Tags: Brian Hunt, British Columbia, carbon, climate change, coastal ecosystems, coastal environment, Fraser River, freshwater, IOF alumni, IOF students, marine ecosystems, pollutants, wildfire
Wildfires pollute waterways and could affect their ability to sequester carbon, recent research shows.
Tags: Amanda Vincent, awards, CITES, honours, IOF alumni, Project Seahorse, Publications, Sarah Foster
"A practical approach to meeting national obligations for sustainable trade under CITES” won third place in Conservation Biology’s ‘Rising Star’ award competition.
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In honour of World Ocean Day, we present OCEAN IDIOMS!
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The application process for our 2nd cohort of Visiting Fellows open. Deadline extended to June 30, 2025!!!
Tags: biodiversity, climate change, food security, France, ocean governance, Rashid Sumaila, small-scale fisheries, Solving FCB, UN Ocean Conference, United Nations (UN), William Cheung
Solving FCB will host two side events - one for the public and one for UNOC participants - in Nice, France on June 11 & 12, 2025
Tags: Aboriginal fisheries, Brian Riddell, British Columbia, Chinook salmon, community, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, fisheries management, Indigenous fisheries, Indigenous Watersheds Initiative, Pacific Ocean, recreational fisheries, salmon, Salmon Dialogues, watersheds, William Cheung
Thirteen public meetings to gather knowledge from local and Indigenous communities in support of salmon rebuilding and recovery in the Pacific Northwest.
Millions of seahorses are illegally trafficked across over 60 countries despite strict global trade regulations, a Project Seahorse and OceansAsia study finds
Tags: climate change, Daniel Pauly, fish, Gill Oxygen Limitation Theory (GOLT), Johannes Müller, physiology, Publications, Sea Around Us
Data from 33 fish species further supports the argument that small differences between fish’s oxygen consumption increase and gill surface area growth do not invalidate the principles of the Gill Oxygen Limitation Theory (GOLT).
Tags: Alaska, animal movement, Arctic, faculty, habitats, Indigenous fisheries, Indigenous Knowledge, IOF students, Marie Auger-Methe, movement ecology, Research, seals
Indigenous Knowledge can provide a holistic understanding of species’ habitat use given that it contains observations of multiple species across seasons and includes animals' complex relationships with other species and habitats.
Tags: Carl Walters, Daniel Pauly, honours, Publications, Rashid Sumaila, Villy Christensen, William Cheung
UBC was ranked 21 in the Global Overall Academic Institutional Rankings, and 25 for the past five years. In the specialties area, it ranked 1 for ecosystem, fishing, fish physiology, and marine ecosystems.