation of Peruvian Fisheries (Supervisor: Villy Christensen)


Deecke, Volker
Thesis: Stability and change of killer whale (Orcinus orca) dialects
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Demarchi, Donald
Thesis: A Spatial Simulation Model for Evaluating the Response of Rare and Endangered Species to Conservation Strategies and Forest Practices: A Case Study on the Northern Spotted Owl
Supervisor: Carl Walters


Diaz Gomez, Mariana
Thesis: The cost of energy transformation and digestibility of macronutrients in northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus)
Supervisors: Andrew Trites, David Rosen


Dier-McComb, Sarah
Program: M.Sc., Zoology
Thesis: Diving into the cold: Individual variation in winter foraging behaviour of Gentoo penguins
Supervisor: Marie Auger-Méthé


Donnelly, Carolyn
Thesis: Comparative nutritive values of Steller sea lion prey species
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Dóson Coll, Yago
Thesis:  Stable isotope analysis of Rivers Inlet sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka): investigating the contribution of environmental conditions in the high seas to British Columbia population declines
Supervisor: Evgeny Pakhomov


du Pontavice, Hubert
Program: PhD
Thesis: Impacts of climate change on the trophic functioning of the world ocean
Supervisors: William Cheung, Didier Gascuel (Agrocampus Ouest - Rennes)


Edwards, Danielle
Thesis: Addressing questions on the social and economic outcomes of an individual transferable quota fishery
Supervisor: Villy Christensen, Evelyn Pinkerton


Ferguson, Heather
Thesis: Demography, dispersal and colonisation of larvae of Pacific giant salamanders (Dicamptodon tenebrosus, Good) at the northern extent of their range
Supervisor:


Luskow, Florian
PhD, EOAS
Thesis: Hidden diversity in gelatinous zooplankton assemblages from selected ecosystems around the Pacific Ocean
Supervisor: Evgeny Pakhomov


Forrest, Robyn
Thesis: Simulation models for estimating productivity and trade-offs in the data-limited fisheries of New South Wales, Australia
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Fortune, Sarah
Program: PhD, Zoology
Thesis: Diet, energetics and foraging behaviour of bowhead whales in the Eastern Canadian Arctic with implications of environmental change
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Freire, Katia
Thesis: Fishing impacts on marine ecosystems off Brazil, with emphasis on the northeastern region
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Fujii, Iwao
Thesis: Costs and benefits of changing sampling methods in marine protected area long-term monitoring
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent


Ganapathiraju, Pramod
Thesis: Global study on incentives to compliance with the FAO Code of Conduct and IUU Fishing
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Gelchu, Ahmed
Thesis: Evolution and distribution of global fishing effort
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Gerlinsky, Carling
Thesis: How do sea lions manage their oxygen and respond to different prey patches while diving?
Supervisors: Andrew Trites, David Rosen


Giannico, Guillermo
Thesis: Juvenile coho salmon habitat utilization and distribution in a suburban watershed: the Salmon River (Langley, B.C.)
Supervisor:


Gibson, Darah
Thesis: Defining small- and large-scale fisheries in British Columbia using a number of social, economic and environmental indicators
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Gillespie, Kyle
Program: PhD, Zoology
Thesis: Accounting for the other 95% of marine animal diversity: Including marine invertebrates in marine protected area science and fisheries management
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent


Gonzalez Espinosa, Pedro
Program: PhD, Geography
Supervisor: Simon Donner


Govender, Rhona
Thesis: A global estimate of the catch of small-scale fisheries
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Graham, Caroline
Program: MSc, OCF
Thesis: A compilation and meta-analysis of salmon diet data during warm and cool phases in the North Pacific Ocean
Supervisor: Brian Hunt


Greenberg, Aaron
Program: PhD, OCF
Thesis: Dungeness crab fisheries
Supervisor: Murdoch McAllister


Greer, Krista
Thesis: Fishing fleets as CO2 emittors: calculating the greenhouse gas emissions of the world's fishing fleets since 1950
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Gregr, Edward
Thesis: An analysis of historic (1908-1967) whaling records from British Columbia, Canada
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Gregr, Edward
Thesis: Sea otters, kelp forests, and ecosystem services : modeling habitats, uncertainties, and trade-offs
Supervisor: Kai Chan


