Low-income countries could lose 30% of nutrients like protein and omega-3 from seafood due to climate change
This could be reduced to a roughly 10% decline if the world were to meet the Paris Agreement targets of limiting global warming to 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius – which recent reports have shown we’re not on track to achieve.
Peter A. Larkin Award deadline extended to November 30, 2023
The Peter A. Larkin Award recognizes a leading fisheries researcher who is committed to research excellence, inspiring education, and innovative societal engagement. Deadline November 30, 2023
Sea Around Us Project Manager joins Sustainability, Predictability and Resilience of Marine Ecosystems Program Committee
Dr. Maria ‘Deng’ Palomares, has been invited to become a member of the international steering committee for the “Sustainability, Predictability and Resilience of Marine Ecosystems” (SUPREME) program, which is led by the United States of America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and endorsed by the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (UNDOS).
Dr. Andrea Reid wins Newman Award for Excellence in Conservation and Research
The Murray A. Newman Research Award celebrates highly significant recent work and/or an entire career of important, field-leading contributions in ocean research.
IOF students visit Chilliwack
Students from the IOF’s FISH 520 course took a fieldtrip to Chilliwack with Dr. Jordan Rosenfeld, Honorary Professor, Applied Freshwater Fisheries Research Unit (AFERU)
Dr. Rashid Sumaila participated in World Food Day event, October 16, 2023
Dr. Rashid Sumaila was a panelist as part of the “World Food Day 2023: Water is Life. Water is Food. Leave no one behind” event on October 16, 2023
Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila featured in new film pushing for WTO Agreement on fisheries subsidies
Dr. Daniel Pauly, and Dr. Rashid Sumaila, feature in a new film aimed at supporting a critical World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement on fishing subsidies, as the international community races to lock the deal in place before it expires in 2024.
Dr. William Cheung joins UBC’s delegation to COP28
Dr William Cheung will join UBC’s third annual delegation of students, faculty, and staff attending the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, this November
Students visit Stanley Park for an intertidal tour
They saw sea stars down by the seashore…
UBC researcher awarded the prestigious Prince Albert I medal from the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco
Internationally renowned fisheries researcher, Dr. Ussif Rashid Sumaila, has been recognized by the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco with the 2023 Albert I Grand Medal in the Science category.