I have been Deputy Executive Secretary of PICES since 1999. My Bachelor of Science (Biology, with distinction) is from the University of Victoria and a Ph.D. (Fish Biology) from the Department of Aquaculture, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences). In my former lives, I was Head of Scientific Computing at the Pacific Biological Station and Head of the Fisheries Oceanography section via the Institute of Ocean Sciences. When time allows, my research interests include atmospheric-oceanic interactions and their effects on marine ecosystems; my daughter accuses my of being too interested in the weather.

Contact Information:

Skip McKinnell
c/o Institute of Ocean Sciences
P.O. Box 6000 (mailing address)
9860 West Saanich Road (courier/institute address)
Sidney, British Columbia
Canada V8L 4B2
Phone: +1-250-363-6826
Fax: +1-250-363-6827
Email: Mckinnell@pices.int

Life as an Editor

1. Hunt, G.L. Jr., Kato, H., and McKinnell, S.M. 2000. Predation by marine birds and mammals in the subarctic North Pacific Ocean. PICES Scientific Report No. 14, Sidney, B.C., 165 p.

2. McKinnell, S.M., Brodeur, R.D., Hanawa, K., Hollowed, A.B., Polovina, J.J. and Zhang, C.-I. 2001. Pacific climate variability and marine ecosystem impacts, from the tropics to the Arctic. Progress in Oceanography 49 (1-4), 639 p.

3. Alexander, V., Bychkov, A.S., Livingston, P. and McKinnell, S.M. 2001. Proceedings of the PICES/CoML/IPRC Workshop on “Impact of Climate Variability on Observation and Prediction of Ecosystem and Biodiversity Changes in the North Pacific”. PICES Scientific Report No. 18, Sidney, B.C., 210 p.

4. Crawford, W.R., Bychkov, A.S., Sugimoto, T., and McKinnell, S.M. 2002. Physics and Biology of Eddies, Meanders and Rings in the PICES Region. Journal of Oceanography 58 (5): 625-745.

5. Macklin, A.S., Napp, J., Radchenko, V., Saitoh, S., Stabeno, P., and McKinnell, S.M. 2002. Variation in the Bering Sea ecosystem. Progress in Oceanography (55).

6. McKinnell, S.M., Kishi, M.J., Lluch-Belda, D., Miller, A.J., and Watanabe, Y. [Eds.] 2003. North Pacific Transitional Areas. Journal of Oceanography 59 (4), 387-535.

7. McKinnell, S.M., Bychkov, A.S., Terazaki, M. and Kim, K.-R. [Eds.] 2004. Physics and chemical processes in the Japan/East Sea and their influence on its ecosystem. Progress in Oceanography 61 (2-4), 103-348.

8. Valdés, L., Harris, R.P., Ikeda, T., McKinnell, S.M. and Peterson, W.T. [Eds.] 2004. The role of zooplankton in Global Ecosystem Dynamics: Comparative Studies from the World Ocean. ICES Journal of Marine Science 61 (4), 441-738.

9. McKinnell, S.M. and McFarlane, G.A. [Eds.] 2005. Linking coastal and open ocean processes. Deep Sea Research II 52 (5-6): 665-843.

10. PICES. 2004. Marine ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean. PICES Special Publication 1, 280 p.

11. Perry, R.I. and McKinnell, S.M. 2005. Marine life in the North Pacific; the known, unknown and unknowable. PICES Special Publication 2, 48p.

12. Hunt, G.L.Jr. and McKinnell, S.M. [Eds.] Marine ecosystem structure and dynamics. Progress in Oceanography 68 (2-4) 115-342.

13. Sydeman, W., Brodeur, R.D., Bychkov, A.S., Grimes, C.B. and McKinnell, S.M. [Eds.] Hot spots and their use by migratory species and top predators in the North Pacific. Deep Sea Research II 53 (3-4), 247-450.

14. Drinkwater, K., Hunt, G.L.Jr., McKinnell, S.M. and Mackas, D.L. [Eds.] 2007. Effects of Climate Variability on Sub-Arctic Marine Ecosystems - A GLOBEC Symposium, GLOBEC-ESSAS Symposium on Effects of climate variability on sub-arctic marine ecosystems. Deep Sea Research Part II, 54(23-26).