Goundie, Elizabeth
Thesis: How do changes in prey distribution and density affect Steller sea lions' diving energetics and foraging ability?
Supervisors: Andrew Trites, David Rosen


Guénette, Sylvie
Thesis: Marine reserves for the Northern cod
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Haas, Andrea
Thesis: Examining Distribution and Concentration of Access in British Columbia’s Salmon and Herring Fisheries.
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Haggan, Nigel
Thesis: Becoming indigenous : measurable and immeasurable values in ecosystem-based management
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Hall, Anna
Thesis: Effects of tidal mixing on phocoenid distribution: Implications for foraging
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Harper, Sarah
Program: PhD, RMES
Thesis: Gender and fisheries: from local to global economic benefits and their distribution
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Hauser, Lorenz
Thesis: Status of exploited and introduced kapenta stocks and biochemical genetics and introduced Nile Perch. (Visiting PhD student - University of Swansea)
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Hawkshaw, Mike
Program: MSc, Zoology
Thesis: Juvenile Northern pikeminnow dynamics
Supervisor: Carl Walters


Hehre, Edward James III
Thesis: Effects of seaweed farming on tropical shallow coral ecosystems
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Hemphill, Simon
Thesis: The Ecology and Exploitation of Yellowfin Tuna, Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre 1788) in the Pemba Channel, Kenya
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Hicks, Adam
MSc, OCF
Thesis: A Global Review of E-commerce trade and seahorses
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent


Higgins, Paul
Thesis: Experimental management of water releases from British Columbia hydro dams
Supervisor: Carl Walters


Hoover, Carie
Thesis: Polar ecosystem modeling with respect to climate change
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Huato, Leonardo
Thesis: A modeling investigation of migratory behaviour in fishes: a case study of sockeye salmon
Supervisor:


Hui, Tabitha
Thesis: The Steller sea lion, its prey and its prey fisheries
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Hunter, Andrea
Thesis: Estimating marine mammal energy requirements
Supervisors: Andrew Trites, Daniel Pauly


Hutton, Trevor
Thesis: Fisheries management policy in South Africa: An evaluation of alternative management strategies for the hake and linefish fisheries
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Jacquet, Jennifer
Thesis: Estimating the contribution of small-scale fisheries to GDP
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


James, Samantha
Thesis: Feeding ecology of juvenile salmon in the Discovery Islands and Johnstone Strait
Supervisor(s): Evgeny Pakhomov, Brian Hunt


Jeanniard du Dot, Tiphaine
Diet quality and season affect physiology and energetic priorities of captive Steller sea lions during and after periods of nutritional stress.
Supervisors: Andrew Trites, David Rosen


Johnston, Barbara
Thesis: Terrestrial Pacific Giant Salamanders (Dicamptodon tenebrosus Good) - Natural history and their responses to forest practices
Supervisor:


Jonas, Isaac
Program: MA, RES
Thesis: A benefit cost assessment of implementing marine reserves in the Northern Shelf Bioregion of British Columbia
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Karpouzi, Vasiliki
Thesis: Modelling and mapping trophic overlap between fisheries and the world's seabirds
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Kaschner, Kristin
Thesis: Modelling and mapping resource overlap between marine mammals and fisheries on a global scale
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Kay, Aran
Thesis: Mysis relicta and kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in Okanagan Lake, British Columbia: from 1970 and into the future
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Keech, Aaron
Thesis: Fecal triiodothyronine assay validation using captive Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) and subsequent application to free-ranging populations to examine nutritional stress.
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Keith, Heather
Thesis: A bioeconomic model approach to predicting the spatial fishing effort distribution in the global longline tuna fishery
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Keple, Alison
Thesis: Marine Mammal Population surveys in the Strait of Georgia
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Khalfallah, Myriam
Program: PhD, RES
Thesis: Data-poor Fisheries: Case Studies from the Southern Mediterranean and the Arabian Peninsula
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Khan, Ahmed
Program: MSc
Thesis: The nature and magnitude of global non-fuel fisheries subsidies
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Klain, Sarah C
Thesis: Wind of change: Offshore wind farms, contested values and ecosystem services
Supervisor: Kai Chan


Kleiber, Danika
Thesis: Effect of marine protected areas on women in coastal communities
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent


Kolody, Dale
Thesis: Analysis of Fraser River sockeye salmon coastal migration route variation using bayesian estimation methods and individual-based modelling.
Supervisor:


