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Enhancing fisheries education in Canada: The need for interdisciplinarity, collaboration, and inclusivity

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1 Departement of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada
2 Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Bristish Columbia, Canada
3 Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
4 School of Graduate Studies, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
5 Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
6 Département de Biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes, Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada
7 School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
8 School of the Environment, St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.2291v1
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Subject Areas
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science, Ecosystem Science, Science and Medical Education, Science Policy, Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Keywords
Education, Interdisciplinarity, Fisheries, Network, Fisheries research, Natural sciences, Social sciences, Canada, Policy, Fisheries management
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© 2016 Turgeon et al.
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Turgeon K, Hawkshaw SCF, Dinning KM, Quinn BK, Edwards DN, Wor C, Parlee CE, Debertin A, Hawkshaw M, Nelson BW, Zhang F, Benestan LM, Angel E, Morse BL, Mombourquette D. 2016. Enhancing fisheries education in Canada: The need for interdisciplinarity, collaboration, and inclusivity. PeerJ Preprints 4:e2291v1

Abstract

The Canadian Fisheries Research Network (CFRN) was initiated to increase interdisciplinary research capacity through enhanced, cross-sector collaboration. Training in the CFRN was important and unique for students because of the exposure to the realities of industry, government and academics working in close collaboration. As CFRN students, our goal for this paper was to assess whether Canada is appropriately preparing the next generation of fisheries graduates to tackle complex fisheries management problems. This assessment consisted of 1) a systematic review of fisheries-related education across Canada, 2) a reflection on our experience in the CFRN, and 3) comments on the importance of inclusive and interdisciplinary approaches in fisheries education and fisheries research. Based on our assessment, we concluded that the availability of fisheries education in Canada is limited, particularly with respect to interdisciplinary training. We contend that the CFRN enhanced our educational experience by fostering interdisciplinary and inclusive fisheries research. We recommend that the CFRN model be considered both in the development of fisheries education initiatives and in the design of future fisheries research.

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Supplemental Information

Table A1. Description of the 11 Projects and sub-Projects of the CFRN

Description of the 11 Projects and sub-Projects of the CFRN

DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.2291v1/supp-1

Appendix B: Detailed distribution of the fisheries related programs and courses organized by Canadian provinces and/or strength of the link to fisheries

Table B1. Distribution of fisheries-related graduate programs offered by universities across Canadian provinces and territories. Absolute numbers are given in parentheses.

Table B2. Distribution of fisheries-related undergraduate programs by Canadian University. Absolute numbers are given in parentheses.

Table B3. Distribution of fisheries-related courses offered by Canadian University. Absolute numbers are given in parentheses.

DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.2291v1/supp-2

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Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Katrine Turgeon conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, wrote the paper, prepared figures and/or tables, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Sarah C.F. Hawkshaw conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, wrote the paper, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Kristin M. Dinning conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, wrote the paper, prepared figures and/or tables, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Brady K. Quinn conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, wrote the paper, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Danielle N. Edwards analyzed the data, wrote the paper, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Catarina Wor conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, wrote the paper, prepared figures and/or tables, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Courtenay E. Parlee conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, wrote the paper, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Allan Debertin wrote the paper, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Mike Hawkshaw wrote the paper, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Benjamin W. Nelson wrote the paper, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Fan Zhang wrote the paper, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Laura M Benestan conceived and designed the experiments, wrote the paper, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Eric Angel performed the experiments, wrote the paper, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Bryan L. Morse wrote the paper, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Daniel Mombourquette wrote the paper, reviewed drafts of the paper.

Data Deposition

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The research in this article did not generate, collect or analyse any raw data or code. The data were under the form of structured discussions.

Funding

The authors were funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Canadian Fisheries Research Network (CFRN) The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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