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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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FCRR: Ecosystem modelling to support fisheries management efforts in the Nyali-Mombasa area, coastal Kenya
Part of the Sustainable Poverty Alleviation from Costal Ecosystem Services project (SPACES), this research addresses how we can best develop sustainable, effective fisheries decisions, while preserving the livelihoods of fishers and their dependents?


China’s policy efforts to limit bottom trawling are not working
By tracking the changes in China’s bottom trawl fishing policies from the 1950s to today and found that these policies are not working


SPOTLIGHT: Marine Mammal Energetics and Nutrition Lab carries on with research despite COVID-19 setbacks
“It just means we have to be creative to keep research going,” said David Rosen, assistant professor and principal investigator


Dr. William Cheung awarded E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship
Steacie Fellowships recognize early-stage academic researchers and to support them to enhance their research capacity as they become leaders in their field and inspire others.


Q & A: The EU needs to end its provision of harmful fisheries subsidies
"The problem with harmful fisheries subsidies is that although they might support job security and raise income... they undermine a renewable resource that is technically owned by everyone. Fishing can’t exist without the fish."

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