Immersed for a week in the realm of small pelagic fishes

We are on our way back from the "International symposium on the drivers of dynamics of small pelagic fish resources".

For a week, we were immersed in the realm of forage fish, including sardine, anchovy, herring, capelin, mackerel, and other species that play the critical role of transferring the energy from plankton to large vertebrate predators in marine ecosystems.

We delivered several presentations that resulted in interesting discussions and potential future collaborations with colleagues from around the world:

Dominique Robert, Carissa J. Wilson, Daigo Kamada, Hannah M. Murphy, Pierre Pepin. Revealing the link between prey availability during the larval stage and recruitment strength in small pelagic fish

Violaine Shikon, Pierre Pepin, Martin Castonguay and Dominique Robert. Larval capelin dynamics in coastal embayments of eastern Newfoundland

Daigo Kamada, Pierre Pepin and Dominique Robert. Diet characterization and link between feeding success and recent growth of capelin (Mallotus villosus) during early ontogeny

Daigo Kamada, Frances K. Mowbray, Jonathan A.D. Fisher and Dominique Robert. Pre-wintering adult capelin (Mallotus villosus) feeding dynamics off the northeast coast of Newfoundland and Labrador