As penguins dive, their location data takes flight
Data sent from penguins to space and back to UBC could help researchers determine why the species’ breeding population fluctuates so dramatically.
Climate change has fish moving faster than regulations can keep up
Researchers say out-of-date regulatory system hasn’t kept up with the realities of global warming
Andrew Trites wins the Timothy R. Parsons Medal
Trites has been studying marine mammals (primarily Steller sea lions, harbour seals, northern fur seals, and killer whales), in the North Pacific for over 30 years.
Half of all high seas fishing grounds would be unprofitable without current subsidies
As much as 54% of the high seas fishing industry would be unprofitable at its current scale without large government subsidies.
Nathan Bennett wins 2018 Early Career Conservationist award
Bennett is a postdoctoral fellow with the OceanCanada partnership and won this award for advancing the role of social science on conservation policy
Vast majority of patents on marine genetic sequences linked to corporations
A single company has registered half of all existing patents associated with genes from marine species.