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Michael Melnychuk – CV 1 of 14
Michael Melnychuk http://www.mikemelnychuk.wordpress.com
University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Box 355020, Seattle, WA 98195 USA [email protected]
CURRENT POSITION
Research Scientist University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
2011–present
Honorary Research Associate University of British Columbia, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
2012–present
EDUCATION
PhD, University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology and Fisheries Centre Thesis: ‘Mortality of migrating Pacific salmon smolts in southern British Columbia, Canada’ https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/16642 Co-supervisors, Dr. Carl Walters & Dr. Villy Christensen
2004–2009
BSc (Honours), University of British Columbia, Ecology and Environmental Biology Co-supervisors, Dr. Dolph Schluter & Dr. Lauren Chapman
1995–2000
Bamfield Marine Station Fall Program 1999
Canadian Field Studies in Africa Program 1998
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Scientist, University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Project title: Management characteristics of sustainable fisheries. Involves quantifying
effects of fisheries management strategies and tactics on the ecological, economic, and social dimensions of fisheries. Supervisor, Dr. Ray Hilborn
2011–present
Contractor—The Nature Conservancy, Global Oceans Team 2017
Contractor— Environmental Defense Fund 2017
Contractor—California Environmental Associates, for The Economist World Oceans Summit 2014-2015
Contractor—Environmental Defense Fund, for FAO Working Group, 'Impacts of Protected Areas on Fisheries Yield, Fishing Communities and Ecosystems'
2014-2015
Michael Melnychuk – CV 2 of 14
Contractor—Stony Brook University Collaborator on a biotelemetry and mark-recapture study of Atlantic sturgeon
2011-2015
Research Scientist, University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Project title: Quantifying the ecological effects of dedicated access fisheries programs
Supervisor, Dr. Timothy Essington
2009–2010
Graduate student research associate, Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project Collaborator on a large-scale biotelemetry study of juvenile salmon in southern BC; Head scientist and project manager for one portion of the study, in Howe Sound
2003–2008
Contractor—snorkel surveys, Cheakamus River, Ecometric Research Ltd. 2006–2008
Field assistant—fish sampling, Little Colorado River, Grand Canyon N.P., US Fish & Wildlife 2003–2004
Contractor—sea lion acoustic and radio tracking, Behaviour at Sea Project, Lynn Canal, Alaska, UBC Marine Mammal Group
2003
Field assistant—salmonid enumeration, Keogh River, Instream Fisheries Research Ltd. 2002
Research assistant—fish catch reconstruction, Sea Around Us Project, UBC Fisheries Centre 2001
Collaborator and field assistant—aquatic insect population and community ecology, Estación Biologica Pitilla, Costa Rica, UBC Zoology
2000
Field assistant and NSERC USRA holder—red squirrel population ecology, Squirrel Camp, Kluane National Park, Yukon, University of Alberta
2000
Collaborator, field assistant, and NSERC USRA holder—snowshoe hare population genetics and shrub nutritional ecology, Arctic Institute of North America, Kluane N.P., UBC Zoology
1999
Honours student—cichlid fish respiratory behaviour and physiology, Makerere University Biological Field Station, Kibale National Park, Uganda/University of Florida
1998
Lab assistant—entomology, Agassiz Research Station, Agriculture Canada 1997
Lab assistant—salmon parasitology, Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 1996
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Journal articles
31. Melnychuk MC, Hilborn R, Elliott M, Peterson E, Hurst RJ, Mace PM, and Starr PJ. Reply to Slooten et al.: Viewing fisheries management challenges in a global context. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1706654114
2017
Michael Melnychuk – CV 3 of 14
30. Melnychuk MC, Peterson E, Elliott M, and Hilborn R. Fisheries management impacts on target species status. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1609915114
2016
29. Melnychuk MC, Dunton, KJ, Jordaan, A, McKown, KA, and Frisk MG. Informing conservation strategies for the endangered Atlantic sturgeon using acoustic telemetry and multi-state mark–recapture models. Journal of Applied Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12799
2016
28. Melnychuk MC, Clavelle, T, Owashi, B, and Strauss, K. Reconstruction of global ex-vessel prices of fished species. ICES Journal of Marine Science. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsw169
2016
27. Pons M, Branch TA, Melnychuk MC, Jensen OP, Brodziak J, Fromentin JM, Harley SJ, Haynie AC, Kell LT, Maunder MN, Parma AM, Restrepo VR, Sharma R, Ahrens R, and Hilborn R. Effects of biological, economic and management factors on tuna and billfish stock status. Fish and Fisheries. doi: 10.1111/faf.12163
2016
26. Costello C, Ovando D, Clavelle T, Strauss CK, Hilborn R, Melnychuk MC, Branch TA, Gaines SD, Szuwalski CS, Cabral RB, Rader DN, and Leland A. Global fishery prospects under contrasting management regimes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113: 5125–5129
2016
25. Melnychuk MC, Essington TE, Branch TA, Heppell S, Jensen OP, Link JS, Martell SJD, Parma AM, and Smith ADM. Which design elements of individual quota fisheries help to achieve management objectives? Fish and Fisheries 17:126–142.
