Gadus Associates' Past and Present Projects

This list features a selection of the projects undertaken by Gadus Associates or by Dr. Trevor Kenchington before the founding of the company. It includes sub-contracted and salaried work, in addition to projects carried out under contracts between Gadus Associates and clients.

Stock Assessment & Support to Fisheries Management

• 1999 Review of the Conservation Status of Barndoor Skate
• 1999 Examination of the Fishery for Patagonian Scallops in the Argentine Sea
• 1999 Review of the Scientific Advice on Gag Grouper in the Gulf of Mexico
• 1998 Preparation of National Tuna Fisheries Management Plan for Solomon Islands
• 1997 & 1999 Review of Impacts of Fishing Gear on the Seabed and Benthic Habitats
• 1996 Preparation of Atlantic Canadian contribution to "POPDYN", a Global Fisheries Population Dynamics Database
• 1996 Review of Department of Fisheries & Oceans Shellfish Stock Assessments - Invited external reviewer
• 1996 Review of the State of some Scallop Resources
• 1996 Advice on Future Prospects of the Barents Sea Cod Fishery
• 1996 Analyses of Commercial Catch Rates in a Scallop Fishery
• 1996 Interview Survey Concerning Discarding & Misreporting of Catches
• 1995 Fisheries Resource Conservation Council - Invited speaker presenting advice on Marine Protected Areas
• 1995 International Guidelines for Industry/Government Co-Operative Management of Fisheries
• 1994 Policy Proposal for Canadian Groundfish Fishery
• 1990-95 Survey of Fishing Practices in Longline Fisheries
• 1987-92 Review and Definition of Fishing Capacity Concept
• 1987 Acoustic Surveys of Orange Roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus)
• 1989 Critique of Haddock Stock Assessment
• 1986-87 Scientific Input to Management of Australia's East Coast Tuna Fishery
• 1984-87 Assessment and Management of Australia's South East Trawl Fishery
• 1984-87 Demersal and Pelagic Surveys of Deepwater Fish Biomass
• 1981-82 Stock Assessment of Redfish (Sebastes spp.)

Fisheries Development

• 1997 Viability Study of a Langostino Fishery, Guatemala & El Salvador
• 1995-96 Development of a Sea Cucumber Fishery in Nova Scotia
• 1994-95 Fishery Development Viability Study, Turks & Caicos Islands
• 1994 Fishery Development Viability Study, Guatemala
• 1991 FUSADES Experimental Fishery Project, El Salvador
• 1990-96 Development of a Nova Scotian Fishery for Atlantic Saury
• 1990-91 Review of World Fisheries on Deepwater Resources
• 1986-87 Methods for the Assessment of Newly-Exploited Fish Resources
• 1986-87 Deepwater Fishery Resource Exploration, Southern Ocean

Training Courses in Fisheries Science

• 1998 Oceans 11 High-School Course - Preparation of Fisheries Module
• 1995 National Conference on Fisheries Education/Training in Conservation Harvesting - Invited speaker
• 1993-95 Preparation of Fisheries Science Glossaries
• 1995 Training Course in the Science of Fisheries Conservation - Scallops
• 1994 Training Course in the Science of Fisheries Conservation - Surfclam
• 1990 Course in Fisheries Stock Assessment Techniques for Tropical Regions
• 1986 Course in Fisheries Biology and Population Dynamics, Australian Fisheries Service

Primary Scientific Research

• 1992-95 Long-Term Changes in Exploited Fish Populations
• 1981-94 Archaeological Excavation of a Fishing Schooner Wreck
• 1993-94 Use of Lipid Composition to Identify the Origins of Lobster Eggs
• 1992-94 Selectivity of Longline Fishing Gear
• 1984-90 Analysis of Spatial Variation Patterns in a Marine Macroalga
• 1985-87 Age and Growth of Blue Grenadier, Macruronus novaezelandiae
• 1984-87 Multivariate Analysis of Community Structure of Deepwater Fishes
• 1982-85 Morphological Variation in Macroalgae
• 1981-84 Electrophoretic study of the Redfishes (Sebastes spp.) of the Northwest Atlantic
• 1979-90 Distribution of Larval Redfish (Sebastes spp.)
• 1979-93 Taxonomy of the North Atlantic Redfishes (Sebastes spp.)
• 1979-84 Review of Stock Concepts for Fisheries Management
• 1979-86 Morphological Variation in Redfish (Sebastes spp.) and its Implications for Management
• 1977-79 Fish Survey of St.Georges Bay, Nova Scotia
• 1977 Benthic Habitat Survey, Lundy Island, Bristol Channel
• 1976-77 Ichthyoplankton Survey, Bristol Channel

Research Proposals

• 1995 Review of Open-Sea Aquaculture Research Proposal
• 1993 Preparation of a Funding Proposal for Research on Georges Bank Scallops

Enhancement of Scientific Infrastructure

• 1994 Assistance to the Fisheries Research Institute, Bangladesh

Expert Witness in Litigation

• 1999 Preparation of Testimony on Atlantic Redfish Fishery for Plaintiff before Arbitration Court in Hong Kong

Aquatic Environmental Assessment & Management

• 1998-99 Contributions to a Public Review of the Moratorium on Offshore Petroleum Activity on Georges Bank
• 1998 Compilation of Information on Fishing Grounds, Closed Seasons and Closed Areas on the Scotian Shelf, as Input to a Class Environmental Assessment of Seismic Survey Operations
• 1997 Compilation of Scientific Information on the Marine Environment of the Bras D'Or Lakes, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
• 1996-97 Independent Environmental Review of Proposed Offshore Natural Gas Development around Sable Island, Nova Scotia
• 1996 Review of Required Research Relating to the Environmental Effects of Petroleum Exploration on Georges Bank
• 1996-97 Independent Environmental Review of Proposed Dredging at the Entrance to a Saltwater Lake: Bras D'Or Lakes, Nova Scotia
• 1988 Review of Environmental Effects Monitoring of Offshore Oil Production
• 1988 Environmental Impact Statement: Military Flying Operations over Labrador

A detailed list of these and other projects undertaken by Dr. Kenchington, with a brief description of each, is included in his full C.V. which is available for download as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. (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:

For a printed copy of this document, please e-mail Gadus Associates.