Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

INSTITUTE FOR THE OCEANS AND FISHERIES

Today’s global society has a responsibility to conserve freshwater and ocean ecosystems and sustainably manage fish stocks for future generations. In collaboration with partners in Canada and around the world, the UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries is working towards a world in which our freshwater and ocean systems are healthy and their resources are used sustainably and equitably. Learn more

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Small-scale fisheries can back food security efforts in Arabian sea countries

Countries surrounding the Arabian Sea should empower well-managed artisanal and subsistence fisheries to back food security efforts, a new Sea Around Us study suggests.

IOF researchers find simple solution to Kuwait’s blood snapper woes

The change could help repopulate Malabar blood snapper, whose numbers dropped by 95% between 1995 and 2009

Ecosystem modelling paints a devastating picture for top marine predators by 2099

Without effective carbon mitigation the ocean would lose 18% of animal biomass by 2099 relative to the present day.

Tilapias are not precocious, they are just resilient

Tilapias living in crowded aquaculture ponds or small freshwater reservoirs adapt so well to these stressful environments that they stop growing and reproduce at a smaller size than their stress-free counterparts.

How to power a walrus

New study shows loss of sea ice will require walruses to swim more and eat more to survive climate change

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INSTITUTE FOR THE OCEANS AND FISHERIES

ABOUT THE
INSTITUTE

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RESEARCH

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INSTITUTE FOR THE OCEANS AND FISHERIES

ABOUT THE INSTITUTE

OUR RESEARCH

GRADUATE PROGRAM

SEMINARS

ABOUT THE
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OUR
RESEARCH