Martin Castonguay, Ph.D.

Image Castonguay, Martin
Emeritus Scientist

Research on exploited pelagic marine fishes of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in support of stock assessments

Current research and/or projects

 

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

Education and awards

 

B.Sc. Université Laval, Québec, 1979

M.Sc. Université Laval, Québec, 1982

Ph.D., University of Maine, USA, 1985

DFO's Prix d'Excellence 2015

Key publications

2015-2023 Primary Publications

Arai, K., M. Castonguay, V. Lyubchich, and D. H. Secor. Integrating machine learning with otolith isoscapes: reconstructing connectivity of a marine fish over four decades. Submitted to Plos One, December 2022.

Bourret, A., A. Smith, E. Van Beveren, K. Curti, S. Plourde, T. Jansen, D. Richardson, M. Castonguay, N. Rodríguez-Ezpeleta et G. Parent. 2023. Quantifying genetic differentiation and population assignment among two contingents of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in the Northwest Atlantic. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2022-0232.

Van Beveren, E., S. Plourde, P. Pepin, A. Smith, K. Cogliati, and M. Castonguay. 2023. A review of the importance of various areas for northern contingent West-Atlantic mackerel spawning. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 80: 1-15. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsac211.

Cairns, D.K. J. Benchetrit, L. Bernatchez, V. Bornarel, J.M. Casselman, M. Castonguay, A.R. Charsley, M. Dorow, H. Drouineau, J. Frankowski, A. Haro, S.D. Hoyle, D.C. Knickle, M.A. Koops, L.A. Poirier, J.T. Thorson, J. Young, and X. Zhu. 2022. Thirteen novel ideas and underutilized resources to support progress toward a range-wide American eel stock assessment. Fisheries Management and Ecology 29: 516-541. DOI: 10.1111/fme.12572.

Arai, K., M. Castonguay, and D.H. Secor. 2021. Multi-decadal trends in contingent mixing of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in the Northwest Atlantic from otolith oxygen and carbon stable isotopes. Scientific Reports 11: 6667. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86116-2.

 

Righton, D., A. Walker, A. Piper, K. Aarestrup, E. Amilhat, E. Faliex, G. Simon, C. Belpaire, J. Casselman,  M. Castonguay, E. Díaz, H. Doerner, E. Feunteun, N. Fukuda, R. Hanel, C. Hanzen, D. Jellyman, K. Kaifu,  K. McCarthy, M. Miller, K. Tsukamoto, T. Pratt, P. Sasal, R. Schabetsberger, H. Shiraishi, N. Sjöberg,  H. Westerberg, K. Steele, K. Yokouchi et M. Gollock. 2021. Important questions to progress science and sustainable management  of anguillid eels. Fish and Fisheries. doi.org/10.1111/faf.12549.

 

Brosset, P., A. Smith, S. Plourde, M. Castonguay, C. Lehoux, and E. Van Beveren. 2020. A fine-scale stepwise approach to understand fish recruitment variability. Scientific Reports 10:16064. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73025.

 

Redding, S.G., L.W. Cooper, M. Castonguay, C. Wiernicki, and D.H. Secor. 2020. Northwest Atlantic mackerel population structure evaluated using Otolith δ18O. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 77: 2582-2589. doi.org:10.1093/icesjms/fsaa117.       

 

Cayuela, H., Q. Rougemont, M. Laporte, C. Mérot, E. Normandeau, Y. Dorant, O.K. Tørresen, S. N. K. Hoff, S. Jentoft, P. Sirois, M. Castonguay, T. Jansen, K. Praebel, M. Clément, and L. Bernatchez. 2020. Shared ancestral polymorphism and chromosomal rearrangements facilitate local adaptation in a marine fish. Molec. Ecol. 29: 2379-2398. doi: 10.1111/mec.15499.

 

Richardson, D.E., L. Carter, K. Curti, K.E. Marancik, and M. Castonguay. 2020. Changes in the spawning distribution and biomass of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in the western Atlantic over four decades. Fish. Bull. 118:120–134.  doi: 10.7755/FB.118.2.2.

 

Van Beveren, E., D.E. Duplisea, J.R. Marentette, A. Smith, and M. Castonguay. 2020. An example of how catch uncertainty hinders effective stock management and rebuilding. Fisheries Research. doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105473

 

Mbaye, B., T. Doniol-Valcroze, P. Brosset, M. Castonguay, E. Van Beveren, A. Smith, C. Lehoux,  D. Brickman, Z. Wang, and S. Plourde. 2020. Modelling Atlantic mackerel spawning habitat and its future distribution in the north-west Atlantic. Fish. Oceanogr. 29: 84-99. DOI: 10.1111/fog.12456.

