Blomidon Naturalists Society
Monday January 19, 2015  7:30pm - 9:30pm (2 Hours)
Meeting / Club

 patrick.kelly@dal.ca
 (902) 472-2322

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Stock Structure, Migration, and a Changing Canadian Fishery
Michael Stokesbury

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna are large, highly migratory fishes that are fished commercially and by charter in Atlantic Canada. In the talk I will discuss how we have worked with the Tag-A-Giant program and the DFO to help defined the stock structure, migration pathways, and post-capture and release survival rate of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Mike is an Associate Professor and a Tier II Canada Research Chair in the Ecology of Coastal Environments in the Biology department of Acadia University. The focus of Mike’s research program is to quantify how anthropogenic disturbances in coastal ecosystems impact the spatial behaviour of fishes covering small to large spatial and temporal scales, may inflict mortality, and how such knowledge can be used to mitigate the negative effects of such activities on fish populations.
Pricing & Tickets
Pricing: Free
Beveridge Arts Centre
Poster
Acadia University
22 Highland Avenue
Wolfville, Nova Scotia


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