15. Grimes, C.B., Brodeur, R.D., Haldorson, L.J. and McKinnell, S.M. [Eds.] 2007. The ecology of juvenile salmon in the Northeast Pacific Ocean: regional comparisons. American Fisheries Society Symposium 57, Bethseda, MD. 287 p.

Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Mundie J.H., McKinnell, S. and Traber, R.E. 1983. Responses of stream zoobenthos to enrichment of gravel substrates with cereal grain and soybean. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 40: 1702 - 1712.

2. Schnute, J.T. and McKinnell, S. 1984. A biologically meaningful approach to response surface analysis. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 41: 936 - 953.

3. Wood, C.C., McKinnell, S., Mulligan, T.J. and Fournier, D. 1987. Stock identification with the maximum-likelihood mixture model: sensitivity analysis and application to complex problems. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44: 866-881.

4. Mulligan, T.J., McKinnell, S. and Wood, C.C. 1988. Uncertainty in stock composition estimates of oceanic steelhead trout using electrophoretic characteristics: Comments on a recent study. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45: 432-442.

5. Fargo, J. and McKinnell, S. 1989. Effects of temperature and stock size on year-class production for rock sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata) in northern Hecate Strait, British Columbia, pp. 327-333. In R.J. Beamish and G.A. McFarlane [ed.] Effects of Ocean Variability on Recruitment and an Evaluation of Parameters Used in Stock Assessment Models. Canada Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 108.

6. Wood, C.C., Rutherford, D.T. and McKinnell, S. 1989. Identification of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) stocks in mixed-stock fisheries in British Columbia and Southeast Alaska using biological markers. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 46:2108-2120.

7. Bernard, F.R., McKinnell, S.M. and Jamieson, G. 1991. Distribution and zoogeography of the Bivalvia of the eastern Pacific Ocean. Canada Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 112, 60p.

8. Welch, D.W., Margolis, L., Henderson, M.A. and McKinnell, S. 1991. Evidence for attacks by the bathypelagic fish Anatopterus pharao (Myctophiformes) on Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 48:2403-2407.

9. Ishida, Y., Ito, S., Kaeriyama, M., McKinnell, S. and Nagasawa, K. 1993. Long-term changes in age composition and mean size of chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) in Asia and North America. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50:290-295.

10. McKinnell, S. and Waddell, B. 1994. Associations of species caught in the Japanese large scale pelagic squid driftnet fishery: 1988-1990. Bulletin of the International North Pacific Fisheries Commission 53(II) 91-109.

11. Lundqvist, H., McKinnell, S., Fängstam, H. and Berglund, I. 1994. The effect of time, size and sex on recapture rates and yield after river releases of Salmo salar smolts. Aquaculture 121:245-257.

12. McKinnell, S., Lundqvist, H. and Johansson, H. 1994. Biological characteristics of the upstream migration of naturally and hatchery-reared Baltic salmon (Salmo salar). Aquaculture and Fisheries Management 25 (Suppl. 2) 45-63.

13. Yatsu, A., Dahlberg, M.L. and McKinnell, S. 1995. Effect of soaking time on catch-per-unit-effort of major species taken in the Japanese squid driftnet fishery in 1990. Fisheries Research 23:23-35.

14. McKinnell, S. 1995. Age-specific effects of sockeye abundance on the adult body size of major British Columbia sockeye stocks. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52: 1050-1063.

15. Galvin, P., McKinnell, S., Taggart, J.B., Fergusion, A., O'Farrell, M. and Cross, T.F. 1995. Genetic stock identification of Atlantic salmon using single locus minisatellite DNA probes. Journal of Fish Biology 47 (Suppl. A): 186-199.

16. Koljonen, M.-L. and McKinnell, S. 1996. Assessing seasonal changes in stock composition of Atlantic salmon catches in the Baltic Sea with genetic stock identification. Journal of Fish Biology 49: 998-1018.

17. McKinnell, S., Thomson, A.J., Black, E.A., Wing, B.L, GuthrieIII, C.M., Koerner, J.F. and Helle, J.H. 1997. Atlantic salmon in the North Pacific. Aquaculture Research 28: 145-157.

18. McKinnell, S., Pella, J.J. and Dahlberg, M.L. 1997. Population-specific aggregations of steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the North Pacific. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54:2368-2376.

19. McKinnell, S. and Thomson, A.J. 1997. Recent events concerning Atlantic salmon escapees in the Pacific. ICES Journal of Marine Science 54: 1221-1225.

