History of ZSL working with SFG in Greenland

2021

Staff: Chris Yesson, Emmeline Broad.

PhD student: Stephen Long.

Research Cruise: Planned ROV survey of East Greenland (Eurofleets cruise aboard GO SARS.

Report: "Greenland halibut fishery benthic habitats and trawling impacts: interim report".

Notes: Start of 1-year benthic research project funded by Marine Stewardship Council.

2020

Staff: Chris Yesson.

PhD student: Stephen Long.

Research Cruises: Drop camera survey on benthic mapping survey aboard R/V Sanna (No ZSL staff

due to COVID).

Report: “ZSL and GINR - Joint Memorandum".

Student projects:

•  Eva Stewart (UCL MRes 2020):

“SNPs for population genetic analysis and species delimitation of Greenland Nephtheidae corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea)”.

• Conor Nicoll (Imperial MSc 2020):

 “The Hidden Habitats of Greenland: Identifying benthic community distribution within Disko Bay”.

Publications:

• Long S, Sparrow-Scinocca B, Blicher ME, Hammeken Arboe N, Fuhrmann M, Kemp KM, Nygaard R, Zinglersen K & Yesson C (2020):

“Identification of a soft coral garden candidate vulnerable marine ecosystem (VME) using video imagery, Davis Strait, west Greenland. Frontiers in Marine Science”.

• Long, S., & Jones, P. J. (2020):

“Greenland's offshore Greenland halibut fishery and role of the Marine Stewardship Council certification: A governance case study. Marine Policy.

2019

Staff: Chris Yesson.

PhD student: Stephen Long.

Research Cruises:

•  Video sled survey during shrimp stock assessment survey, Helga Maria (SL & Michael Darling, July 2019)
•  Video sled survey during halibut stock assessment survey, Helga Maria (SL & Michael Darling Aug 2019)
• Drop camera survey during benthic mapping survey, Sanna (CY, Naomi Berkowitz & Nick Barrett, Sep 2019)

Report:

• “Interim report: Deep-sea benthic habitats and the impacts of trawling, Davis Strait, West Greenland”.
• “AnnualReport-201905-BEST1586- FinalTechnicalReport.”

Student projects:

• Lauren Cook (UCL MRes 2019):
• “Documenting cold seeps on the west coast of Greenland”.
• Bridget Sparrow-Scinocca (Imperial MSc 2019):
•  “Use of deep-sea imagery to propose a candidate vulnerable marine ecosystem (VME) in the Davis Strait, Greenland.”
• Rebecca Bentley (Imperial MSc 2019):
•  “Mitochondrial Genomes of Cauliflower Corals (Nephtheidae)”

Publications:

• Krawczyk, D. et al. (2019):

“MapHab – Mapping Benthic Habitats in Greenland. Best practice protocol”. Technical report no. 108, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland.

• Krawczyk, D et al. (2019):

“MapHab – Mapping Benthic Habitats in Greenland – pilot study in Disko Bay”. Technical report no. 109, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland.

Notes: BEST project is concluded.

2018

Staff: Chris Yesson, Mona Furhmann.

PhD student: Stephen Long.

Research Cruises:

• Drop camera & video sled survey during research cruise aboard R/V Sanna (MF Jul 2018).
• Drop camera & video sled survey during benthic mapping cruise aboard R/V Sanna (CY Sep 2018).
• Drop camera & video sled survey during research cruise aboard R/V Sanna (SL Oct 2018).

Report:

• “AnnualReport-201804-BEST1586-InterimTechnicalReport.”

Student projects:

•  Amy Jenkins (York MSc 2018):

“Deep Sea Lebensspuren: The influence of fishing activity on benthic infauna off the west coast of Greenland.”

Notes: Continuation of the BEST project.

2017

Staff: Chris Yesson, Mona Furhmann

PhD student: Stephen Long

Research Cruises:

• Drop camera & video sled survey during shrimp stock assessment, M/T Paamiut.

          "Cruise report-201706- Paamiut".

• Drop camera & video sled survey during halibut stock assessment, M/T Paamiut. 

