Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University
As a campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland, the Fisheries and Marine Institute is Canada’s most comprehensive centre for education, training, applied research and industrial support for the ocean industries.
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- CSAR PhD student Nick Coady authored an article featured in the January issue of The Navigator Magazine. 🦞 Also in this issue is an article profiling research from School of Maritime Studies Masters' student, Tonya Whittle. 🌊 🔗 Read both articles here: book.navigatorpublishing.ca/books/mxqe/?...
- In this episode of WaveCast, host Andi dives into MI's Master of Applied Ocean Technology (Ocean Mapping) program with alumni Kelsey Forrest. They discuss the tech of ocean mapping, opportunities in the ocean economy, and her experiences as a commercial diver🌊 🔗 miwavecast.alitu.com/episode/54b3...
- Drs. Tyler Eddy and Maxime Geoffroy have penned an op-ed for the Gazette revealing the role of the North Atlantic and eastern Canadian Arctic in climate change. 🌊 🔗 Read more: gazette.mun.ca/campus-and-c...
- PhD candidate, Jennifer Herbig, traded coral reefs for icebreakers to pursue her doctoral research on Arctic Cod and climate change at the Marine Institute 🌊🚢 As part of Memorial University's Research Week, Jennifer is featured in at Q&A in the Gazette. 🔗 Read more: gazette.mun.ca/research/fro...
- MI's Dr. Katleen Robert was recently renewed as the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in ocean mapping! 🌊🗺️ Dr. Robert is on a mission to reveal the mysteries of the ocean floor, especially around Newfoundland and Labrador. 🔗Read more about her research here: gazette.mun.ca/research/com...
- A paper by a master’s student at Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University examines the diets of North Atlantic harp seals to assess the impact they have on fisheries populations in Newfoundland and Labrador. 🔗 Read more here: www.mi.mun.ca/news/newstit...
- We’re excited to share that St. John’s Buoy station was redeployed as part of the SmartBay/SmartAtlantic Ocean Observation Program. 🌊 Thank you to the Canadian Coast Guard and the crew of CCGS George R. Pearkes for their collaboration. 🔗 The latest data: www.smartatlantic.ca/station.php?id=stjohns
- Edinburgh-based maritime safety and security technology company Zelim has chosen The Launch, a NATO DIANA test centre, as the site for its next phase of technology trials under the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) program. Read more: www.mi.mun.ca/news/newstit...
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- MI's Dr. Frédéric Cyr is the lead author of a scientific paper that examines the impact of shifting Northwest Atlantic Ocean climate conditions on groundfish stocks, such as Northern cod. | @fcyr.bsky.social Read more here! 🔗 ow.ly/Kv7r50W7Jhn
- Recently published in @natcomms.nature.com: Ocean climate cycles related to sea level pressure anomalies above the northern hemisphere affect ecosystem productivity in a coherent way (from primary and secondary production, to pelagic and groundfish). @marineinstitute.bsky.social rdcu.be/eqn2q
- The @thejot.bsky.social’s winter issue will focus on “Indigenous Ocean Technology” with Ken Paul, member of Wolastoqey Nation at Neqotkuk, located at the Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick, Canada, on board as guest editor. Artwork: Fishing on the Wolastoq by Samaqani Cocahq (Natalie Sappier).
- We are interested in hearing how technologies and methods are being used across a wide range of ocean-related practices and management efforts, and how these technologies are being integrated into ongoing practices and new initiatives.
- More details available online: tinyurl.com/V20N4cfc
- Dawn Roche, Managing Editor of @thejot.bsky.social, shares how JOT supports open-access, peer-reviewed research. There are no publishing fees and student submissions are welcomed! 🌊 Reach out today and learn how to get your work published: thejot.net
- Spring has sprung, the sun is shining, and the JOT production team is hard at work on Volume 20, Number 2 – Ocean Monitoring. Coming June 2025 – only at thejot.net. @thejot.bsky.social
- @thejot.bsky.social is exploring how Indigenous researchers, technologists, scientists, groups, and communities around the world are using ocean technology for economic development, sustainable resource management, community engagement, & mentoring the next generation of ocean leaders.
- ✏️Guest editor Ken Paul, a member of the Wolastoqey Nation at Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation, NB), will lead this issue. All content is published open access. There are no fees to publish, and available to readers everywhere.
- 📅 Deadlines • Full technical papers: July 25, 2025 • Expressions of interest (essays & short articles): July 25, 2025 📖 Learn more & submit: tinyurl.com/V20N4cfc
- Incredible work by @schmidtocean.bsky.social! In 2022, two graduate students from the Marine Institute set out to be the first to make this huge discovery. Check out the video below ⤵️
- 🦑 This baby is COLOSSAL! 🦑 First confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. Filmed at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo
- Can safety critical industries, like offshore energy, marine transportation, aviation, healthcare and construction, be made safer with AI?
- The Human Factors in Control (HFC) Canada network will explore this question at its second workshop Human Factors and AI: Opportunities and Risks for Safety Critical Industries taking place virtually on May 14. Read more or register here: www.mi.mun.ca/news/newstit...
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