 

Van Beveren, E., D. Duplisea, P. Brosset, and M. Castonguay. 2019. Assessment model approaches for stocks with contingents, seasonal and spatial dynamics, and limited resources for data collection. PLoS ONE 14(9): e0222472. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0222472.

 

Van Beveren, E., D.E. Duplisea, J.R. Marentette, A. Smith, and M. Castonguay. 2019. An example of how catch uncertainty hinders effective stock management and rebuilding. Fisheries Research doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105473

 

Cayuela, H., Q. Rougemont, M. Laporte, C. Mérot, E. Normandeau, Y. Dorant, O.K. Tørresen, S. N. K. Hoff, S. Jentoft, P. Sirois, M. Castonguay, T. Jansen, K. Praebel, M. Clément, and L. Bernatchez. Standing genetic variation and chromosomal rearrangements facilitate local adaptation in a marine fish. Submitted to Molec. Ecol. on Sept. 25, 2019.

 

Redding, S.G., L.W. Cooper, M. Castonguay, C. Wiernicki, and D.H. Secor. Northwest Atlantic mackerel population structure evaluated using Otolith δ18O. Submitted to ICES J. Mar. Sci. on April 18, 2019.

 

Richardson, D.E., L. Carter, K. Curti, K.E. Marancik, and M. Castonguay. Changes in the spawning distribution and biomass of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in the western Atlantic over four decades. Accepted in Fish. Bull. U.S., October 16, 2019.

 

Mbaye, B., T. Doniol-Valcroze, P. Brosset, M. Castonguay, E. Van Beveren, A. Smith, C. Lehoux,  D. Brickman, Z. Wang, and S. Plourde. 2019. Modelling Atlantic mackerel spawning habitat and its future distribution in the Northwest Atlantic. Fish. Oceanogr. DOI: 10.1111/fog.12456.

 

Van Beveren, E., D. Duplisea, P. Brosset, and M. Castonguay. 2019. Assessment model approaches for stocks with contingents, seasonal and spatial dynamics, and limited resources for data collection. PLoS ONE 14(9): e0222472. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0222472.

 

Miller, M.J., L. Marohn, K. Wysujack, S. Bonhommeau, M. Kuroki, M. Freese, J.-D. Pohlmann, S. Watanabe, T. Blancke, P. Weist, M. Castonguay, H. Westerberg, K. Tsukamoto, and R. Hanel. 2019. Larval size distributions of Ariosoma balearicum cryptic species during the March-April season in the Sargasso Sea Subtropical Convergence Zone. Envir. Biol. Fishes 102: 1231-1252. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-019-00900-8.

 

Shikon, V., P. Pepin, D. Schneider, M. Castonguay, and D. Robert. 2019. Spatiotemporal variability in Newfoundland capelin (Mallotus villosus) larval abundance and growth: Implications for recruitment. Fish. Res. 218: 237-245.

 

Drouineau, H., C. Durif, M. Castonguay, M. Mateo, E. Rochard, G. Verreault, K. Youkouchi, and P. Lambert. 2018. Endangered eels: a symbol of the effects of global change. Fish and Fisheries 19: 903-930. DOI:10.1111/faf.12300.

 

Béguer-Pon, M., G. Verreault, D. Stanley, M. Castonguay, and J.J. Dodson. 2018. The migration of stocked, trapped and transported, and wild female American silver eels through the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 75: 2024-2037. DOI :10.1139/cjfas-2017-0356.

 

Béguer-Pon, M., J.J. Dodson, M. Castonguay, D. Jellyman, K. Aarestrup, and K. Tsukamoto. 2018. Tracking anguillid eels: five decades of telemetry-based research. Mar. Freshw. Res. 69: 199–219. DOI 10.1071/MF17137.

 

Massiot-Granier, F., G. Lassalle, P. Almeida, M. Aprahamian, M. Castonguay, H. Drouineau, E. García-Berthou, P. Laffaille, A. Lehêne, M. Lepage, K. Limburg, J. Lobry, E. Rochard, K. Rose, J. Rosebery, T. Rougier, J. Waldman, K. Wilson, and P. Lambert. 2018. A generic method to assess species exploratory potential under climate change. Ecological Indicators 90 : 615-623. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.03.047.

 

LeBris, A., J.A.D. Fisher, H.M. Murphy, P.S. Galbraith, M. Castonguay, T. Loher, and D. Robert. 2018. Migration patterns and putative spawning habitats of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence revealed by geolocation of pop-up satellite archival tags. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 75 : 135-147. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsx098.

