The Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute (MFI) not only provides opportunities for cooperative scientific research, but also serves as a community resource through school programs, safety training classes, and educational events.

The MFI is helping to train the next generation of fisheries researchers and scientists through the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and the Cooperative Marine Education and Research Program.

Primary & Secondary schools
An important function of the MFI involves promotion of marine education in the local community. This outreach ranges from one-day presentations in elementary and middle schools to a semester-long internship program for high school seniors. By giving students the opportunity to explore topics such as scallop growth or marine engineering, an early interest in marine science is fostered.

Graduate education
At the university level, the MFI is committed to graduate education through the department of Fisheries Oceanography at the School for Marine Science and Technology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. This department provides students with a unique educational experience beyond the "classic" graduate degree and prepares them for a future in the dynamic profession of fisheries science. These graduates will address the growing need for marine sciences in federal and state agencies and universities.

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School for Marine Science and Technology - Department of Fisheries
Oceanography
Research Presentations and Posters

Every year, the students and faculty in the Department of Fisheries Oceanography at the School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST), University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, present their research throughout the United States and abroad.

American Fisheries Society Southern New England Chapter Winter Meeting
10 January 2007, East Lyme, CT

Courchene, Brent M., and Kevin D.E. Stokesbury. Calibration of an American Lobster (Homarus americanus) Ventless Trap Survey: Determining Efficiency and Selectivity.

Harris, Bradley P. and Kevin D.E. Stokesbury. Mapping Surficial Substrates and Megabenthos along the Northwestern Atlantic Continental Shelf with Underwater Video Surveys. (Best Student Paper Award)

MacDonald, Alyssa M. and Kevin D.E. Stokesbury. Estimating Spatially Specific Abundance and Distribution of Skate in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.

Sarro, Christopher and Kevin D.E. Stokesbury. Temporal and Spatial Variation in Meat Yield of the Sea Scallop (Placopecten megellanicus) on Georges Bank.

Stokesbury, Kevin D. E., Bradley P. Harris, Michael C. Marino II and Jacob I. Nogueira. Sea Scallop Mass Mortality in a Marine Protected Area.

Northeast Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS) Meeting
16-17 January 2007, Narragansett, RI

Rothschild, Brian J. Living Marine Resources Observing System.

EURING 2007 Technical Meeting
14-20 January 2007, Dunedin, New Zealand

Loehrke, Jon, Talia Bigelow, Dave Martins, and Steve Cadrin. Tagging Methodology Applied to Two New England Fishery Resources: Past, Present, and Future. (Poster)

Fishermen and Science Research Symposium
12-13 February 2007, Halifax, NS

Courchene, Brent M. and Kevin D.E. Stokesbury. Calibration of an American Lobster (Homarus americanus) Ventless Trap Survey: Determining Efficiency and Selectivity. (Poster)

Milligan, Peter J., Jefferson T. Turner and Kevin D.E. Stokesbury. Examining the Variability in the Distribution, Abundance and Size of American Lobster (Homarus americanus) Larvae in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. (Poster)

American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists
50th Anniversary International Symposium
13-15 February 2007, Seattle, WA

Bigelow, Talia, Jon Loehrke, Dave Martins, and Steve Cadrin. Tagging Methodology Applied to Two New England Fishery Resources: Past, Present, and Future. (Poster)

Harris, Bradley P., Jacob I. Nogueira, Marino, Michael C. II and Kevin D.E. Stokesbury. Mapping Surficial Substrates and Megabenthos along the Northwestern Atlantic Continental Shelf with Underwater Video Surveys. (Poster)

Marino, Michael C. II, Bradley P. Harris, Jacob I. Nogueira and Kevin D.E. Stokesbury. Measuring Population Dynamics on Appropriate Biological Scales: A Case Study Examining Sea Scallop Mass Mortality. (Poster)

Rothschild, Brian J. Research Requirements for Fishery Management.

Stokesbury, Kevin D.E. Astonishment, Stupefaction, and a Naturalist's Approach to Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Studies.

SMAST Department of Fisheries Oceanography Seminar Series
22 February 2007, New Bedford, MA

Rothschild, Brian J. Scallop Shell Height/Meat Weight (SHMW) and Mixed Regression, An Exploratory Study on the Variability in Scallop Shell Height/Meat Weight Relationship.

Northeast Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing
Systems (NERACOOS) Meeting
28 February-1 March 2007, Durham, NH

Rothschild, Brian J. NERACOOS–Notes from SMAST, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, and Lockheed Martin Sippican; Centered on Gulf of Maine Including Georges Bank.

Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada: Video Survey Workshop
5-7 March 2007, Halifax, NS

Stokesbury, Kevin D.E. and Bradley P. Harris. SMAST Video Survey I: Design.

Stokesbury, Kevin D.E. and Bradley P. Harris. SMAST Video Survey II: Database Structure.

Stokesbury, Kevin D.E. and Bradley P. Harris. SMAST Video Survey III: Image Analysis.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering
COFDL Seminar Series
23 March 2007, Woods Hole, MA

Cowles, Geoffrey. A Method for Fully Implicit Solution of the Shallow Water Equations on Unstructured Grids.

AfPR - Plankton Symposium IV
1-5 April 2007, João Pessoa, Brazil

Rothschild, Brian J. Plankton-Particle Theory

Lloyd Center Annual Meeting
2 May 2007, New Bedford, MA

Rothschild, Brian J. The Cod and the Canary.
Keynote Speech

World Conference on Natural Resource Modelling
21 June 2007, Craigville Beach, MA

Cowles, Geoffrey. FVCOM: An Integrated System for Coastal Ocean Ecosystem Modeling.

