CSAR - Marine Institute

09/13/2026

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/reef-balls-placentia-bay-9.7334843

Last year, fisheries technologist Mark Santos and a team at the Marine Institute launched 285 cement reef balls into Placentia Bay’s Fox Harbour in a bid to remediate an ocean dead zone. Already, he said, they can see marine life returning.

08/28/2026

08/25/2026

08/19/2026

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/this-st-johns-science-superstar-is-competing-in-a-water-science-competition-in-stockholm-9.7310962

A St. John’s high school student is bound for Europe, where he’ll be representing Canada as he competes in a prestigious international water science competition.

08/07/2026

Introducing Dr. Andrade! Congratulations to Sidney Andrade on successfully defending his PhD this week! Special thanks to his supervisor Dr. Shannon Bayse and the supervisory/examining committees.

08/03/2026

Congrats to our arctic field team on another successful field season - seafloor mapping and exploratory fishing in Kinngait, Nunavut! (Marine Institute, Memorial University).

07/22/2026

It's been 38 years! The proceedings of the World Symposium on Fishing Gear and Fishing Vessel Design (1988) are now available online! View here: https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/mi_collect/id/859/rec/1

05/12/2026

📣 Congratulations to Freya Snow on publishing her Honours thesis. Well done Freya!

https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsag072

03/20/2026

Whalesafe fishing gear is here! Special thanks to our inshore lobster harvesters for taking time to discuss today!

03/19/2026

Congratulations! Everyone successfully completed the 10-day short course on construction, operation, and repair of survey trawls. Thank-you to the Canadian Coast Guard for sending us your best and brightest! Special thanks to our outstanding instructors Mark Ribeiro Santos, Tomás Araya Schmidt, and Philip Walsh. Marine Institute, Memorial University