2016
24. Melnychuk MC, Korman J, Hausch SJ, Welch DW, McCubbing DJF, and Walters CJ. Marine survival difference between wild and hatchery-reared steelhead trout determined during early downstream migration. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 71: 831-846.
2014
23. Melnychuk MC, Banobi JA, and Hilborn R. The adaptive capacity of fishery management systems for confronting climate change impacts on marine populations. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 24: 561-575.
2014
22. Melnychuk MC, Banobi JA, and Hilborn R. Effects of management tactics on meeting conservation objectives for western North American groundfish fisheries. PLoS ONE 8(2): e56684.
2013
21. Melnychuk MC, Christensen V, and Walters CJ. Meso-scale movement and mortality patterns of juvenile coho salmon and steelhead trout migrating through a coastal fjord. Environmental Biology of Fishes 96: 325–339.
2013
20. Essington TE, Melnychuk MC, Branch TA, Heppell S, Jensen OP, Link JS, Martell SJD, Parma AM, Pope JG, and Smith ADM. Catch shares, fisheries, and ecological stewardship: a comparative analysis of resource responses to a rights-based policy instrument. Conservation Letters 5: 186–195.
2012
19. Hausch SJ and Melnychuk MC. Residualization of hatchery steelhead: A meta-analysis of hatchery practices. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 32: 905–921.
2012
Michael Melnychuk – CV 4 of 14
18. Melnychuk MC, Essington TE, Branch TA, Heppell S, Jensen OP, Link JS, Martell SJD, Parma AM, Pope JG, and Smith ADM. Can catch share fisheries better track management targets? Fish and Fisheries 13: 267–290.
2012
17. Melnychuk MC, Walters CJ, Christensen V, Bothwell ML, and Welch DW. Effects of solar ultraviolet radiation exposure on early ocean survival and fry-to-smolt growth of juvenile salmon. Marine Ecology Progress Series 457: 251–264.
2012
16. Melnychuk MC and Hausch SJ. Method for estimating detection probabilities of nonmigrant tagged fish: Applications for quantifying residualization rates. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 140: 1613–1628.
2011
15. Welch DW, Melnychuk MC, Payne J, Rechisky EL, Porter A, Jackson G, Ward B, Vincent S, and Semmens J. In situ measurement of coastal ocean movements and survival of juvenile Pacific salmon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108: 8708–8713.
2011
14. Chittenden CM, Melnychuk MC, Welch DW, and McKinley RS. An investigation into the poor survival of an endangered coho salmon population. PLoS ONE 5(5): e10869.
2010
13. Melnychuk MC and Walters CJ. Estimating detection probabilities of tagged fish migrating past fixed receiver stations using only local information. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67: 641–658.
2010
12. Melnychuk MC, Welch DW, and Walters CJ. Spatio-temporal migration patterns of salmon smolts in rivers and coastal marine waters. PLoS ONE 5(9): e12916.
