Assessing the population biology and fishery dynamics of spot prawns (Pandalus platyceros) in Kitasoo/Xai’xais territory

As part of ongoing work developing community-based fisheries and associated co-management frameworks within their territory, the Kitasoo Xai’xais First Nation (KXFN) is interested in investigating the state of spot prawn populations and the commercial fishery dynamics within their territory, contextualised within the broader state of spot prawn populations in British Columbia. This information will form the foundation for developing their approach to managing their own community-based fishery moving forward. To that end, this project will synthesize available long-term data sets (fishery-dependent and -independent) and analyse the spatial dynamics of spot prawn populations and their fishery in KXFN territory and across the coast. This project is a collaboration between the Spirit Bear Research Foundation (responsible for supporting the research interests of the KXFN) and the Lewis Research Group, a mathematical biology research group based at the University of Alberta.

Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Lewis

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Partner:

Spirit Bear Research Foundation

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

University of Alberta

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