Koot, Barbara
Thesis: Spatial and temporal distribution of large whales off the coast of British Columbia, using passive acoustic methods Supervisors: Andrew Trites, John K.B. Ford


Korman, Josh
Thesis: Early life history dynamics of rainbow trout in a large regulated river


Kwong, Lian
Program: PhD, EOAS
Supervisor: Evgeny Pakhomov


Manning, Clayton
Program: MSc, Zoology
Thesis: Community structure and seahorse abundance in Southeast Asia
Supervisors: Steve Martell, Amanda Vincent


Kuo, Ting-Chun
Program: PhD, Zoology
Thesis: Managements, economics, and conservation of marine fishes influenced by international trade regulations
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent


Kucey, Laura
Thesis: The effects of human disturbance on Steller sea lions
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Kumagai, Saeko
Thesis: Seasonal Differences in Physiology of Captives Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Response to Short-term Low Energy
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Kumar, Rajeev
Thesis: Simulation Modelling of Mille Lacs Lake Ecosystems in Support of Ecosystem – Based Management
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Lam, Vicky
Thesis: Impact on the global fisheries economics in the face of climate change
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Lawson, Julia
Thesis: Modelling seahorse life histories to evaluate vulnerability to exploitation
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent


Le Manach, Frédéric
Thesis: Publicly-funded fishing access agreements between the European Union and developing countries
Supervisors: Daniel Pauly, Philippe Cury


Li, Lingbo
Thesis: Ecosystem modeling for the Strait of Georgia
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Licandeo, Roberto
Program: PhD, OCF
Thesis:
Supervisor: Murdoch McAllister


Lozano, Hector
Thesis: Historical ecosystem reconstructions in the Gulf of California (Mexico)
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


MacInnis, Maura
Thesis: Grazer control of bacterial abundance in a freshwater pond community
Supervisor:


Mackinson, Steve
Thesis: Integrating Knowledge to Predict Spatial Dynamics of Herring Shoals Using an Expert System
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Mahara, Natalie
Thesis: Zooplankton community composition in high productivity and low productivity regions in coastal British Columbia
Supervisor: Evgeny Pakhomov


Maharaj, Ravi
Program: PhD, Zoology
Thesis: Shedding light on the future of tropical reef fisheries under climate change
Supervisor: William Cheung


Marcotte, Michelle
Thesis: Steller Watch: Timing of weaning and seasonal patterns in numbers and activities of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) at a year-round haulout site in Southeast Alaska
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Marsden, Dale
Thesis: Bioeconomic analysis of Fraser River sockeye salmon fisheries management
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Martell, Steve
Thesis: Variation In Pink Shrimp Populations Off The West Coast Of Vancouver Island: Oceanographic And Trophic Interactions (Ph.D. Thesis)
Supervisor: Carl Walters


Martinez, Miguel
Thesis: Ecosystem-based analysis of bycatch in the Mexican tuna fishery
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


McAdam, Steve
Thesis: Examination of white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) recruitment failure and identification of restoration options
Supervisor: Carl Walters


McMullen, Karly
MSc, OCF
Thesis: The Galápagos penguin as the “canary in the coal mine” for microplastics research in the Galápagos marine reserve &
plastic pollution perceptions in Ecuadorian mangrove communities
Supervisor: Dr. Juan José Alava & Dr. Evgeny Pakhomov


McPhee, Jan
Thesis: Heart rate as an indicator of metabolic rate in captive Steller sea lions
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Mejaes, Barbara Ann
Program: MSc, RES
Thesis: Classifying and estimating aquaculture subsidies and their risks to the marine environment
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Melnychuk, Michael
Thesis: Mortality of migrating Pacific salmon smolts in southern British Columbia, Canada
Supervisors: Carl Walters, Villy Christensen


Milette, Linda
Thesis: Behaviour of lactating steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) during breeding season: a comparison between a declining and stable population in Alaska
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Moody, Megan
Thesis: Historical analysis of current and past runs of Pacific Coast eulachon as impacted by traditional fisheries, commercial fisheries and bycatch in the shrimp trawl fishery
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Morato Gomes, Telmo
Thesis: Ecology and Fisheries of Seamount Ecosystems
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Morgan, Sian
Thesis: The ontogenetic ecology and conservation of exploited tropical seahorses
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent


