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Martin Castonguay

Martin Castonguay
Martin Castonguay

Research Scientist
Fisheries Science and Aquaculture Branch
Regional Science Branch

Tel: 418-775-0634
Fax: 418-775-0740
E-mail: Martin.Castonguay@dfo-mpo.gc.ca



Research Interests

  • Oceanic biology and migratory dynamics of young stages of eels
  • Spatial dynamics of demersal marine fishes
  • Links between secondary production and recruitment of pelagic marine fishes

Membership

  • American Fisheries Society
  • Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
  • Institut Québécois de la Biodiversité

International committees

  • ICES Working Group on Eels

Canadian committees

  • Canadian Eel Science Working Group

Education

Ph. D. (1985)
University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
Thesis on the oceanic biology of eel leptocephali in the Sargasso Sea, with a focus on vertical migrations and growth.
M. Sc. (1982)
Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada
Thesis on life history and migrations of brook trout in a Gaspé River
B. Sc. (1979)
Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada

Work

Since 2001: Section Head, Fish Assessment and Conservation Section, MLI.

Since 1990: Research scientist in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Branch, MLI.

1987 to 1990: Biologist, maritime fisheries, Maurice-Lamontagne Institute (MLI), Mont-Joli.

1986: Post-doctoral fellowship with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Québec.

Adjunct professor

  • Université du Québec à Rimouski
  • Université Laval

Publications