Trevor Kenchington PhD -- Curriculum Vitae

• Age and Growth Studies
  
• Biomass Estimation by Acoustic Surveys
• Biomass Estimation by Trawl Surveys
• Collection of Commercial Fishing Data
• Deepwater Fishing
• Electrophoresis of Proteins for Biochemical Genetics
• Fish Behaviour and Migrations
• Fish Ecology
• Fish Surveys and Exploratory Fishing
• Ichthyoplankton Surveys
• Morphometry (including multivariate analysis of data)
• Population Dynamic Modelling and Stock Assessment
• Population Structures and Stock Delineation
• Size-selection by Commercial Fishing Gear
• Taxonomy (classical and numerical)

Particular background in the Gadid, Sebastinid, Clupeid, Merluccid, Scombrid and Beryciform fishes, as well as in general studies of the ichthyofaunae of Atlantic Canada, south-eastern Australia and the deep oceans generally. Additional experience with invertebrate resource species, including scallops, surfclams and sea cucumbers, and with marine macroalgae.

Experience also in other fields of inter-disciplinary fisheries science, including:

• Fishing Gear Technology
• Commercial Fishing Techniques and Fishing Boat Operations
• Fleet Dynamics
• Fisheries Economics
• Sociology and Anthropology of Fishing Communities

and in such supporting fields as:

• Computer Programming and Applications for Fisheries Science
• Navigation and Bathymetric Survey
• Oceanography for Fisheries (field techniques and interpret-ations)
• Project Management & Research Logistics, with particular emphasis on cruise ship logistics
• Statistical Analysis (especially experimental design, nonparametric and multivariate analyses)

Additional experience in:

• Fisheries Management and Development
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Fisheries Archaeology
• Nautical Archaeology
• Zooarchaeology

I have attended and presented papers to various meetings of:

• Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Scientific Advisory Committee
• Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
• Demersal and Pelagic Fish Research Group (Australia)
• South East Trawl Management Advisory Committee (Australia)
• East Coast Tuna Management Advisory Committee (Australia)
• Scotia-Fundy Fixed Gear Advisory Committee
• Fisheries Resource Conservation Council

A partial list of my publications arising from this work is available on a separate page on this Web site.

I also have: experience in developing specialized stock assessment methodology and accompanying software; a particular interest and background in the processes by which scientific information is transformed into advice to governments and thence into fisheries management and policy decisions and in the organizational structures that can assist or impede these transformations; and experience in developing mechanisms for managing fisheries in the absence of scientific advice, for those situations where data are lacking.

For some projects, I have crossed the line from providing scientific advice to fisheries management into the role of fisheries manager. While this involvement has usually been limited, in 1998 I led the initial preparation of a cross-disciplinary, integrated national management plan for the major tuna fisheries of Solomon Islands. The work included secretariat functions for a multi-stakeholder committee, preparation of Ministerial and Cabinet briefing papers and consultations with the fishing industry, as well as drafting of the management plan itself.

As a volunteer, I am currently the Chairman of the Regional Aquaculture Development Advisory Committee (RADAC) for the Eastern Shore of Halifax County, Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia's RADACs are appointed by the Provincial Minister of Fisheries to advise him on local concerns relating to aquaculture development.

• Sixteen extended research cruises (eight as Chief Scientist) and many shorter trips on various research, and some commercial, vessels. Work has included sampling with demersal and midwater trawls, many kinds of plankton nets, longlines, droplines, gill nets, fish traps etc. Also sediment and water sampling with the usual array of oceanographic equipment.
• Over 200 hours of underwater research, including habitat surveys, ecological experiments and sample collection, as well as archaeological survey and excavation.
• Small boat, intertidal and terrestrial fieldwork for fisheries, oceanographic, phycological, marine mammological and other research in North America, Central America, West Indies, Europe, South Asia and Australia.

I have considerable experience in research management, including planning and leading research cruises and the supervision of technical staff, in addition to planning, carrying out and reporting on research. I have a particular background in research ship cruise logistics.

I have attended the following conferences:

I have reviewed manuscripts for Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Science, Journal of Phycology, Marine Biology and other publications. I am a regular book reviewer for Northern Mariner (formerly Argonauta), a columnist for the trade paper Atlantic Fisherman, and a member of both the advisory board of the Egyptian Society for the Development of Fisheries Resources and Human Health and of the editorial board of The Northern Mariner, the journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society.

Particular experience in presenting academic material to non-specialist groups, including teaching fisheries science and management to individuals in the fishing industry and to fisheries officers, as well as presenting underwater archaeology to sport divers. I have developed and presented a multimedia course on fisheries science for such audiences and co-authored a small textbook covering some of the same material. In addition, I maintain a regular monthly column on fisheries science and related matters for the trade newspaper Atlantic Fisherman, which aims at the same objective through a different medium.

Varied experience as SCUBA diving instructor, specializing in higher level and leadership courses for experienced amateur divers.

I have logged about 600 SCUBA dives, nearly half of them being research or other kinds of working dives. They have included diving in many parts of the world:

• Northern Europe
• Atlantic Canada
• Australia (southern & tropical)
• The West Indies
• Polynesia
• Melanesia
• The Bay of Bengal

and in a variety of underwater environments:

• Cold water
• Under ice
• Low visibility
• Night
• Fast water
• Deep water (40 metres plus)
• Tropical reefs
• Isolated areas

I have specialty diving skills as an:

• Underwater photographer
• Research diver
• Dive supervisor
• Rescue diver

Dr. Kenchington's full C.V. is also available for download as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file, which includes an introduction to Gadus Associates and a detailed listing of projects completed. (This file is over 200K in size and contains more than 65 pages of text. It may take some time to download.) To read it, you will require Adobe Acrobat Reader® software, which is available for free download from the manufacturer's site:

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