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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. 💻 www.mi.mun.ca

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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🎧 In this episode, Andi sits down with Capt. Christopher Hearn, Director of the Centre for Marine Simulation (CMS), to explore ice management and the innovative training CMS develops to give mariners practical, hands‑on experience in handling vessels during offshore operations. 🌊🚢
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
MI PhD candidate and National Geographic Explorer, Ana Belén Yánez Suárez, joined the Pristine Seas expedition in Fiji last August. She gathered environmental DNA samples, deployed deep-sea cameras, engaged in shallow-water research, and spent time underwater in the submersible Argonauta 🛥️🐟
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
In this episode of WaveCast, we explore SmartAtlantic with Scott Bruce and Comfort Eboigbe 🎧 Listen to WaveCast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you find your podcasts. Don’t forget to rate and subscribe if you liked this episode! 🔗 miwavecast.alitu.com/episode/0d32...
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
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/?...
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Navigator January 2026
The Navigator is a monthly publication serving the marine industries in Atlantic Canada and the Eastern United States. Each issue features a diverse blend of feature articles and probing commentaries ...
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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...
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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...
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Op-ed: Drs. Tyler Eddy and Maxime Geoffroy
The ocean has absorbed 90 per cent of the heat from human-induced global warming through the carbon pump.
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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...
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
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...
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Complex topographies
Dr. Katleen Robert is on a mission to reveal the mysteries of the ocean floor, especially around N.L.
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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...
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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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Tyler Eddy @thelifeaquatic.xyz · 17/06/2025
Some thoughts on DFO decision making and peer-review science processes, with Matt Robertson and Megan Bailey @marineinstitute.bsky.social @memorialu.bsky.social
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
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
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Frédéric Cyr @fcyr.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
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
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Environmental control on the productivity of a heavily fished ecosystem
Nature Communications - The climate of the northwest Atlantic shifts between phases, shaping ecosystem productivity and fisheries. Tracking these phases can support climate and ecosystem-informed...
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
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).
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
@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.
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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 ⤵️
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Can safety critical industries, like offshore energy, marine transportation, aviation, healthcare and construction, be made safer with AI?
Marine Institute student in a white uniform shirt poses in the Bridge simulator, while a man in a plaid shirt and green pants poses next to him using a camera on a tripod.
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Tyler Eddy @thelifeaquatic.xyz · 03/04/2025
THE LIFE AQUATIC MSc student @loganexplores.bsky.social won an NSERC MSc Scholarship For his MSc research, Logan is investigating Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) structure and function for fisheries management decision making by interviewing DFO managers across Canada @marineinstitute.bsky.social
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
MI’s Dr. Rob Brown discusses his team’s research on search and rescue in remote regions in FOCI podcast #7. They’re studying factors affecting operations, like sea states, equipment, and decision-making, to simulate scenarios and suggest improvements. open.spotify.com/episode/4xDH...
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FOCI Podcast Episode # 7 - Mathematical Modelling Maritime Conditions for Search and Rescue in Remote Regions with Dr. Robert Brown
Future Ocean and Coastal Infrastructures (FOCI), Atlantic Canada - Sustainable, Safe, and Inclusive · Episode
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
MI's Dr. Tyler Eddy is leader author of a new report on climate change. @thelifeaquatic.xyz agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Global and Regional Marine Ecosystem Models Reveal Key Uncertainties in Climate Change Projections
Global marine ecosystem models projected greater biomass declines with climate change than regional marine ecosystem models for many regions For both global and regional models, greater biomass d...
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Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University @marineinstitute.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
We’re setting sail on Bluesky! 🌊 Follow @marineinstitute.bsky.social for MI research and latest news. Join the conversation and be part of our community! 🖥️ www.mi.mun.ca
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