Jared Connoy
Research Area
Outcomes of Indigenous fishing methods for fish health and fisheries sustainability in a changing world
Research Unit
Deniz Coskuner
My thesis work focuses on zooplankton assemblage dynamics in the Strait of Georgia and their function as a crucial prey resource for juvenile salmon and other forage fish.
Santiago De la Puente Jeri
Santiago De la Puente Jeri
Student
Program: PhD, OCF
Supervisors: Villy Christensen
Email: s.delapuente@oceans.ubc.ca
I am a Peruvian researcher that has been studying the ecological and human dimensions of the Humboldt Current, with emphasis on fisheries economics and governance. Before joining the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia as a graduate student, I worked as associate researcher at Centre for Environmental Sustainability of the Cayetano Heredia University in Peru (2010-2015), and at Inteligencia Financiera SAC (2014-2015); as consultant for OCEANA-Peru (2016), the GEF-UNDP Project: “Towards the ecosystem based management of… Read More
Thesis Topic
Can integrated ecological-economic models help operationalize ecosystem-based fisheries management?
Kahsennarò:roks Maddy Deom
Research Area
Alexander Duncan
Alexander Duncan
Student
Program: PhD, OCF
Supervisors: Dr. Andrea Reid
Email: a.duncan@oceans.ubc.ca
Aanii, Alexander Duncan ndizhnikaaz, Niigaanweywidan nindigoo ojibwemong, Waabizheshii ndoodem, Neyaashiinigmiing ndoonjbaa.
Alexander Duncan (Niigaanweywidan – spirit name), a member of the Marten clan, is from the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation and the larger Saugeen Ojibway Nation, Ontario. Coming from a fishing nation where water and fish remain a vital component of culture and life, Alexander has committed his academic career to meaningfully contribute and support Indigenous fisheries across Turtle Island, especially given… Read More
Thesis Topic
Sea lamprey research and management – Indigenous input and inclusion (3I project)
Joana Dutilh De Capitani
Research Area
Julia Fast
Research Area
Ema Fatima
Ema Fatima
Student
Program: PhD, IOF
Supervisors: Dr. Rashid Sumaila and Dr. Tara Martin
Email:e.fatima@oceans.ubc.ca
I am a PhD student at the Institute of Ocean and Fisheries of University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. I come from India, a nation with over 7500 Km coastline that inhabits around 170 million people threatened with an increasing risk to shifting climate, sea-level rise, and natural disasters. Of these, approximately 4 million constitute of marine fisher population, dependent on ocean resources while 60% of them are subsistence fishers. I was born in a landlocked state and spent most of my schooldays along the eastern Himalayan range… Read More
Thesis Topic
My research work broadly focuses on understanding the economics of fishing industry in India. I use trawl fisheries as case study: a sector reported most profitable by the nation’s government. I will be investigating the economic impact based on empirical analysis of what is perceived as profitable and what are the other unaccounted hidden cost. The second part of my thesis aims at identifying who bears the financial burden. The outcome of my study envisages to have a better understanding of government resource use and distribution for improving fisheries management effectiveness.
Marta Flotats Aviles
Research Area
Kathleen Gill
Kathleen is analyzing datasets from pinniped telemetry studies to investigate factors such as environmental cues, anatomical mechanisms, and innate versus learned abilities that pinnipeds use to navigate during long-distance migrations. She hopes to contribute new knowledge to a relatively unexplored field and understand how these findings impact the level of behavioral adaptability pinnipeds have when facing environmental changes.
Thesis Topic
Exploring pinniped navigation methods for long-distance migrations