The IOF Oceans and Fisheries Seminar Series is open to the public. Everyone is welcome!
The IOF Oceans and Fisheries Seminar Series invites speakers to present the latest research in a wide range of disciplines related to freshwater systems, the oceans, and fisheries. Past speakers have included public communicators, economists, ecosystem modellers, anthropologists, and ecologists. These seminars draw a diverse audience, leading to thought-provoking discussions and a sharing of new ideas and perspectives.
Schedule
Academic Year 2022-2023 – Term 2
Note: For Term 2 2022, IOF Seminars take place on Fridays from 11:00 am to 12 noon. They will either been in a Hybrid (in-person and via Zoom), or ZOOM only format.
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
| February 3 Hybrid: In-person & online |
Dr. Julia K. Baum Professor and President’s Chair, Ocean Ecology and Global Change, University of Victoria PEW Fellow in Marine Conservation Julia Baum holds the Faculty of Science President’s Chair at the University of Victoria where she is also Professor of Ocean Ecology and Global Change and a Provost’s Engaged Scholar. An expert in coral reef ecology, marine fisheries and climate change, Baum’s research group works to advance understanding of ocean climate change impacts, and inform and catalyze climate solutions. Baum earned her B.Sc. from McGill University, and her M.Sc. and PhD from Dalhousie University. She was a Smith Conservation Research Fellow at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a Schmidt Ocean Institute Fellow UC Santa Barbara, before joining UVic in 2011. Baum is the recipient of the Sloan Research Fellowship in Ocean Sciences, the Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation, and NSERC’s E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellow. She has served on expert panels for the Royal Society of Canada and the Chief Science Advisor of Canada, and is currently Science Advisor for Kelp Rescue and a Senior Advisor to Ocean Visions. Baum is a vocal champion of equity, diversity and inclusivity, and is also committed to communicating science and the need for climate solutions to policy-makers and the public. |
Marine Heatwave-Driven Transformation of Coral Reef Ecosystems Climate change-amplified marine heatwaves now pose an imminent threat to the world’s tropical coral reefs. On almost all coral reefs, however, climate change is superimposed on a suite of local anthropogenic stressors, and available evidence suggests that these impacted reefs can fare better than protected ones during heatwaves, leading to the ‘protection paradox’. In this talk, we’ll journey an atoll in the central equatorial Pacific that endured heat stress of unprecedented duration during the 2015-2016 El Niño-induced 3rd global coral bleaching event. Dr. Baum will present ecosystem-scale results of the impacts of prolonged heat stress, and discuss the role that local stressors played in modulated heat stress impacts as well as distinct mechanisms of coral resilience. |
| February 10 (Hybrid) |
Dr. Jonathan Moore Professor; Liber Ero Chair of Coastal Science and Management, Simon Fraser University Jonathan Moore a Professor at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada, in the Department of Biological Sciences and the School of Resource and Environmental Management. He holds the Liber Ero Research Chair of Coastal Science and Management. Dr. Moore received his PhD from University of Washington and did a postdoc with NOAA fisheries. At SFU, he leads the Salmon Watersheds Lab. They focus on freshwater biodiversity, watersheds, and global change, with particular focus on BC’s rivers and their salmon. They work closely with a diverse array of collaborators and partner organizations and work hard to try to link science to positive watershed change. He is an award-winning scientist, and he has published over 120 papers on these topics. He lives in North Vancouver, British Columbia, and loves exploring coastal oceans, mountains, forests, and rivers with his family. |
Salmon Futures: Science and Stewardship of Salmon Systems in an Era of Rapid Change In watersheds of western North America, migratory salmon support ecosystems, economies, and cultures. However, these fish and their fisheries are threatened by climate change and multiple stressors. How do we steward salmon systems in this era of rapid change? Here Dr. Moore will share some stories of science and its application for salmon stewardship and climate resilience, from sea level rise to warming river temperatures to glacier retreat. While these are grave challenges and there is urgent need for climate change action, there are opportunities for forward-looking and collaborative science to help guide proactive conservation and management. |