2010
11. Melnychuk MC. Estimation of survival and detection probabilities for multiple tagged salmon stocks with nested migration routes, using a large-scale telemetry array. Marine & Freshwater Research 60: 1231–1243.
2009
10. Melnychuk MC and Christensen V. Methods for estimating detection efficiency and tracking acoustic tags with mobile transect surveys. Journal of Fish Biology 75: 1773–1794.
2009
9. Welch DW, Melnychuk MC, Rechisky EL, Porter AD, Jacobs MC, Ladouceur A, McKinley RS, and Jackson GD. Freshwater and marine migration and survival of endangered Cultus Lake sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) smolts using POST, a large-scale acoustic telemetry array. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 66: 736–750.
2009
8. Forrest RE, Martell SJD, Melnychuk MC, and Walters CJ. An age-structured model with leading management parameters, incorporating age-specific selectivity and maturity. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65: 286–296.
2008
7. Welch DW, Rechisky EL, Melnychuk MC, Porter AD, Walters CJ, Schreck C, Clements S, Clemens BJ, and McKinley RS. Survival of migrating salmon smolts in large rivers with and without dams. PLoS Biology 6(10): e265.
2008
6. Melnychuk MC, Welch DW, Walters CJ, and Christensen V. Riverine and early ocean migration and mortality patterns of juvenile steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) from the Cheakamus River, British Columbia. Hydrobiologia 582: 55–65.
2007
Michael Melnychuk – CV 5 of 14
5. Melnychuk MC and Krebs CJ. Residual effects of NPK fertilization on shrub growth in a Yukon boreal forest. Canadian Journal of Botany 83: 399–404.
2005
4. Srivastava DS, Melnychuk MC, and Ngai JT. Landscape variation in the larval density of a bromeliad-dwelling zygopteran, Mecistogaster modesta (Odonata: Pseudostigmatidae). International Journal of Odonatology 8: 69–81.
2005
3. Starzomski BM, Cardinale BJ, Dunne JA, Hillery MJ, Holt CA, Krawchuk MA, Lage M, McMahon S, and Melnychuk MC. Contemporary visions of progress in ecology and thoughts for the future. Ecology and Society 9(1): 14.
2004
2. Melnychuk MC and Srivastava DS. Abundance and vertical distribution of a bromeliad-dwelling zygopteran larva, Mecistogaster modesta, in a Costa Rican rainforest (Odonata: Pseudostigmatidae). International Journal of Odonatology 5: 81–97.
2002
1. Melnychuk MC and Chapman LJ. Hypoxia tolerance of two haplochromine cichlids: Swamp leakage and potential for interlacustrine dispersal. Environmental Biology of Fishes 65: 99–110.
2002
Book chapters
Melnychuk MC. Detection efficiency in telemetry studies: Definitions and evaluation methods. Pp. 339–357 In Telemetry Techniques: A User Guide for Fisheries Research (Eds., N Adams, J Beeman, and J Eiler), American Fisheries Society Books, Bethesda, Maryland. 518 p.
2012
Melnychuk MC. Potential effects of acoustic tag strength variation on detection probabilities of migrating fish: Recommended measurements prior to tagging. Pp. 313–323 In Advances in Fish Tagging and Marking Technology (Eds., J McKenzie, B Parsons, A Seitz, R Keller-Kopf, M Mesa, and Q Phelps), American Fisheries Society Symposium 76, Bethesda, Maryland. 560 p.
2012
NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Book chapters, conference proceedings, and reports
xviii. Melnychuk M, and Hilborn, R. Effects of spatial management and harvest management on fishery performance. Final Report submitted to Environmental Defense Fund. 32 p.
2015
xvii. Payne JC, Andrews K, Chittenden C, Crossin G, Goetz F, Hinch S, Levin P, Lindley S, McKinley S, Melnychuk M, Nelson T, Rechisky E, and Welch D. Tracking fish movements and survival on the Northeast Pacific shelf. Pp. 267–290 In Life in the World’s Oceans (Ed., AD McIntyre), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, U.K. 361 p.
