LECTURE
The
Ecology and Evolution of Recovery: Lessons Learned Since the Collapse of
Northern Cod
Video
credit:
Jazmine
Hayden
Fisheries and Oceans
Canada
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JEFFREY
HUTCHINGS (2017)
Dr.
Hutchings is a world-renowned expert in the life history and evolution of
fishes, such as Atlantic salmon, Atlantic cod, and brook trout. He has
studied factors causing their depletion and affecting their recovery. His
research focuses on questions in the fields of evolutionary ecology,
conservation biology, and population biology.
After
obtaining a PhD at Memorial University of Newfoundland (1991), Jeffrey
Hutchings worked at the University of Edinburgh and Fisheries and Oceans
Canada (St. John’s) before accepting a position in the Department of
Biology at Dalhousie University (1995), where he was recently (2016)
appointed Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Chair in Fish, Fisheries and
Oceans. In addition to this appointment, he holds or has held academic
positions at two universities (Oslo, Agder) and the Institute of Marine
Research in Norway. His work on fish ecology, evolution, and population
dynamics has been published in more than 210 peer-reviewed scientific
articles. He has served on the editorial boards of eight scientific
journals and multiple expert review panels in Canada, Sweden, and the
United States.
In
addition to undertaking research, Dr. Hutchings has been heavily involved
in the provision of science advice to decision-makers. He chaired Canada’s
national science advisory body on species at risk (Committee on the Status
of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, COSEWIC), a committee with statutory
responsibilities to the federal government. He has been invited to appear
before 11 parliamentary standing committees and is Science Advisor to
Loblaw Companies Ltd. on its sustainable seafood policies. He has also
served, on three occasions, as External Audit Advisor to the Auditor
General of Canada. Co-founder and Past-President of the Canadian Society
for Ecology and Evolution, he chaired the Royal Society of Canada Expert
Panel (2012) on the effects of climate change, fisheries, and aquaculture
on Canadian marine biodiversity. Dr. Hutchings was elected Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada (Academy of Science) in 2015.
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