Morissette, Lyne
Thesis: Canada Complexity‚ cost and quality of ecosystem models and their impact on resilience: a comparative analysis‚ with emphasis on marine mammals and the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Supervisor:


Morlin, Maria
Thesis: A comparison of land use and coho salmon abundance in the Georgia basin, British Columbia
Supervisor: Carl Walters


Mountain, Scot
Thesis: An investigation of a potential carrying capacity of coho and chinook salmon in the Georgia Strait
Supervisor: Carl Walters


Mtsambiwa, Morris
Thesis: Some management aspects of pre-recruitment ecology of the freshwater sardine Limnothrissa miodon in Lake Kariba
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Nordstrom, Chad
Thesis: Where does mom get the groceries? – Environmental drivers of lactating fur seal foraging locations
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Obradovich, Shannon
Program: PhD, Zoology
Thesis: Evaluating Key Assumptions of a Hook-Based Relative Abundance Index Derived from the Catch of Bottom Longlines
Supervisor: Murdoch McAllister


O'Donnell, Kerrie
Thesis: Evaluating recovery options for data-limited seahorse fisheries in the Philippines
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent


Okey, Thomas
Thesis: Shifted community states in four marine ecosystems: some potential mechanisms
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Oliver, Gerald
Thesis: Benthic algal and insect responses to nutrient enrichment of an in-stream mesocosm
Supervisor:


Olmsted, Paige
Thesis: For Love or Money: Harnessing Environmental Values and Financial Incentives to Promote Conservation Stewardship
Supervisor: Kai Chan


Orlov, Polina
Program: MSc, EOAS
Thesis: Decomposition and sinking of salps and elemental and biochemical changes during decay
Supervisor: Evgeny Pakhomov


Ouimet, Chantal
Thesis: Test of alternative domains of attraction in the dynamics of a fishless oligotrophic lake
Supervisor: Carl Walters


Oyinlola, Muhammed
Program: Ph.D., Zoology
Thesis: Global seafood production from mariculture: current status, trends and its future under climate change
Supervisor: William Cheung


Pajaro, Marivic
Thesis: Test of alternative domains of attraction in the dynamics of a fishless oligotrophic lake
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent


Palacios-Abrantes, Juliano
Program: PhD, Zoology
Thesis: Management of transboundary fish stocks in North America under climate change: Impacts and adaptation
Supervisor: William Cheung


Paleczny, Michelle
Thesis: Temporal and spatial patterns in global seabird population change, and the role of marine fisheries.
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Piroddi, Chiara
Thesis: The application of Ecopath with Ecosim to the study of two populations of dolphins in the Eastern Ionian Sea, Greece
Supervisor: Villy Christensen


Poon, Amy
Thesis: Haunted Waters: An Estimate Of Ghost Fishing Of Crabs And Lobsters By Traps
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Porter, Boyd
Thesis: Winter ecology of steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Porteus, Tom
Thesis: Use of Bayesian methods to determine strategy for control of terrestrial vertebrate pest species
Supervisor: Murdoch McAllister


Power, Melanie
Thesis: Ethics and Policy in Canadian Fisheries, with particular attention to the British Columbia salmon fishery
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Pozas Franco, Ana
MSc, OCF
Thesis: Investigating the diet quality of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) in the Gulf of California, Mexico and Southern California, USA
Supervisor: David Rosen


Preikshot, David
Thesis: The influence of area scale climate and trophic dynamics upon North Pacific oceanic ecosystem models
Supervisor: Villy Christensen


Prince, Angela
Thesis: The movement and competitive behaviours of male coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) reproductive tactics.
Supervisor:


Purdy, Aaron
Program: MSc, Zoology
Thesis: What are the physiological effects of increased foraging effort in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatas)?
Supervisor: David Rosen


Rai, Satbir
Thesis: Identifying the maturation inducing hormone in Pacific Lamprey (Lampetra tridentate) which allows the fully grown but immature oocyte to resume meiosis and become ready for fertilization
Supervisor: David Close


Rambeau, Andrea
Thesis: Modeling the Distribution and Abundance of Humpback Whales in British Columbia.
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Rechisky, Erin
Thesis: Early Marine Survival and Migration of Endangered Pacific Salmon in the Columbia and Fraser Rivers
Supervisor: Carl Walters


