Tags: Aquaculture, Faculty, fish, fish farms, fish stocks, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Muhammed Oyinlola, Rashid Sumaila, Research, salmon
The growth rate of seafood farming worldwide peaked in 1996 according to new UBC research, highlighting the importance of rebuilding wild fish stocks to feed future demand.
Tags: Amanda Vincent, bottom trawling, CITES, Conservation, India, Project Seahorse, Publications, Research, Sarah Harper, seahorses, Sustainability
This pragmatic geographic analysis provides managers in India with a tractable route towards regulating seahorse exports at sustainable levels.
On World Jellyfish Day, as climate change kills off competition, jellyfish numbers may rise. UBC researcher Jessica Schaub is working on increasing what we know about these marine creatures and their future.
Tags: Climate change, Freshwater, IOF students, jellyfish, Marine Zooplankton and Micronekton Laboratory, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, Research, zooplankton
On World Jellyfish Day, UBC researcher Florian Lüskow, who focuses on freshwater jellyfish says that existing models often poorly include, and heavily oversimplify, these gelatinous organisms.
Tags: Climate change, Faculty, fisheries economics, fisheries management, food security, food webs, IOF Research Associates, nutrition, pollution, Publications, Rashid Sumaila, Research, Vicky Lam, William Cheung, Zeyu Zeng
The effects of harmful fisheries subsidies in three marine ecosystems, chosen for their importance in terms of food security, size and diversity; and three different management scenarios are examined.
Drs. William Cheung, Daniel Pauly, Andrea Reid, and Rashid Sumaila attended the Oceana Canada’s Science Symposium in Ottawa
Tags: Amanda Vincent, CITES, Faculty, FCRR, fish, IOF Research Associates, Project Seahorse, Publications, Research, Sarah Foster, seahorses, sharks
Implementing CITES Appendix II listings for marine fishes: a novel framework and a constructive analysis
Tags: Biodiversity, Climate change, Conservation, Galápagos, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, natural science, Research, social sciences, tourism
The Nature Futures Framework (NFF) can include Indigenous stakeholders, local expertise, and different knowledge systems in conversation efforts.
Tags: Animal movement, Arctic, Climate change, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Marie Auger-Methe, migration, Research, SERG, whales
Climate change and loss of sea ice is creating stressors for these animals, and they are adapting to a new life in the Arctic.
Tags: Antarctic, Antarctica, Faculty, fisheries management, IOF Research Associates, Krill, Louise Teh, Ocean governance, Overfishing, Rashid Sumaila, Research, whales
The critically important Southern Ocean is not being properly protected by its stewards, a distinguished group of scientists from around the globe have noted.