| February 17 | Dr. Amy M. Van Cise Assistant Professor Whale and Dolphin Ecology Lab University of Washington |
Tent: evolutionary ecology of marine mammals |
| February 24 | March 3 | Dr. Nicola Smith Liber Ero Postdoctoral Research Fellow Changing Ocean Research Unit Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries |
Tent: climate change and marine invasive species |
| March 10 | Dr. Guillermo Ortuño Crespo Postdoctoral researcher Stockholm Resilience Centre |
The future of spatial ecology, transboundary management & the High Seas |
| March 17 | Dr. Ben Halpern Professor, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, UC Santa Barbara Director, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis |
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| March 24 | Dr. Jessica Gephart Assistant Professor Environmental Science American University |
Tent: role of global seafood trade in sustainable and resilient food systems |
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| April 7 | Student Presentations | |
| January 13 | Dr. Alex Moore | Coastal wetland ecology and conservation: The role of predators |
| January 20 | Dr. Courtney Shuert | Migration, stress, and animal health: Using movement ecology to support conservation for narwhal and other marine mammals in the Arctic
This session was not recorded at the request of the speaker. |
| January 27 | Dr. Jean-Baptiste Jouffray | The Anthropocene Ocean: challenges and prospects for ocean sustainability |
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
| September 16 | Dr. Megan Bailey, Associate Professor, Dalhousie University | Tinkers, seeders and squishy lobster: Science in support of Treaty fisheries |
| September 23 | Dr. Facundo Llompart, Researcher, Austral Center for Scientific Research (CADIC) | Recent tensions between productive opportunities and conservation risks: case studies on fish, fisheries and aquaculture in southern Patagonia |
| October 7 | Shelley Denny, Director of Aquatic Research and Stewardship, Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources | Doing Treaty: An alternative fisheries governance model for Mi'kmaq Aboriginal and Treaty Rights to fish in Nova Scotia |
| October 14 | Dr. Pierre Failler, Director of the Centre for Blue Governance | Ocean in need of Blue Governance |
| October 21 | Symposium to honour Professor Emeritus Dr. Tony J. Pitcher | |
| October 28 | Veronica Relano | El Pueblo es El Mar - The people are the sea. An initiative of the SOS project, Somos OceanoS 2030 Not recorded at speaker's request |
| November 4 | Dr. Erin Rechisky | Fisheries and Oceans Canada South Coast Area Stock Assessment: Who We Are, What We Do and Why It’s Important for Pacific Salmon Management |
| November 18 | Dr. Philippe Archambault | Portrait of the marine biodiversity in the Canadian Arctic |
| November 25 | Mia Strand, PhD researcher, Nelson Mandela University | Arts-based participatory research methods for more inclusive area-based ocean management |
| December 2 | Seminar cancelled due to speaker illness. | |
| September 10 | Dr. Rosemary Ommer | The importance of scale complexities in fisheries research |
| September 17 | Dr. Stephen Palumbi | The adaptive capacity of ocean species to respond to climate change |
| September 24 | Dr. Amina T. Schartup | The Biogeochemical Cycle of Mercury in an Era of Environmental Change |
| October 1 | Dr. Rashid Sumaila | Getting values and valuation right is fundamental to achieving Infinity fish |
| October 8 | Dr. Gideon Mordecai | The underwater epidemic; emerging viruses in wild Pacific salmon |
| October 15 | Dr. Amanda Vincent | Saving seahorses to save the seas |
| October 22 | Dr. Katye Altieri | Strategies for increasing the representation and success of Black Women in Oceanography – lessons learned from the Ocean Womxn programme in South Africa |
| October 29 | Dr. Michelle Tseng | Ecological and evolutionary effects of warming on plankton and insect communities |
| November 5 | Dr. Vianey Leos Barajas | Extending the hidden Markov model for analysis of animal movement data |
| November 12 | Dr. Ian Perry | DFO, and the Salish Sea | November 19 | Dr. Jeremy Pittman | Identifying entry points to enhance the adaptive capacity of small-scale fishing communities | November 26 | Student and Presentations | Student and Presentations
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| January 14 | Dr. Tim Essington | Expecting the unexpected: understanding and forecasting ecological responses to low dissolved oxygen in coastal ocean ecosystems |
| January 21 | Dr. Lucy Woodall | Co-creating deep sea science in a large ocean state |
