The first Dr. phil. from Dsolve

June 21st, 2024 | Disputation

Kristine Cerbule started in her position August 2021 and has mainly worked with gillnet and longline fisheries in Norway, Denmark and Croatia. The research focus has been to compare fishing efficiency of ordinary nylon with new and bio-degradable materials and to quantify plastic pollution from longline fisheries.

PhD lectures and defence at the Norwegian College of Fishery Science of UiT the Arctic University of Norway May 22nd 2024. From the left: Faculty dean prof. Jørgen Berge, new Dr. phil. Kristine Cerbule, main supervisor prof. Petter Holm, co-supervisor prof. Jure Brčić from University of Split (Croatia), committee leader prof. Claire Armstrong and leader of SFI Dsolve prof. Roger Larsen. Digital participation by 1st opponent Director Paul Winger, Fisheries and Marine Institute at Memorial University of NFLD (Canada) and 2nd opponent senior researcher Haraldur Einarsson FAO-Rome/Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (Iceland)

The trial lecture was titled “A critical assessment of fisher uptake of biodegradable fishing gear” and the title of the thesis is “Use of biodegradable plastic materials in gillnet and longline fisheries”. See links to the lecture, presentation and defense at the UiT webpage trial lecture and disputation.

The evaluation committee was:

Director Dr. Paul Winger, Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada (1 opponent)
Senior scientist Haraldur Arnar Einarsson, IMR, Island (2 opponent)
Professor Claire Armstrong, NFH (internal member and leader of the committee)

A link to the thesis can found at Munin.