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The study advocates for a shift toward circular economy strategies, such as enhanced recycling and urban mining, which offer sustainable alternatives to deep-sea mining.

The 4 billion tonnes of marine organisms that global fisheries extracted from the ocean between 1960 and 2018 resulted in the depletion of over 560 million tonnes of essential nutrients vital to ecosystem health.

Shifting the focus of intervention to the supply-side, by evaluating the potential environmental and economic outcomes of a voluntary levy on the top 100 plastic producers.

The application process for our second cohort of visiting fellows is now open. Deadline is May 15, 2025.

The University of Alberta holds the Ronald O. Ball Lectureship in Food & Agriculture, which allows them to invite an excellent speaker of a stature to attract attention and interest from the University, media, and community, and will highlight current issues in nutrition, food and agriculture.

IOF community member flex their creative juices for a little bit of ocean & fisheries fun.

New research shows that the growth and lifespan of Parvancorina minchami, small anchor-shaped animals that lived on the seafloor about 550 million years ago, was about four years, that they could reach close to 20 millimetres in length, and that their pace of growth was similar to that of small recent invertebrate.

Introduction to Aquatic Data Sciences is designed for professionals and researchers passionate about oceans, fisheries, and sustainable development. Learn more about course, certificate and bursary option here.

Alejandro (Alex) Schmill is a first-year MSc student, co-supervised by Dr. William Cheung and Dr. Margot Hessing-Lewis of the Hakai Institute.

Dr. Andrew Trites has won UBC’s President’s Award for Public Education through Media.