Reinhardt, Ulrich
Thesis: The role of body size in the habitat choice and foraging behaviour of juvenile coho salmon under predation risk.
Supervisor:


Relano-Ecija, Veronica
Program: PhD, OCF
Thesis: De facto protection of Marine Protected Areas, a global study.
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Rempel, Laura
Thesis: Habitat variation due to seasonal flooding of the lower Fraser river and the influence on the macroinvertebrate community.
Supervisor:


Robertson, Frances
Thesis: Behavioural responses of bowhead whales to industrial seismic activities in the Alaskan Arctic: consequences for distribution assessments.
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Rosenfeld, Jordan
Thesis: The effect of fish predation on benthic community structure in streams
Supervisor:


Salas, Silvia
Thesis: Fishing Strategies of Small-Scale Fishers and their Implications for Fishery Management
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Sawada, Joel
Thesis: An examination of differential survival in downstream migrating coho salmon smolts
Supervisor: Carl Walters


Schell, Chris
Thesis: The response of periphyton chlorophyll a and invertebrate drift to the end of nutrient enrichment
Supervisor: William Neill


Schijns, Rebecca
Program: MSc, OCF
Thesis: What has Canada caught, and how much is left? Combining catch reconstructions with current biomass estimates in three oceans
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Schiller, Laurenne
Thesis: A global analysis of tuna and billfish capture fishery landings on the high seas from 1950 to present
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Schreiber, Dorothee
Thesis: Body size, food availability and seasonal rotifer community structure in Deer Lake, British Columbia
Supervisor: William Neill


Schuhbauer, Anna
Thesis: How to increase the economic viability of small-scale fisheries globally
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Scott, Jeff
Thesis: Mapping the information-sharing network of the US Atlantic pelagic longline fleet
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Selgrath, Jennifer
Program: PhD, Zoology
Thesis: Ecosystem resilience in coastal fishing grounds
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent


Sherker, Zach
Program: MSc, IRES
Thesis: Predation by Pacific Great Blue Herons on Juvenile Salmon
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Singh, Gerald G
Thesis: Understanding and assessing cumulative impacts to coastal ecosystem services
Supervisor: Kai Chan


Singleton, Rebecca
Program: PhD, RMES
Thesis: Innovative funding mechanisms for marine protected areas
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Slogan, Jamie
Program: PhD
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Smith, Thomas
Program: MSc, OCF
Supervisor(s): Jordan Rosenfeld, Brian Hunt


Soto, Karim
Thesis: The effects of prey abundance on the diet, maternal attendance and pup mortality of the South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) in Peru
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Stanford, Richard
Thesis: Creating an ecosystem model of the English Channel Fishery
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Stocks, Allison
Thesis: Diversification and depletion in Vietnamese seahorse fisheries
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent


Surma, Szymon
Program: PhD, RMES
Thesis: The role of Pacific herring in Northeast Pacific trophodynamics
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Swartz, Wilf
Thesis: Five not so easy pieces: Globalization of fishing and seafood markets
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Tai, Travis
Program: PhD, OCF
Thesis: Building tools to model the effects of ocean acidification and how it scales from physiology to fisheries
Supervisor: William Cheung


Talloni-Alvarez, Nicolás
Program: PhD, RES
Thesis: Climate change impact on the economics of Canada's fisheries
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Tam, Jordan
Thesis: Understanding adaptation and social-ecological change in Chilean coastal communities
Supervisor: Kai Chan


Taylor, Nathan
Thesis: Growth and Survival Responses to Experimental Fishing: Models, Experiments and Lessons from the Pygmy Pikeminnow of South Central British Columbia
Supervisor: Carl Walters


Teh, Lydia
Thesis: Zoning MPAs using a fuzzy logic system: case study of small scale reef fisheries in Sabah‚ Malaysia
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Tesfamichael, Dawit
Thesis: Ecopath modeling of the Red Sea Ecosystem and RapFish evaluation of the Red Sea fisheries
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Togunuov, Ron
Program: PhD, Zoology
Thesis: Behaviour-specific habitat selection models of Arctic marine mammals in stochastic and changing environments
Supervisor: Marie Auger-Méthé


Thompson, Lisa
Thesis: Changes in the abundance and production of zooplankton and Kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in Kootenay Lake, British Columbia during artificial fertilization
Supervisor: Carl Walters


