This new group will advise the presidents of Canada’s three federal research funding agencies - CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC.
Elders reported that salmon catches are one sixth what they were 50 to 70 years ago, and that the loss of salmon had taken a toll on their communities, especially their ability to teach young people about the fish.
New research has pinpointed four high-traffic areas in the Pacific Ocean that should be considered of high priority for the conservation of tuna, blue marlin and swordfish.
Students from IOF and other departments at UBC headed off on a whale-watching adventure.
Efforts to rebuild the stock should be focused all along Newfoundland and Labrador's coast, not just in the south, says Dr. George Rose.
Tags: Aboriginal fisheries, Daniel Pauly, Faculty, Indigenous fisheries, mariculture, Pacific, Research, Sea Around Us
The living map synthesizes information about ancestral mariculture across the Pacific Ocean and describes the work that a number of communities are undertaking to reawaken diverse sea gardens.
Tags: Andrew Trites, Animal movement, Faculty, Marie Auger-Methe, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Research, SERG, statistical ecology, tagging, whales
Using methods to detect when the animals are catching prey and to model their energy expenditure will be key to understanding the differences between these neighbouring whale populations.
Vancouver seafood lovers may see more Humboldt squid but less sockeye salmon on restaurant menus in the near future due to climate change.
Tags: Anna McLaskey, Brian Hunt, Faculty, food webs, Genyffer Troina, Gulf of Alaska, International Year of the Salmon, IOF postdoctoral fellows, jellyfish, plankton, Research, salmon, squid, zooplankton
For scientists in the IOF’s Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, the trip represents a chance to trace the outline of North Pacific food webs, in which salmon play a central role as both predator and prey.
Tags: Brian Hunt, British Columbia, fish, fish stocks, fisheries management, IOF students, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, salmon
A Chinook with a short migration to Harrison Lake may offer half the calories to a resident killer whale as a similarly sized Chinook headed to the headwaters of the Fraser River.