 

 

Béguer-Pon, M., S. Shan, M. Castonguay, and J.J. Dodson. 2017. Behavioural variability in the vertical and horizontal oceanic migrations of maturing American eels. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 585: 123-142.

 

Durif, C.M.F., S. Bonhommeau, C. Briand, H.I. Browman, M. Castonguay, F. Daverat, W. Dekker, E. Diaz, R. Hanel, M. Miller, A. Moore, C. Paris, A.B. Skiftesvik, H. Westerberg, and H. Wickström. 2017. Whether European eel leptocephali use the Earth's magnetic field to guide their migration remains an open question - Comment on "A Magnetic Map Leads Juvenile European Eels to the Gulf Stream. Current Biology 27, R1 - R3.

 

Van Beveren, E., D. Duplisea, M. Castonguay, T. Doniol-Valcroze, S. Plourde, and N. Cadigan. 2017. How catch underreporting can bias stock assessment and advice in northwest Atlantic mackerel and a possible resolution using censored catch. Fisheries Research 194: 146-154.

 

LeBris, A., J.A.D. Fisher, H.M. Murphy, P.S. Galbraith, M. Castonguay, T. Loher, and D. Robert. 2017. Migration patterns and putative spawning habitats of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence revealed by geolocation of pop-up satellite archival tags. ICES J. Mar. Sci. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsx098.

 

Murphy, H.M., J.A.D. Fisher, A. Le Bris, M. Desgagnés, M. Castonguay, T. Loher, and D. Robert. 2017. Pop-up satellite archival tags provide the first characterization of depth distributions, temperature associations, and seasonal migrations of Atlantic halibut in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 9: 341–356. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19425120.2017.1327905.

 

Mateo, M., P. Lambert, S. Tétard, M. Castonguay, B. Ernande, and H. Drouineau. 2017. Cause or consequence? Exploring the role of phenotypic plasticity and genetic polymorphism in the emergence of phenotypic spatial patterns of the European eel. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 74: 987-999.

 

Savenkoff, C., J.A. Gagné, M. Gilbert, M. Castonguay, D. Chabot, J. Chassé, S. Comtois, J.-D. Dutil, P.S. Galbraith, J.-F. Gosselin, F. Grégoire, R. Larocque, P. Larouche, D. Lavoie, M. Lebeuf, V. Lesage, F. Maps, I.H. McQuinn, A. Mosnier, C. Nozères, P. Ouellet, S. Plourde, B. Sainte-Marie, L. Savard, M. Scarratt, and M. Starr. 2017. Poissons et invertébrés. Le concept d’approche écosystémique appliqué à l’estuaire du Saint-Laurent (Canada). Environmental Reviews 25 : 26-96. doi.org/10.1139/er-2015-0083.

 

Benchetrit, J., M. Béguer-Pon, P. Sirois, M. Castonguay, J. Fitzsimons, J. and J.J. Dodson. 2017. Using otolith microchemistry to reconstruct habitat use of American eels Anguilla rostrata in the St. Lawrence River - Lake Ontario system. Ecol. Freshw. Fish. 26: 19-33. doi: 10.1111/eff.12246.

 

Béguer-Pon, M., K. Ohashi, J. Sheng, M. Castonguay, and J.J. Dodson. 2016. Modeling the migration of the American eel in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 549: 183-198.

 

Castonguay, M., and C.M.F. Durif. 2016. Understanding the decline in anguillid eels. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 73: 1-4.

 

Béguer-Pon, M., S. Shan, K.R. Thompson, M. Castonguay, J. Sheng, and J.J. Dodson. 2016. Exploring the role of the physical marine environment in silver eel migrations using a biophysical particle-tracking model. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 73: 57-74.

 

Béguer-Pon, M., M. Castonguay, S. Shan, J. Benchetrit, and J.J. Dodson. 2015. Direct observations of American eels migrating across the continental shelf to the Sargasso Sea. Nature Commun. 6:8705 doi: 10.1038/ncomms9705 (2015).

 

Miller, M.J., S. Bonhommeau, P. Munk, M. Castonguay, R. Hanel, and J.D. McCleave. 2015. A century of research on the larval distributions of the Atlantic eels: A re-examination of the data. Biol. Rev. 90: 1035-1064. doi: 10.1111/brv.12144.

 

Plourde, S., F. Grégoire, C. Lehoux, P. Galbraith, M. Castonguay, and M. Ringuette. 2015. Effect of environmental variability on body condition and recruitment success of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus L.) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Fish. Oceanogr. 24: 347-363. doi: 10.1111/fog.12113.