20. McKinnell, S. and Lundqvist, H. 1998. Effect of sexual maturation on the spatial distribution of Baltic salmon. Journal of Fish Biology 52: 1175-1185.

21. McKinnell, S. 1998. A retrospective on Baltic salmon (Salmo salar L.) biology and fisheries. Nordic Journal of Freshwater Research 73: 73-88.

22. McKinnell, S. and Seki, M. 1998. Shark bycatch in the Japanese squid driftnet fishery in the North Pacific Ocean. Fisheries Research 39:127-138.

23. McKinnell, S., Freeland, H.J. and Groulx, S. 1999. Assessing the northern diversion of sockeye salmon returning to the Fraser River. Fisheries Oceanography 8: 104-114.

24. Brodeur, R.D., MCKinnell, S., Nagasawa, K., Pearcy, W., Radchenko, V. and Takagi, S. 1999. Epipelagic nekton of the North Pacific Subarctic and Transition Zones. Progress in Oceanography 43: 365-397.

25. McKinnell, S. and Karlström, Ö. 1999. Spatial and temporal covariation in the recruitment and abundance of Atlantic salmon populations in the Baltic Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science 56: 433-443.

26. McKinnell, S. and Lundqvist, H. 2000. Unstable hatchery release strategies in reared Atlantic salmon. Journal of Fisheries Management and Ecology 7: 211-224.

27. Rivinoja, P., McKinnell, S. and Lundqvist, H. 2001. Hindrances to upstream migration of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in a northern Swedish river caused by a hydroelectric power-station. Regulated Rivers 17: 101-115.

28. Bertram, D.F., Mackas, D.L. and McKinnell, S. 2001. The seasonal cycle revisited: interannual variation and ecosystem consequences. Progress in Oceanography 49 (1-4): 283-308.

29. Ishida, Y., Hariu, T., Yamashiro, J., McKinnell, S., Matsuda, T., and Kaneko, H. 2001. Archaeological evidence of Pacific salmon distribution in northern Japan and its implications for the future global warming. Progress in Oceanography 49 (1-4): 539-550.

30. McKinnell, S.M., Wood, C.C., Rutherford, D.T., Hyatt, K.D., and Welch, D.W. 2001. The demise of Owikeno Lake sockeye salmon. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 21: 774-791.

31. Hay, D.E. and McKinnell, S.M. 2002. Tagging along: association among individual Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) revealed by tagging. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59: 1960-1968.

32. McKinnell, S.M. and Mackas, D.L. 2003. Intercalibrating SCOR, NORPAC & bongo nets and the consequences for decadal-scale variation in zooplankton biomass in the Gulf of Alaska. Fisheries Oceanography 12: 126-133.

33. Norcross, B.L., McKinnell, S.M., Frandsen, M. and Musgrave, D.L. 2003. Larval fishes in relation to water masses of the Central North Pacific Transitional Areas, including the shelf break of West-Central Alaska. Journal of Oceanography, 59: 445-460.

34. Hunt, G.L.Jr. and McKinnell, S.M. 2006. Interplay between top-down, bottom-up, and wasp-waist control in marine ecosystems. Progress in Oceanography 68: 115-124.

35. Lundqvist, H., McKinnell, S.M., Jonsson, S. and Östergren, J. 2007. Is stocking with sea trout compatible with wild trout (Salmo trutta) conservation? In G. Harris and N. Milner [Eds.] "Sea Trout: Biology, Conservation and Management" Blackwell Press.

36. McKinnell, S.M. and Crawford, W.R. 2007. The 18.61 lunar nodal cycle and surface temperature variation in the northeast Pacific Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research.

37. Pearcy, W.G. and McKinnell, S.M. 2007. The ocean ecology of salmon in the northeast Pacific Ocean - an abridged history. American Fisheries Society Symposium 57, 7-30.

38. Lundqvist, H., P. Rivinoja, P., Leonardsson, K. and McKinnell, S. In Press. Upstream passage problems for wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in a flow controlled river and its effect on the population. Hydrobiologia.

39. McKinnell, S.M. 2008. Fraser River sockeye salmon productivity and climate; a re-analysis that avoids an undesirable property of Ricker’s curve. Special Issue of Progress in Oceanography (Recommended for publication).