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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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IOF Seminar

How academics can lead by example in a carbon constrained world
Speaker: Seth Wynes, PhD student, UBC Geography

 
November 29, 2019
11 am
AERL Theatre

 
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Go walrus, go!
Walruses live in the rapidly changing Arctic. Dr. David Rosen is trying to figure out how climate change will impact the health of young walruses.


IOF Art Auction
The Institute of Oceans and Fisheries Student Society (IOFSS) is hosting an ocean themed art auction as part of our Holiday Fundraiser! Bid Deadline: December 12, 2019!


Popular fish in China would increase in value if caught with larger meshes
Fish that are highly valued by Chinese consumers, such as largehead hairtail, would grow in value and in amounts caught if industrial fisheries increased the mesh size of their nets


Figuring out total human impact on biodiversity
A new methodology for documenting the cumulative human impacts on biodiversity, dubbed EPOCH - for Evaluation of Population Change - was developed by scientists from Europe, Asia, and North America.

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