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PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
The original concept for the SSMSP program was developed in 2009 by Dr. Brian Riddell (CEO (now retired), PSF),
Dr. Isobel Pearsall (Project Coordinator, PSF) and a Canadian Science Team ( Table 1).
The Science team was convened in 2011 and assisted with the development of the SSMSP, building the joint
objectives and key hypotheses, and guiding the Canadian research projects.
Table 1. Canadian SSMSP Science Team
NAME AFFILIATION
*
ROLE
Brian Riddell
Research Scientist
CEO/President,
Pacific Salmon Foundation
Project Lead
Isobel Pearsall
Project Coordinator
Research Scientist,
Pacific Salmon Foundation
Responsible for project oversight, managing staff and
volunteers, science coordination and project planning.
Lead for Strait of Georgia Data Centre, PSF/UBC
Richard (Dick) Beamish,
Fisheries Research
DFO Science
(retired)
Extensive experience in fish, fisheries, and the Strait of
Georgia
Ken Denman,
Oceanography and
Climate
DFO Science
(retired)
Adjunct Professor, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at
University of Victoria, and past Chief Scientist with Ocean
Networks Canada
Ian Perry,
Fisheries Oceanography
DFO Science,
Research Scientist
Head of Zooplankton Ecology and Ecosystems,
DFO Science, and Adjunct Professor, UBC
Andrew Trites,
Marine Mammalogist
Professor,
UBC
Director, Marine Mammal Research Unit at UBC, and
Research Director of the North Pacific Universities Marine
Mammal Research Consortium
Tony Farrell,
Fish Physiology
Professor,
UBC
Canada Research Chair in Fish Physiology, Culture and
Conservation (since 2010)
Carl Walters,
Fisheries and Modelling
Professor Emeritus,
UBC
Zoology and Fisheries, specialist in fisheries stock assess-
ment, adaptive management and ecosystem modelling
Marc Trudel,
Fish Ecology
DFO Science,
Research Scientist
Head, Salmon Marine Interactions Section at the Pacific
Biological Station. Adjunct Department of Biology, UVic
Kristi Miller-Saunders,
Molecular Genetics
DFO,
Research Scientist
Head, Molecular Genetics Laboratory at Pacific Biological
Station, and an adjunct Professor in the Department of
Forest Sciences at UBC
Mel Sheng,
Salmon Enhancement
DFO, Salmonid Enhancement
Program, Biologist (retired)
Operations Section Head for DFO's South Coast Area,
Salmon Enhancement Program
Villy Christensen,
Ecosystem Modelling
Professor,
UBC
Professor in Ecosystem Modelling at the Institute for the
Oceans and Fisheries, leader and developer of the Ecopath
project, Principal Investigator, Global Ocean Modelling
Brian Hunt,
Biological Oceanography
Assistant Professor,
UBC
UBC Hakai Professor in Biological Oceanography at the
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
*affiliations at the time of SSMSP
