Tags: in memoriam
Jeffrey Alexander Hutchings FRSC (September 11, 1958 – January 30, 2022) was a professor of biology, and the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Chair in Fish, Fisheries, and Oceans at Dalhousie University.
Tags: Anna McLaskey, Evgeny Pakhomov, food webs, Genyffer Troina, International Year of the Salmon, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF students, Pacific, plankton, Research, salmon, zooplankton
The third International Year of the Salmon Pan-Pacific Winter High Seas Expedition will continue to answer questions about a crucial salmon life stage that is poorly understood
Tags: Brian Hunt, British Columbia, environment, Hakai Institute, heatwaves, plankton, salinity, salmon, temperatures, water
Areas of B.C.’s coastal ocean may look similar from above water, but under the water, they can be completely different worlds, in terms of temperature, salinity, ocean acidification, and nutrient concentrations.
Fisheries managers and researchers may now predict how early fish will spawn in response to warming waters due to climate change, both in the oceans and in freshwaters.
Tags: David Rosen, Faculty, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, MMean Lab, physiology, pinnipeds, Research, seals, Vancouver Aquarium
Two new studies by Dr. David Rosen answer the question: “How much fish does a seal need?”
Tags: Climate change, CORU, FERU, Ibrahim Issifu, Juan Jose Alava, Overfishing, pollution, Rashid Sumaila, Vicky Lam
Over one quarter of Europe’s 20 most highly-fished marine species will be under extreme pressure by 2100 if nothing is done to simultaneously halt climate change, overfishing, and mercury pollution
Imagine a summer camp where you can watch grizzly bears catch salmon in streams, while learning about the migration and preparation of the fish hovering in the water at your feet.
Tags: Climate change, Colette Wabnitz, CORU, fish stocks, Gabriel Reygondeau, IOF Research Associates, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Research, William Cheung
The study tracked the shifting ranges of 9,132 transboundary fish stocks, which account for 80 per cent of catch taken from the world’s EEZs, starting in 2006 and projecting to the year 2100.
New data from stranded whales is yielding better estimates of body sizes needed to determine drug dosages, as well as assess the health and food requirements of whales
The whale used to develop the model preferred to save energy by gliding through the water when making deep dives, and when it was closer to the surface, it moved more actively, accelerating faster and ‘fluking’ its tail more often.