faculty

Pingguo He, PhD

Professor / Chairperson

SMAST / Fisheries Oceanography

Contact

508-910-6323

508-999-8197

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School for Marine Science & Technology East, New Bedford 127

Education

1987

University of Aberdeen Scotland

PhD

1982

Zhejiang Ocean University

BEng

Teaching

Fish Behavior and Conservation Engineering
Conservation in World Marine Capture Fisheries

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

MAR 541: Fish Behavior & Fishing Gear

Fish behavior, fishing gear, and conservation technology and practices related to management and sustainable utilization of fisheries resources. The course will be taught with both global and local perspectives and will include the following topics: behavior of fish as individuals, schools and stocks; swimming and schooling mechanism; sensory capabilities of fish as related to capture and conservation; fish capture processes and conservation measures including recent designs and devices that reduce bycatch and discards in fisheries.

MAR 541: Fish Behavior & Fishing Gear

MAR 600: Masters Thesis Research

Thesis research on an experimental or theoretical project in Marine Science or Technology under a faculty advisor.

MAR 600: Masters Thesis Research

Thesis research on an experimental or theoretical project in Marine Science or Technology under a faculty advisor.

MAR 701: Doctoral Dissertatn Rsch

Investigations of a fundamental and/or applied nature representing an original contribution to the scholarly research literature of the field. PhD dissertations are often published in refereed journals or presented at major conferences. A written dissertation must be completed in accordance with the rules of the Graduate School and the School for Marine Science and Technology. Admission to the course is based on successful completion of the PhD comprehensive examination and submission of a formal proposal endorsed by the student's graduate committee and submitted to the SMAST Graduate Program Director.

Research

Research activities

Reducing bycatch and discards in New England Multispecies trawl fishery
Reducing bycatch in scallop fishery
Improving utilization of healthy fish stocks

Research

Research awards

$ 265,984 awarded by MA Division of Marine Fisheries for Noval Fish Potting with Lights for Black Seabass and Scup: Developing Innovative Fishing Gear for Safe and Efficient Operation in Offshore Wind Farm Areas
$ 102,759 awarded by AIS, Inc. for Expanding and Optimizing AI-Powered Automated Discard Accounting in New England Groundfish Fisheries
$ 419,462 awarded by New Bedford Port Authority for Tracking and Modelling the Behavior and Position of Fishing Vessels and their Towed Gears in Wind Energy Areas
$ 246,844 awarded by Responsible Offshore Science Alliance for An Analytical Framework to Assess the Regional Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms and Evaluate Fisheries Monitoring Plans
$ 919,368 awarded by Responsible Offshore Science Alliance for Connectivity and Dispersal of Black Sea Bass, Centropristis striata, within Southern New England

Research

Research interests

Sustainable fisheries
Fish behavior near fishing gear
Environmentally friendly fishing gear design
Evaluating and reducing fishing impact

Select publications

He, P. (2010).
Behavior of Marine Fishes: Capture Process and Conservation Challenges
Willey-Blackwell
O’Connell, C. P., S.Y. Hyun, S.H. Gruber, and P. He (2015).
Effects of barium-ferrite permanent magnets on great hammerhead shark Sphyrna mokarran behavior and implications for future conservation technologies
Endangered Species Research, 26, 243-256.
He, P., C. Rillahan and V. Balzano (2015).
Reduced Herding of Flounders by Floating Bridles: Application in Gulf of Maine Northern Shrimp Trawls to Reduce Bycatch
ICES Journal of Marine Sciences, 72, 1514-1524.