Trujillo, Pablo
Thesis: Adding aquaculture to Ecopath models
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Ulman, Aylin
Thesis: The impact of fishing on the marine ecosystem of the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea ecosystems, with emphasis on Turkey
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Urcelay, Alejandra
Program: RES
Supervisor: Simon Donner


Valls, Audrey
Thesis: Using ecosystem models to provide better predictions of global changes in marine biodiversity through the 21st Century Supervisor: Villy Christensen

Vaidyanathan, Tanvi
Program: PhD, Zoology
Thesis: Implications of trawl fisheries on bycatch species and their habitats
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent


Valtysson, Hreidar
Thesis: An assessment of Icelandic flatfish stocks
Supervisor: Carl Walters


van der Meer, Liesbeth
Thesis: Global Revenues from Wild Seafood Products
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


van Poorten, Brett
Thesis: Effects of Interspecific Competition on Recruitment Processes in Rainbow Trout and Pygmy Pikeminnow
Supervisor: Carl Walters


Varkey, Divya
Thesis: Ecosystem Modelling of Coral Reefs in Raja Ampat
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Vasconcellos, Marcelo
Thesis: Brazil Ecosystem Impacts of fishing forage fishes: An Analysis of Harvest Strategies for the Brazilian Sardine
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher


Venier, Judson
Thesis: Seasonal ecosystem models of the Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary, Florida
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Vidal, Laura
Thesis: Exploring the Gulf of Mexico as a Large Marine Ecosystem through a stratified spatial model
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Wabnitz, Colette
Thesis: The ecological role of green sea turtles and the mapping of their foraging grounds in the Wider Caribbean region
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Wagey, Tonny
Thesis:
Supervisor: Michael Healey


Wallace, S. Scott
Thesis: Fisheries Impacts on Marine Ecosystems and Biological Diversity: The Role for Marine Protected Areas in British Columbia
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Walrut, Bern
Thesis: Sea Ranching And Aspects Of The Common Law: A Proposal For A Legislative Framework
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Warren, Melanie
PhD, OCF
Thesis: Urea (ka)! The role of urea and oxygen in the relationship between length at first maturity and maximum length in ureotelic and non-ureotelic cartilaginous fishes
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Watkinson, Stephen
Thesis: Salmon carcasses: Nature's nitrogen pill
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Weatherdon, Lauren
Thesis: Scenarios for coastal First Nations' fisheries under climate change: impacts, resilience and adaptation potential
Supervisors: William Cheung, Yoshitaka Ota


Wilkinson, Chad
Thesis: Investigating bull trout and westslope cutthroat trout in the Elk River in Southeast BC, using quantitative models for effective management
Supervisor: Steve Martell


Williams, Rob
Thesis: Behavioural responses of killer whales to whale-watching: opportunistic observations and experimental approaches
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Winship, Arliss
Thesis: Growth and bioenergetic models for Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Witter, Allison
Program: PhD, RMES
Thesis: Boat to fork: Seafood value chains and alternative food networks
Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila


Wong, Joanna
Program: MSc, OCF
Thesis: Understanding Arctic tern migration strategies to inform conservation
Supervisor(s): Marie Auger-Méthé, Mark Mallory (Acadia U)


Wood, Louisa
Thesis: A global analysis of marine protected areas
Supervisor: Daniel Pauly


Woodruff, Patricia
Program: PhD, Zoology
Thesis: Evaluating ecosystem trade-offs in highly managed systems
Supervisor: Villy Christensen


Wor Lima, Catarina
Thesis: Management strategies for migratory and transboundary fish stocks
Supervisors: Murdoch McAllister, Steve Martell


Young Volpov, Beth
Thesis: The ability of heart rate to predict metabolism in Steller sea lions (Eumatopias jubatus)
Supervisors: Andrew Trites, David Rosen


Yurk, Harald
Thesis: The evolutionary history of resident killer whale clans in the northeastern Pacific using vocal dialects
Supervisor: Andrew Trites


Zahner, Vanessa
Program: MSc, EOAS
Thesis: Strategies for coexisting: Juvenile pink and chum salmon diets and interactions in a challenging section of coastal migration
Supervisor(s): Evgeny Pakhomov, Brian Hunt


Zhang, Xiong
Program: PhD, Zoology
Thesis: Conservation Prioritization and Ecology of Rare and Threatened Marine Fishes under Human Pressures
Supervisor: Amanda Vincent