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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UBC and Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance Strengthen Collaboration to Advance Fisheries Stewardship and Research

IOF student wins Wall Graduate Research Award

Protecting British Columbia’s threatened Deep-Water Fjords

Extreme Ocean Events Put Global Fisheries at Growing Risk

Congratulations to new RSC Fellow – Dr. Julian Olden

New FCRR: Projected fishmeal and fish-oil requirements under global aquaculture expansion to 2040.

Events
Full Events Calendar

September 25
11:00 am

IOF SEMINAR SERIES

Environmental and Microbiome Profiling of Aquaculture Farms in the Central region of Ghana
Dr. Cynthia Adinortey
Africa-UBC Oceans & Fisheries Visiting Fellow
AERL Theatre or ZOOM

October 2
11:00 am

IOF SEMINAR SERIES

Scared Strong: Harnessing the Ecology of Fear to Improve Oyster Restoration
Dr. Lee Smee
University of South Alabama
AERL Theatre or ZOOM

October 7
9:00 am

THESIS DEFENSE

PhD Thesis Defense
Jared Connoy
Colonization and Pacific Salmon: A Social-Ecological Account from the Lower ‘Fraser River’
AERL 107 or ZOOM

October 23
Deadline

Deadline for Applications for 3rd Cohort of Africa-UBC Oceans and Fisheries Visiting Fellows Program

October 30
6:00 pm

LARKIN AWARD LECTURE

Larkin Award Lecture, October 29, 2026
Domesticating Fish in a Rapidly Changing World
Fabrice Teletchea
University of Caen Normandie
AERL Theatre

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