 

Pavey, S.A., J. Gaudin, E. Normandeau, M. Dionne, M. Castonguay, C. Audet, and L. Bernatchez. 2015. RAD-sequencing highlights polygenic discrimination of habitat ecotypes in the panmictic American eel (Anguilla rostrata). Current Biology 25: 1666-1671.

 

Côté, C.L., S.A. Pavey, J.A. Stacey, T. Pratt, M. Castonguay, C. Audet, and L. Bernatchez. 2015. Growth, female bimodality and sex ratio variability in American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) of different origins in both controlled conditions and the wild: Implications for stocking programs. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 144: 246-257.doi:10.1080/00028487.2014.975841.

 

Béguer-Pon, M., M. Castonguay, J. Benchetrit, D. Hatin, M. Legault, G. Verreault, Y. Mailhot, V. Tremblay, and J.J. Dodson. 2015. Large-scale seasonal habitat use and movements of yellow American eels in the St. Lawrence River revealed by acoustic telemetry. Ecol. Freshw. Fish. 24: 99-111. doi: 10.1111/eff.12129.

 

Boivin, B., M. Castonguay, C. Audet, S.A. Pavey, M. Dionne, and L. Bernatchez. 2015. How does salinity influence habitat selection and growth in juvenile American eels Anguilla  rostrata? J. Fish Biol. 86: 765-784. doi: 10.1111/jfb.12604.

 

 

Reports 2015-2021

Smith, A.D., E. Van Beveren, L. Girard, M. Boudreau, P. Brosset, M. Castonguay et S. Plourde.  2020. Le maquereau bleu (Scomber scombrus L.) dans les sous-régions 3 et 4 de l’OPANO en 2018. Secr. can. de consult. sci. du MPO. Doc. Rech. 2020/013. iv + 40 p.

 

Van Beveren, E., J.R. Marentette, A. Smith, M. Castonguay et D.E. Duplisea. 2020. Évaluation des des stratégies de rétablissement du maquereau de l’Atlantique Nord-Ouest (Sous-régions 3 et 4 de l’OPANO). Secr. Can. Consult. Sci. MPO. Doc. Rech. 2020/021.

 

Chamberland, J.-M., A. Smith, M. Castonguay et S. Plourde. 2019. Relations entre l’indice de performance de la pêche commerciale au capelan (Mallotus spp.) de la division 4R de l’OPANO (côte ouest de Terre-Neuve) et les conditions environnementales dans le golfe du Saint-Laurent. Secr. can. de consult. sci. du MPO, Doc. Rech. 2019/047. iv + 28 p.

 

Doniol-Valcroze, T., E. Van Beveren, B. Légaré, L. Girard, and M. Castonguay. 2019. The Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus L.) in NAFO Subareas 3 and 4 in 2016. DFO Can. Sci. Adv. Sec. Res. Doc. 2018/062: v + 54 p.

 

DFO (Van Beveren, E. and M. Castonguay). 2018. Update of the projections for Atlantic mackerel (Subareas 3 and 4). Can. Sci. Adv. Sec. Sci. Resp. 2018/024.

 

Van Beveren, E., M. Castonguay, T. Doniol-Valcroze, and D. Duplisea. 2017. Results of an informal survey of Canadian Atlantic mackerel commercial, recreational and bait fishers. DFO Can. Sci. Adv. Sec. Res. Doc. 2017/029.

 

MPO (Légaré, B. et M. Castonguay). 2015. Mise à jour des indicateurs de l'état des stocks de hareng de la côte-nord du Québec (Division 4S) en 2014. Sécr. Can. Consult. Sci. MPO, Rep. sci. 2015/026.

 

MPO (Légaré, B. et M. Castonguay). 2015. Mise à jour des indicateurs de l'état du stock de capelan de l'estuaire et du golfe du Saint-Laurent (divisions 4RST) en 2014. Sécr. Can. Consult. Sci. MPO, Rep. sci. 2015/032.

 

Plourde, S., F. Grégoire, C. Lehoux, P.S. Galbraith, and M. Castonguay. 2014. Effect of environmental variability on the Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus L.) stock dynamics in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. DFO Can. Sci. Adv. Sec. Res. Doc. 2014/092.

 

Cairns, D.K., G. Chaput, L.A. Poirier, M. Castonguay, A. Mathers, R. Bradford, T. Pratt, G. Verreault, K. Clarke, and G. Veinott. 2014. Recovery Potential Assessment for the American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) for eastern Canada: life history, distribution, status indicators, and demographic parameters. DFO Can. Sci. Adv. Sec. Res. Doc. 2013/134.

 

Research facility

850, route de la Mer
Mont-Joli, QC G5H 3Z4
Canada

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