2010
xvi. Welch DW, Jackson GD, Rechisky EL, Melnychuk MC, Porter AD, Jacobs M, Ladouceur A, Winchell P, Batten S, Payne J, O’Dor R, McKinley RS. Operational considerations in implementing the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking System (POST): A permanent continental-scale acoustic tracking array for measuring salmon survival. Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership Report. 5 p.
2010
Michael Melnychuk – CV 6 of 14
xv. Melnychuk M, Hausch S, McCubbing D, and Welch D. Acoustic tracking of hatchery-reared and wild Cheakamus River steelhead smolts to address residualisation and early ocean survival. Final Report submitted to CN Railway Company, Monitor 2, Project F. 113 p.
2009
xiv. Melnychuk M. Assessment of juvenile survival of hatchery-reared coho salmon during the downstream migration in the Cheakamus and Squamish Rivers and early ocean life. Final
report submitted to CN Railway Company. 22 p.
2008
xiii. Melnychuk M. Assessment of ultraviolet radiation exposure during freshwater rearing on early marine mortality in migrating juvenile sockeye and coho salmon. Final report submitted to
Pacific Salmon Foundation. 13 p.
2008
xii. Melnychuk M. Early marine survival assessment of coho salmon in southern BC. Final report submitted to BC Pacific Salmon Forum. 22 p.
2008
xi. Melnychuk M and Walters CJ. Marine survival assessment of juvenile coho salmon and steelhead. Final report submitted to FishAmerica Foundation. 10 p.
2007
x. Welch DW, Gaboury I, Melnychuk MC, and O’Dor R. Applications of the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking System (POST): A permanent continental-scale acoustic tracking array for fisheries research & ocean observation. Proceedings of MTS/IEEE, Oceans 2006: 1069–1073.
2006
ix. Melnychuk M. Survival assessment of coho salmon from the Squamish River watershed during the downstream and early ocean migration. Final report submitted to Pacific Salmon Foundation. 6 p.
2006
viii. Melnychuk M and Walters CJ. Marine survival assessment of juvenile coho salmon and steelhead. Final report submitted to FishAmerica Foundation. 11 p.
2006
vii. Tsang P, Melnychuk MC, and Welch DW. A continental-scale ocean observation system to gather biological and oceanographic data for marine resource management. Proceedings of MTS/IEEE, Oceans 2005: 2179–2182.
2005
vi. Melnychuk M. Small-scale assessment of early marine survival in juvenile coho salmon and steelhead from the Squamish River watershed. Final report submitted to Pacific Salmon Foundation. 7 p.
2005
v. Melnychuk M and Walters CJ. Marine survival assessment of juvenile coho salmon. Final report submitted to FishAmerica Foundation. 12 p.
2005
iv. Srivastava DS and Melnychuk MC. Ground to canopy distribution of bromeliad-dwelling Mecistogaster modesta larvae (Odonata: Pseudostigmatidae) in a Costa Rican rainforest. International Dragonfly Fund Report 4: 27–30.
2002
iii. Melnychuk MC and Guénette S. Four hundred years of French cod (Gadus morhua) fishery in Newfoundland (1550–1950). Pp. 228–230 In Fisheries Impacts on North Atlantic Ecosystems: Catch, Effort, and National/Regional Data Sets (Eds., DR Zeller, R Watson and D Pauly), Fisheries Centre Research Reports 9(3). 254 p.
2001
Michael Melnychuk – CV 7 of 14
ii. Melnychuk MC, Guénette S, Martín-Sosa P, and Balguerias E. Fisheries in the Canary Islands, Spain. Pp. 221–224 In Fisheries Impacts on North Atlantic Ecosystems: Catch, Effort, and National/Regional Data Sets (Eds., DR Zeller, R Watson and D Pauly), Fisheries Centre Research Reports 9(3). 254 p.
2001
i. Melnychuk MC, Morissette L, Fontenelle G, Morizur Y, and Guénette S. The French fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic (ICES Areas VII and VIII), 1996–1998. Pp. 162–176 In Fisheries Impacts on North Atlantic Ecosystems: Catch, Effort, and National/Regional Data Sets (Eds., DR Zeller, R Watson and D Pauly), Fisheries Centre Research Reports 9(3). 254 p.