Joint Summer Meeting: American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists
Northeast District/American Fisheries Society Southern New England Chapter
27 June 2007, Kingston, RI

Loehrke, Jon, Dave Martins and Steve Cadrin. Is Biocomplexity Important for New England Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) Resources?

Rothschild, Brian J. Fisheries Research for the Future.

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Annual Meeting 10-16 July 2007, St. Louis, MO

MacDonald, Alyssa M. and Kevin D.E. Stokesbury. Estimating Spatially Specific Abundance and Distribution of Skate in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. (Poster)

American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting
2-6 September 2007, San Francisco, CA

Bachman, Michelle S., and Kevin D.E. Stokesbury. Yellowtail Flounder Bycatch in Georges Bank Closed Area II Sea Scallop Access Fisheries. (Poster)

Bigelow, Talia, Steve Cadrin, Bryan DeAngelis and John Catena. American Lobster, Homarus americanus, Population Restoration after the North Cape Oil Spill.

Cadrin, Steve. Bridging Disciplinary Gaps for Ecosystem Science through Collaborative Research, Advanced Technologies and Education.

Cadrin, Steve, Josh Moser and Azure Westwood. Studying Movement of Yellowtail Flounder with Electronic Tags.

MacDonald, Alyssa M., and Kevin D.E. Stokesbury. Estimating Spatially Specific Abundance and Distribution of Skate in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean: Updated Results. Poster

Martins, David, Adam Barkley, Sally Roman and Steve Cadrin. Performance of a Haddock-Separator Trawl on Georges Bank.

Martins, David, Sally Roman, Crista Bank, Steve Searcy and Steve Cadrin. Improved Catch Statistics through Electronic Data Collection from a Commercial Study Fleet.

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea: Annual Science Conference
17-21 September 2007, Helsinki, Finland

Cadrin, Steve, Brian Rothschild and Ike Wirgin. To Lump, or to Split? ... Maybe the Wrong Question for Stock Identification of Fishery Resources.

DeCelles, Greg, and Steve Cadrin. An Interdisciplinary Assessment of Winter Flounder Stock Structure.

Mayor's Council on Fisheries and Oceans
18 September 2007, New Bedford, MA

Harris, Bradley P. A Review of Essential Fish Habitat and Habitat Area of Particular Concern.

Working Waterfront Festival
22-23 September 2007, New Bedford, MA

Long, Alicia, and Bradley Stevens. Lobster shell disease and the impact on early life. (Poster)

Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
27 September 2007, St. Andrews, NB

Stokesbury, Kevin D.E. Astonishment, Stupefaction, and a Naturalist's Approach to Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Studies.

School of Marine Science, University of Maine
28 September 2007, Orono, ME

Stokesbury, Kevin, D.E. Astonishment, Stupefaction, and a Naturalist's Approach to Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Studies.

SMAST Department of Fisheries Oceanography Seminar Series
28 September 2007, New Bedford, MA

Adams, Charles F., Bradley P. Harris, and Kevin D.E. Stokesbury.
Geostatistical Comparison of Two Independent Video Surveys of Scallop
Abundance in the Elephant Trunk Closed Area.

Chapman Conference on Long Time-Series Observations in Coastal Ecosystems:
Comparative Analyses of Phytoplankton Dynamics on Regional to Global Scales
8-12 October 2007, Rovinj, Croatia

Hunt, C.H., D.G. Borkman, J.T. Turner, S. Libby and M. Mickelson. Phytoplankton Trends in Massachusetts Bay 1992-2007.

SMAST Department of Fisheries Oceanography Seminar Series
21 September 2007, New Bedford, MA

Stokesbury, Kevin D.E. Astonishment, Stupefaction, and a Naturalist's Approach to Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Studies.

International Haddock Symposium
25-26 October, Portsmouth, NH

Cadrin, Steve, Dave Martins, Steve Searcy, Nikki Jacobson, Adam Barkley and Brian Rothschild. Reducing Bycatch of Haddock and Other Groundfish on Georges Bank through Hardware and Software Solutions.

Martins, David, Adam Barkley, Sally Roman and Steve Cadrin. The Performance of a Haddock-Separator Trawl on Georges Bank.

Fourth Symposium on Harmful Algae in the U.S.
29 October - 1 November 2007, Woods Hole, MA

Borkman, D.G., P.S. Libby, and J.T. Turner. Long-Term (1992-2006) Patterns in Phaeocystis Bloom Magnitude and Bloom Duration in Massachusetts Bay, USA. (Poster)

Estuarine Research Federation: 19th Biennial International Conference
4-8 November 2007, Providence, RI

Cowles, Geoffrey. Implicit Solution of the Shallow Water Equations on Unstructured Grids Using Dual-Time-Stepping. (Poster)

Loehrke, Jon, Dave Martins and Steve Cadrin. Is Biocomplexity Important for New England Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) Resources?

Turner, J.T., D.G. Borkman, and S. Libby. Water Column and Plankton Monitoring (1992-2006) and the Boston Harbor Outfall. (Invited Talk)

Instituto de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar (IPIMAR), Special Seminar
3 December 2007, Lisbon, Portugal

Rothschild, Brian J. The Cod and the Canary.