Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Fishery management"
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Dissecting Co-management - An Examination of Fishermen Involvement in Fisheries Management in Nova Scotia, Canada
(2017-05-02)This research provides a systematic assessment of fishermen involvement, by first disaggregating fisheries management into its various components, allowing for a more nuanced understanding of the realities of co-management, ... -
Elasmobranch Bycatch in the Canadian Northwest Atlantic and Arctic Adjacent Seas: Composition, Biogeography, and Mitigation
(2015-03-31)BACKGROUND: Industrial fishing has profoundly changed the biological state of oceans and seas. While the direct impacts of overfishing on target stocks are being increasingly addressed, unwanted bycatch and discarding of ... -
Elucidating the decline of North American Atlantic salmon with a time-dependent matrix model
(2017-09-01)North American Atlantic salmon populations have declined significantly since the 1990s, especially the elder life stages. The total average number of returned two-sea-winter (2SW) in the period 1997 to 2007 dropped by 57% ... -
Genomic Perspectives for Conservation and Management of Atlantic Cod in Coastal Labrador
(2017-04-27)This thesis examines genomic differentiation between the Gilbert Bay and offshore Atlantic Cod populations in Newfoundland and Labrador. First, I determine whether the Gilbert Bay cod population qualifies as a conservation ...