2001
Popular articles and outreach
Melnychuk, M. Catch shares, stakeholder values, and management objectives. Collaborative for Food from Our Oceans Data blog (CFOOD), October 2016.
2016
The Economist Intelligence Unit. Coastal Governance Index, June 2015. 2015
The Ocean Prosperity Roadmap: Fisheries and Beyond. Synthesis Report, June 2015. 2015
The Ocean Prosperity Roadmap: Fisheries and Beyond. Fisheries Governance Survey, June 2015. 2015
Lenfest Ocean Program. Catch Shares: A Useful Tool with Limits. Scientific Summary, Sept. 2014. 2014
Lenfest Ocean Program. Catch Shares: A Useful Tool with Limits. Research Summary, July 2012. 2012
Lenfest Ocean Program. Catch Shares and Fisheries Sustainability. Research Series, Oct. 2011. 2011
Melnychuk M. Juvenile salmon migrations, right past our front doorstep. FishBytes 15(6). 2009
Ban N and Melnychuk M. Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems graduate student conference 2006. FishBytes 12(2).
2006
Melnychuk M and Rechisky E. Following juvenile salmon into the blue: assessing marine mortality. FishBytes 11(5).
2005
INVITED TALKS
Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway: ‘Quantifying variability among fisheries management systems and outcomes for stocks and for fleets’
2015
2015 Kurt Gronförs Lecture, University of Gothenburg, Sweden: ‘Impacts of catch shares and management practices on biological outcomes of fisheries’
2015
European Union Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy: ‘Variability among fisheries management systems: assessing outcomes for stocks and fleets’
2015
Michael Melnychuk – CV 8 of 14
Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Sustainable Salmon Initiative Juvenile Chinook Salmon Workshop: ‘Risks and benefits of using acoustic telemetry to quantify freshwater, estuary, and early ocean survival of juvenile salmonids’
2014
West Coast Groundfish Sea Grant Project Research Symposium, University of California Santa Barbara: ‘Meta-analyses of management attribute influences on stock status, regionally and globally’
2013
6th World Fisheries Congress Symposium—Global Marine Hotspots Network: Physical change, biological impacts and adaptation efforts in regions undergoing comparatively rapid changes: ‘Harvest control rules and the adaptive capacity of fishery management systems in marine climate change hotspots’
2012
University of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation: ‘Migration behaviour strategies and their effects on survival of juvenile Pacific salmon’
2012
University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies: ‘Management characteristics of sustainable fisheries in biological and socioeconomic dimensions’
2012
University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Departmental Seminar: ‘Survival of juvenile salmon migrating through the Strait of Georgia (and before they ever get there)’
2009
Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada: ‘Mortality and migrations of juvenile salmon through the Strait of Georgia ecosystem’
2008
Advanced Sampling Technology Workshop, NMFS Acoustic Tagging and Integrated Ocean Observing Systems: ‘Data analysis issues with acoustic tags and large-scale receiver arrays’
2006
OTHER RESEARCH TALKS
University of Washington Fisheries Quantitative seminar: ‘The status of global fisheries and what management leads to good outcomes: The result of a NCEAS SNAPP working group’ [with R. Hilborn]
2017
NCEAS Roundtable Forum: ‘Measuring the status of fisheries and factors leading to success’ 2016
ICES/PICES Marine Socio-ecological Systems (MSEAS) Conference: 'A Fishery Management Index: Factors affecting fisheries management and stock status in major fishing countries’
2016
UBC Applied Ecology Seminar: ‘Cross-fishery analyses of management effects on stock status’ 2016
NCEAS SNAPP Workshop on Measuring the Status of Fisheries and Factors Leading to Success: ‘How effective are fishery management systems in the world’s top fishing countries?’
2015
NCEAS SNAPP Workshop: ‘Overfishing and underfishing consequences for catch and landed value in U.S. fisheries’. 2015.