| January 28 | Dr. Espinosa Romero | Sustainability at scale. Connecting 300,000 small-scale fishers in Latin America and the Caribbean for the mobilization of knowledge, solutions, and capital opportunities |
| February 4 | Dr. Paul Venturelli | The growing case for fishing apps as a viable (and exciting!) source of data Please note: This session was NOT recorded at the speaker's request. |
| February 11 | Lauren Eckert | Conservation, conflict, and core beliefs: Examining conflict and opportunities towards transformation in an Orca-Salmon-Human system Please note: This session was NOT recorded at the speaker's request. |
| February 18 | Dr. Kristi Miller-Saunders | Cumulative stressor impacts: towards a holistic measure of salmon health and condition |
| March 4 | Dr. Michelle LaRue | Many hands make light work: crowd-sourcing reveals population status for Weddell seals in Antarctica |
| March 11 | Johanna Wagstaffe, meteorologist and scientist for CBC Vancouver and CBC News Network | Extreme Weather 2021: A Snapshot of BC’s Future? Please note: This session was NOT recorded at the speaker's request. |
| March 18 | Dr. Elizabeth Selig | Global risks of labor abuse and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing |
| March 25 | Dr. Jessica Black and Dr. Courtney Carothers | Tamamta (All of Us): Indigenizing and Decolonizing Fisheries Education, Research, and Governance in Alaska |
| April 1 | Dr. Juliano Palacios Abrantes | Marine fishes do not need visas: managing shared fish stocks in a changing world Due to unforeseen circumstances, the seminar is cancelled this week. |
| April 8 | Student Presentations |
Please note: This session was NOT recorded as related papers have not yet been published\ |
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
| September 11 | Dr. Dana Lepofsky, Simon Fraser University | The Clam Garden Network: Exploring the social-ecological contexts of clam management in the past, present and future |
| September 18 | Dr. Robert Blasiak, Stockholm Resilience Centre | The ocean genome and future prospects for conservation and equity |
| September 25 | Dr. Jessica Sparks, University of Nottingham | Modern slavery at sea: Working conditions in a changing marine environment |
| October 2 | Dr. Andrea Reid | "Two-Eyed Seeing": An Indigenous framework to transform fisheries research and management |
| October 9 | Dr. Thomas Froelicher, University of Bern | Ocean extremes: From marine heatwaves to compound events NOTE: This session was not recorded at the speaker's request. |
| October 16 | Dr. Ryan Rykaczewski, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service | Projected impacts of anthropogenic climate change on the California Current pelagic ecosystem NOTE: This session was not recorded at the speaker's request. |
| October 23 | Dr. Loren McClenachan, Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Colby College | Warming waters, climate history, and adaptation: Lessons from Maine’s lobster fishery NOTE: This session was not recorded at the speaker's request. |
| October 30 | Dr. Sarah Harper, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Victoria and Nature United | Closing the gender data gap to improve small-scale fisheries research and policy NOTE: This session was not recorded at the speaker's request. |
| November 6 | Dr. Boris Worm, Dalhousie University | People and the Sea: A positive vision for 2050 |
| November 13 | Dr. Dana Miller, Senior Policy Advisor, Oceana Europe | Fighting IUU fishing through improving corporate due diligence |
| November 20 | Karen Sack, Ocean Unite | Collaborating on Financial Innovation to Build Resilience to Ocean Risk through Nature Based Solutions |
| November 27 | Dr. Andrea Frommel, Postdoctoral Fellow, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab | Effects of environmental parameters on early life stages of commercial fishes and the implications for aquaculture |
| January 15 | Dr. Martin Wolf, postdoctoral associate, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy | The Environmental Performance Index: What can data-driven analyses teach us about sustainability policy around the world? |
| January 22 | Dr. Kristina Boerder, postdoctoral researcher, Dalhousie University | Protecting marine biodiversity in the Anthropocene |
| January 29 | CANCELLED. Due to circumstances beyond our control today's seminar has been cancelled. | |
| February 5 | Sara Cannon, PhD candidate, UBC Department of Geography and IOF | History doesn't have to repeat itself: Looking back at the origins of biodiversity conservation shows that decolonization is necessary for just and effective steps forward |
