Joanne Morgan
Current research and/or projects
My research focuses on factors affecting productivity in groundfish species. Specifically I am attempting to understand the factors that affect growth, condition, maturation and fecundity. These are all critical to determining the level of fishing a population can sustain and in determining the length of time it will take depleted populations to recover. There are also important implications for interactions among different components of the ecosystem.
In addition, I am trying to determine how to quantitatively integrate this information into scientific advice to fisheries management. As an important part of this aspect of my work I am actively involved in the stock assessment of a variety of groundfish populations, both nationally and internationally through the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO).
Education and awards
PhD Behavioural Ecology, Queen's University at Kingston, 1987
Key publications
- Morgan, M.J. et al. 2009. The evaluation of reference points and stock productivity in the context of alternative indices of stock reproductive potential. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 66:404-414
- Morgan, M.J. 2008. Integrating reproductive biology into scientific advice for fisheries management. J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci. 41:37-51.
- Stares, J.C., R.M. Rideout, M.J. Morgan and J. Brattey. 2007. Did population collapse influence individual fecundity of Northwest Atlantic cod? ICES J. Mar. Sci. 64:1338-1347.
- Morgan, M.J., P.A. Shelton and J. Brattey. 2007. Age composition of the spawning stock does not always influence recruitment. J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci. 38: 1-12.
- Rideout, R.M. and M.J. Morgan. 2007. Major changes in fecundity and the effect on population egg production for three species of Northwest Atlantic flatfish. J. Fish Biol. 70:1759-1779.