2015
Michael Melnychuk – CV 9 of 14
FAO Workshop on the Impacts of Protected Areas on Fisheries Yield, Fishing Communities and Ecosystems: ‘Effects of MPA coverage on fishery yield with observational & snapshot data’
2015
University of Washington Fisheries Think Tank: ‘How effective are fishery management systems around the world?’
2015
UBC Applied Ecology Seminar: ‘How effective are fishery management systems around the world? 2015
NCEAS SNAPP Workshop: ‘Stock-level and country-level “mini” fisheries governance surveys’ 2015
NCEAS SNAPP Workshop: ‘Fisheries Status and Attributes (FSA) Dataset’ 2015
Carl J. Walters Retirement Symposium, UBC: ‘Correlates and consequences of fishing industry cooperation and involvement in management’
2014
PICES Annual Meeting: ‘Overfishing and underfishing consequences for food security and economic value in U.S. fisheries’
2013
UBC Fisheries Centre Rapid Research Symposium: ‘Overfishing and underfishing consequences for food security in U.S. fisheries’
2013
6th World Fisheries Congress: ‘Evaluating the trade-offs of conservation, economic, and social objectives across a range of fisheries management systems’
2012
ICES/PICES Early Career Scientists Conference: ‘Harvest control rules and the adaptive capacity of fishery management systems for confronting climate change impacts on marine populations’
2012
Western Groundfish Meeting: ‘Current status of western groundfish stocks and fisheries: Effects of management strategies and tactics on biological and socioeconomic outcomes’
2012
Pew Charitable Trusts Webinar: ‘Can catch share fisheries better track management targets?’ 2011
UBC Fisheries Centre Quantitative Seminar Series: ‘Habitat-mediated effects of migration behaviour strategies on juvenile salmon survival’
2011
American Fisheries Society Meeting: ‘Can catch share fisheries better track management targets?’ 2011
University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Quantitative Seminar: ‘Do fisheries under catch shares better track management targets?’
2010
Electronic Tagging Studies of Salmon Migration Symposium: ‘Relative tag size effects on survival of migrating salmon smolts’
2010
Electronic Tagging Studies of Salmon Migration Symposium: ‘Spatio-temporal migration patterns of salmon smolts downstream and through the Strait of Georgia, BC’
2010
University of Washington, Allocation of Fish (FISH 513) guest lecture: ‘Ecological impacts of Dedicated Access Privilege (DAP) programs’
2010
Michael Melnychuk – CV 10 of 14
University of Washington Conservation Colloquium: ‘The global fisheries crisis: Ecological, economic, and social dimensions’
2010
UBC Biodiversity Lunchtime Internal Seminar Series: ‘Mortality of migrating Pacific salmon smolts’ 2009
American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting: ‘Direct comparisons of survival during the smolt migration and freshwater residualization between wild and hatchery-reared steelhead trout’
2009
10th Annual Salmon Ocean Ecology Meeting: ‘Fry-to-smolt growth and early ocean survival effects of solar ultraviolet radiation exposure on juvenile salmon’
2008
Advances in Fish Tagging & Marking Technology Symposium: ‘Method for independently estimating detection probabilities of tagged fish migrating past receiver stations: applications for mark-recapture survival estimation’
2008
American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting: ‘Distance-based mortality rates for obligate migrants: a case study with juvenile Pacific salmon’
2007
UBC Zoology Graduate Student Association Symposium: ‘Juvenile coho salmon migrations and survival through Georgia Strait: confounded factors of high mortality and extended residency’
2007
Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems Conference: ‘Confounded! Confounding factors of high mortality and extended residency of coho smolts in the Strait of Georgia’
2007
Georgia Basin/Puget Sound Research Conference: ‘High mortality or extended residency of coho smolts in the Strait of Georgia?: Confounding factors in estimating early ocean survival with acoustic tagging’
2007
Canadian Conference For Fisheries Research: ‘Species differences in early marine mortality of juvenile Pacific salmon are largely attributed simply to differences in body length and migratory distance’