| February 12 | Dr. Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor, Research Associate, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries | Enabling conditions for an equitable and sustainable Blue Economy |
| February 19 | READING WEEK | |
| February 26 | Dr. Joey Bernhardt, Hutchinson Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University | Linking physiology to population persistence and human well-being in a changing world |
| March 5 | Dr. Rebecca Asch, Assistant Professor, East Carolina University | Adding More Ecology to Ecological Niche Models: Life History, Non-Stationary Habitat Use, and Trade-offs in Climate Change Responses Among Fishes |
| March 12 | Dr. Philippa Cohen | Fish in food systems; beyond protein, production and pessimism |
| March 19 | Dr. Ibrahim Issifu | An integrated systems model for mitigating marine plastic pollution |
| March 26 | Dr. Jesse Morin | New Insights Into Pre-Contact Coast Salish Salmon Fisheries and Implications for Modern Stewardship |
| April 9 | Samantha Ramirez Kasey Stirling/Kate Mussett Aaron Greenberg Meaghan Efford Rowenna Gryba |
IOF Student presentations |
Term 1, 2019/20
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
| September 13 | Rachael Sullivan Equity Facilitator UBC Equity & Inclusion |
Community Building Education: Diversity and Inclusion at UBC Video was not recorded |
| October 4 | Dr. Alejandro Buren, Research Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Science advice in the context of complex and changing ocean ecosystems |
| October 11 | Dr. Laura Parfrey, Assistant Professor, UBC Departments for Botany and Zoology | Microbial community assembly on seaweeds Video was not recorded at the speaker's request |
| October 18 | Dr. Scott Hinch, Professor, UBC Forestry | Touching salmon: When is it wrong? Consequences of release or escape from fisheries capture |
| October 25 | Dr. Gideon Mordecai, Postdoctoral Fellow, UBC | A genomic view of viruses in farmed salmon in BC Video was not recorded at the speaker's request |
| November 1 | Dr. Evelyn Pinkerton, Professor, School of Resource & Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University | Strategies and Policies Supporting Access and Conservation by Small-Scale Fishermen in a Neoliberal World |
| November 8 | Dr. Patrick T. Martone, Professor, UBC Botany & Biodiversity Research Centre | The rise and fall of coralline algae: Evolutionary, morphological, and ecological trends |
| November 15 | Jeroen Steenbeek, Software engineer, Ecopath International Initiative | Recent advances in the Ecopath with Ecosim food (EwE) web modelling approach |
| November 22 | Marta Coll, Researcher, Institute of Marine Science (ICM–CSIC) (Barcelona, Spain) | Advancing food web modelling capabilities to analyse global ocean futures |
| November 29 | Seth Wynes, PhD student, UBC Department of Geography | How academics can lead by example in a carbon constrained world Note: Video is available, however the sound cuts out at 28.08. Video continues to end so viewers can see the full slide deck. |
Term 2
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
| January 10 | Panellists: Peter Klein, Professor, UBC Journalism and Executive Director, Global Reporting Program Caroline Graham, IOF M.Sc. student (China) Thomas Smith, IOF M.Sc. student (West Africa) Moderator: Monique Rodrigues, UBC Journalism alum |
Panel Discussion: Fish You Don't Know You Eat |
| January 17 | Nigel Haggan, MA, MSc, PhD | Unsettling fisheries science |
| January 24 | Ian Urbina, New York Times investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner | The Outlaw Ocean: A conversation with Ian Urbina |
| January 31 | Dr. Dyhia Belhabib, Ecotrust Canada | Spying and snitching on fishy behaviour at sea |
| February 7 | Kyra St-Pierre, Postdoctoral Fellow, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab | What happens on land doesn't stay on land: Downstream impacts of watershed changes in northern ecosystems. This session was not be recorded at the speaker's request |
| February 14 | Sharon Wu, Managing Director, Research Support Services | Navigating Research Support Services at UBC This session was not be recorded at the speaker's request |
| February 28 | Dr. Jennifer Sunday, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, McGill University | The ecological mechanics of range shifts in a warming world |
| March 6 | Jeffrey Whiting, President & Founder, Artists for Conservation Foundation | Art as a force for conservation |
| March 13 | Dr. Jessica Garzke, Postdoctoral Fellow, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab | Environmental changes influence coastal plankton communities with implications on food quantity and quality for fish |