Current Projects

FSRS Projects:

• Oceanographic Data collection
• Lobster Recruitment Index Project
• LFA 33 Commercial Trap Sampling Project
• LFA 34 Berried Lobster Project
• 4VsW Sentinel Monitoring Program
• At-sea Lobster Sampling
• Multi-panel Gillnet Pollock Survey

Collaborative Initiatives:

• Atlantic Lobster Moult and Quality Project
• DFO/FSRS Inshore Ecosystem Research on the Scotian Shelf
• Artificial Collectors as a Tool to Measure Settlement of Young-of-Year Lobster in Coastal Nova Scotia (Lobster Collector Project)

• Petitcodiac River Causeway Lobster Monitoring Project
• PSP Toxins Sampling in Atlantic Lobsters
• ESFPA V-notch Conservation Program
• Mackerel Tagging

Past Projects

• Condition Factor Study
• Identification and charting sensitive groundfish habitats on the Scotian Shelf
• Inshore Tagging Project to tag cod, haddock, and halibut in the inshore waters from Country Harbour to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
• Dogfish Biological Sampling
• Lobster Carapace Length Frequency Study
• Lobster Carapace vs Weight Study
• Snow Crab, Jonah Crab, Rock Crab and Toad Crab At-Sea Sampling
• Enhanced Fish Diet Collection Project (Predator/Prey Relationship Study)
• Leatherback Sea Turtle Research