2007
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission Steelhead Meeting: ‘Steelhead smolt survival during the downstream and early ocean migration: effects of body size and migration distance’
2006
American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting: ‘Direct measurement of size-dependent mortality rates in salmon smolts using the Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking array’
2005
6th Fish Telemetry Conference held in Europe: ‘Migration patterns and marine survival rates of wild steelhead smolts from the Cheakamus River, British Columbia: Initial results from the POST tracking array’
2005
Animal Behaviour Society Annual Meeting: ‘Early ocean migratory behaviour of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in Howe Sound, British Columbia’
2004
Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems Conference: ‘Juvenile marine mortality in Pacific salmon: patterns before causes before management’
2004
UBC Zoology Graduate Student Symposium: ‘Juvenile marine mortality and early ocean migration patterns of coho salmon’ [Best talk award, M.Sc. division]
2004
Michael Melnychuk – CV 11 of 14
UBC Fisheries Centre Seminar Series: ‘Juvenile marine mortality of coho salmon in south-western BC’
2003
Pacific Ecology Conference: ‘Assessing marine mortality in juvenile steelhead and coho salmon using hydroacoustic telemetry’
2003
RESEARCH GRANTS
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Conservation and Science Program, Oceans and Fisheries Team, ‘Assessing the effectiveness and recent changes in fisheries management systems of 28 fishing nations with the Fisheries Management Index survey. Melnychuk M and Hilborn R. USD $60K
2017
The Nature Conservancy, ‘Developing a Fisheries Management Index for the target countries selected by TNC’. Melnychuk M and Hilborn R. USD $30K
2017
Protected Species Cooperative Conservation Grant, ‘Determining the connectivity among and fine-scale habitat-use within Atlantic sturgeon aggregation areas in the Mid-Atlantic Bight: Implications for area-based management to reduce bycatch and improve population status’. Frisk MG, Jordaan A, Dunton K, Conover D, Chapman D, and Melnychuk MC. USD $2.7M
2011–2013
CN Railway Company through Cheakamus Ecosystem Restoration Technical Committee, ‘Acoustic tracking of hatchery-reared and wild Cheakamus River steelhead smolts to address residualisation and early ocean survival’. Melnychuk M. $178K
2007–2008
CN Railway Company, through Cheakamus Ecosystem Restoration Technical Committee, ‘Assessment of juvenile survival of hatchery-reared coho salmon during the downstream migration in the Cheakamus and Squamish Rivers and early ocean life’. Melnychuk M. $50K
2007
Pacific Salmon Foundation/Fraser Basin Initiative, ‘Assessment of ultraviolet radiation exposure during freshwater rearing on early marine mortality in migrating juvenile sockeye and coho salmon’. Melnychuk M. $89K
2007
BC Pacific Salmon Forum, ‘Marine survival assessment of coho salmon in southern BC’. Melnychuk M. $13K (grant portion)
2006–2007
Pacific Salmon Foundation/Squamish Watershed Salmon Recovery Plan, ‘Assessment of downstream and early marine mortality in juvenile coho salmon from the Squamish River watershed’. Melnychuk M. $10K
2006
FishAmerica Foundation, ‘Marine survival assessment of juvenile coho salmon and steelhead’. M. Melnychuk wrote the application, officially awarded to Walters C. USD $15K
2006
NSERC strategic grant, ‘Determining early ocean survival and migration patterns of Pacific salmonids using a large-scale acoustic tracking array’. M. Melnychuk helped write the application, awarded to McKinley S, Welch D, Walters C, and Beamish R. $10K (portion)
2005–2007
Michael Melnychuk – CV 12 of 14
FishAmerica Foundation, ‘Marine survival assessment of juvenile coho salmon and steelhead’. M. Melnychuk wrote the application, officially awarded to Walters C. USD $13K
2005
Pacific Salmon Foundation/Squamish Watershed Salmon Recovery Plan, ‘Marine survival assessment of juvenile coho salmon and steelhead’. Melnychuk M. $15K
2005
FishAmerica Foundation, ‘Marine survival assessment of juvenile coho salmon’. M. Melnychuk wrote the application, officially awarded to Walters C. USD $20K.
