John Volpe

Address
Associate Professor
School of Environment Studies
University of Victoria
Victoria, BC
Canada V8W 2Y2

Phone: 250-472-4298

Email: jpv@uvic.ca

Web: http://www.johnvolpe.ca/

Research area(s):

  • Aquaculture
  • Aquatic invasive species
  • Groundfish
  • Marine conservation

Area of Expertise:

Trained as a population and molecular ecologist, Dr. John Volpe and his students use data intensive approaches to uncover linkages between ecological and social sustainability, particularly with regard to marine-based food production systems.

Salmon, sablefish and bivalve aquaculture, aquaculture-capture fisheries interactions, invasive species and marine applications of complexity theory are topics of current interest and research.

Select Presentation(s) / Publication(s):

Gorgopa, Stefania and Volpe, John, “Can sport SCUBA divers provide reliable data for Rockfish conservation?” (2018).Salish SeaEcosystem Conference. 86.https://cedar.wwu.edu/ssec/2018ssec/allsessions/86

Fisher, Alina & Volpe, John & Fisher, Jason. (2014). Occupancy dynamics of escaped farmed Atlantic salmon in Canadian Pacific coastal salmon streams: implications for sustained invasions. Biological Invasions. 16. 10.1007/s10530-014-0653-x.

Price, Michael & Morton, Alexandra & G Eriksson, J & Volpe, John. (2013). Fish Processing Facilities: New Challenge to Marine Biosecurity in Canada. Journal of aquatic animal health. 25. 290-4. 10.1080/08997659.2013.847871.

Fisher, Alina & Volpe, John & Fisher, Jason. (2014). Occupancy dynamics of escaped farmed Atlantic salmon in Canadian Pacific coastal salmon streams.

Request an edit to my listing