Tags: Cetaceans, David Rosen, dolphins, energetics, Faculty, killer whales, Marine mammals, metabolic rates, MMean Lab, MMRU, sea lions, Sea otters, tuna, walrus, whales
The metabolic rates of marine mammals who live their entire lives at sea or remain submerged for long periods of time are almost impossible to measure, creating large gaps in the data that scientists hope to fill with future technological innovations.
Tags: birds, energetics, Faculty, Falkland Islands, Gentoo penguins, hemoglobin, IOF alumni, IOF students, Marie Auger-Methe, penguins, seabirds
Discover the Falkland gentoo penguin and learn from experts at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries!
Tags: biology, birds, energetics, Faculty, Falkland Islands, foraging, hemoglobin, IOF alumni, IOF students, Marie Auger-Methe, penguins, reproduction, seabirds
Gentoo penguins have to food forage before laying eggs. The amount of hemoglobin in their blood may increase diving capacities. Increased diving may mean more tiny penguin chicks.
Tags: Contaminants, deep sea mining, Faculty, International Seabed Authority Assembly (ISA), mineral deposits, mining, Ocean ecology, pollution, Rashid Sumaila, sea floor, UNCLOS
While advocates of deep-sea mining say that the investment is needed to provide the metals needed for a carbon neutral economy, opponents point to the irreparable damage that it would have on the environment.
Tags: CSMY, Daniel Pauly, Faculty, Modelling, Overfishing, Publications, Research, Sea Around Us, Sustainability
A recent update introduced to the CMSY methodology used to assess the status of fish stocks has proven to more accurately predict the catch that a population can support than highly-valued data-intensive models.
Tags: Aquaculture, CORU, diet, Faculty, IOF postdoctoral fellows, mariculture, Muhammed Oyinlola, nutrition, Paris Agreement, Research, Sea Around Us, seafood, Solving FCB, William Cheung
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.
Tags: honours, Larkin Lecture
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
Tags: Deng Palomares, honours, IOF Research Associates, NOAA, Research, Sea Around Us, United Nations, United Nations (UN), United States
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).
The Murray A. Newman Research Award celebrates highly significant recent work and/or an entire career of important, field-leading contributions in ocean research.
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)