2004
SELECTED RESEARCH AWARDS
NSERC Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship, $140K over 2 years 2012–2014
BC Pacific Salmon Forum Scholarship/Grant, $12K (scholarship portion) 2007
NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship, $70K over 2 years 2005–2007
T.G. Northcote Scholarship, $4K 2004
Fisheries and Oceans Canada Scholarship Supplement, $5K 2002
NSERC Postgraduate PGS–A Scholarship, $34K over 2 years 2002–2004
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards, $5K and $6K 1999, 2000
UBC Undergraduate Scholar Program Scholarship, $2.5K 1999
UBC Chancellor’s Entrance Scholarship, $14K over 4 years 1995–1999
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Co-supervisor for 8 Research Scientists, University of Washington Charmane Ashbrook, MSc (University of Washington)
Nicole Baker, MSc (University of Puerto Rico) Daniel Hively, MSc (University of California–Santa Cruz) Jeannette Banobi, BSc (Pennsylvania State University)
Jessica McCluney, BSc (Roanoke College), Master of Marine Management (Dalhousie) Edward Wort, BSc (Plymouth University)
Sebastian Villasante, PhD (Universidad Santiago de Compostela) Kate Stanton, BSc (University of Washington)
2009–present
Guest lecturer, UBC Fisheries Centre Quantitative Tutorial 2013
Guest lecturer, Allocation of Fish (FISH 513), University of Washington 2010
Supervisor for a NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award holder, UBC Stephen Hausch, BSc (Honours Biology), currently PhD student, University of Calgary
2008
Michael Melnychuk – CV 13 of 14
Teaching assistant, UBC Zoology, Biology 408/Zoology 527–Applied Ecology and Theoretical Population Dynamics. Instructors: Robert Ahrens and Dr. Carl Walters
2006–2007
Teaching assistant, UBC Zoology, Biology 300–Biometrics. Instructor: Dr. Michael Whitlock 2005
Guest lecturer, Ecological Methodology (Biology 404), UBC 2004
Teaching assistant, UBC Zoology, Biology 301–Biomathematics. Instructor: Dr. Sally Otto 2004
Teaching assistant, Canadian Field Studies in Africa Program. Instructor: Dr. John Galaty 2002
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Peer-reviews for journals (53) and books (1): Fish and Fisheries, Conservation Biology, Biology Letters, PLoS ONE, Royal Society Open Science, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Fisheries Research, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Coral Reefs, Ecology and Society, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Fisheries Oceanography, Journal of Fish Biology, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, Marine and Coastal Fisheries, North American Journal of Fisheries Management, Bulletin of Marine Science, Environmental Biology of Fishes, Fisheries Management and Ecology, Animal Biotelemetry, Aquaculture Environment Interactions, Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin, American Fisheries Society Books
Steering Committee member, International Fishery Innovation Network (I-FIN) 2016–present
External Advisory Board member, BlueBRIDGE Project, FAO (United Nations) 2015–present
Organizing committee, Carl J. Walters Retirement Symposium, UBC 2014
Volunteer, Bike to Work Week 2011, 2012
Judge, Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair 2011
Organizer, scientific steering committee meeting, Ecological Impacts of Catch Share Fisheries 2010
Co-chair & fundraiser ($11K), Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems Graduate Student Conference 2006
Host, Dennis H. Chitty Lecture in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UBC 2006
Co-organizer, Mouse Tea Ecology Seminar Series, UBC 2005–2006
Assistant co-ordinator, Canadian Field Studies in Africa Program, Langara College 2002
Michael Melnychuk – CV 14 of 14
CERTIFICATIONS
Occupational River Safety Technician Level 3 (Rescue Canada) 2006
Recreational Avalanche Safety 2004
Aviation safety (US Fish & Wildlife) 2003
Recreational boating license (Canadian Coast Guard) 2003
Wilderness First Aid (St. John Ambulance) 2002
SCUBA diving (NASDS Open Water; PADI Advanced) 1995, 1998