         "Cruise report-201710- Paamiut".

Report:

Student projects: Jack Davies (UCL Mres 2017):

“Does an alternative perspective of imaging capture additional information on benthic habitats and the impacts of otter trawling at the shrimp fishery site of West Greenland's continental shelf?”

Publications: Gougeon S, Kemp KM, Blicher ME & Yesson C (2017):

“Mapping and classifying the seabed of the West Greenland continental shelf. Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science”.

Notes: Start of 2-year research project funded by BEST (IUCN/EC).

2016

Staff: Kirsty Kemp, Chris Yesson.

Research Cruise:

• Dedicated survey of Melville Bay (drop camera & beam trawl), M/T Paamiut.

          "Annual report-2016-CruiseReport 2016".

Report: “Annual report-2016-CruiseReport2016”.

Student Project:

• James Ayre (MSci project 2016):

"Can we see the genetic fingerprint of fishing impact on the cold water corals of Western Greenland?".

Publication:

• Yesson C, Fisher J, Gorham T, Turner CJ, Hammeken Arboe N, Blicher ME & Kemp KM (2016)

“The impact of trawling on the epibenthic megafauna of the West Greenland shelf. ICES Journal of Marine Science”.

2015

Staff: Kirsty Kemp, Chris Yesson.

Student Projects:

• Jess Fisher (Masters project 2015).

"Impacts of otter trawling on macrobenthic functional diversity in western Greenland".

• Sarah Gougeon (Masters project 2015):

"Mapping and classifying the seabed of West Greenland".

• Mate Vakarcs (Masters project 2015):

"A temporal comparison of benthic macrofaunal communities and the impact of bottom trawling, West Greenland continental shelf".

Research Cruise: Drop camera survey during shrimp stock assessment, M/T Paamiut.

Report: “AnnualReport-2015-third”.

Publication:

• Yesson C, Simon P, Chemshirova I, Gorham T, Turner CJ, Hammeken Arboe N, Blicher ME, Kemp KM (2015).

“Community composition of epibenthic megafauna on the West Greenland Shelf. Polar Biology”.

2014

Staff: Kirsty Kemp, Ed Johns, Chris Yesson.

Student Projects:

• Irina Chemshirova (BSc project 2014):

"Establishing historical baselines of benthic diversity and community composition, Western Greenland".

• Taylor Gorham (MSc project 2014):

"Community composition of seabed habitats around Greenland: What is the impact of the shrimp fishery?".

•  Lizzy Murphy (MSc project 2014):

"Can we see the genetic fingerprint of fishing impact on the cold water corals of Western Greenland?".

• Chris Turner (MSc project 2014):

"Creating a benthic habitat map for the West Greenland shelf".

Research Cruise: Drop camera survey during shrimp stock assessment, M/T Paamiut.

Report: “AnnualReport-2014-second”.

2013

Staff: Kirsty Kemp, Ed Johns, Chris Yesson.

Intern Project:

• Irina Chemshirova (Year in research 2013).

"Impact of trawling on benthic marine organisms off the Greenlandic shelf, 200 to 600 meters depth".

Student Project:

• Poppy Simon (MSc project 2013).

"The effects of shrimp trawling on the macrobenthic fauna of West Greenland".  

Research Cruise: Drop camera survey during shrimp stock assessment, M/T Paamiut.

Report:“AnnualReport-2013-first”.

2012

Staff: Kirsty Kemp & Chris Yesson.

Research Cruise: Drop camera survey during shrimp stock assessment, aboard M/T Paamiut.

Report: "Cruise report 2012 - Paamiut". 

2011

Staff: Kirsty Kemp.

Research Cruise: Drop camera survey during shrimp stock assessment, aboard M/T Paamiut.

• “CruiseReport-2011-Paamiut”.

Report: Kemp (2011):

• "Diversity and ecosystem function indices of the macrobenthic community, West Greenland shelf (200-600m), in response to varied impact".

Notes: Kirsty started the pilot project working with Peder Munk Pedersen & Michael Kingsley.