New research indicates that sea sponges' growth depends on their oxygen supply, in a manner similar to more complex animals such as fishes.
Schaub has received a fellowship that will enable her to visit four countries where she will deepen her understanding of jellyfish.
Tags: Biodiversity, Deng Palomares, fisheries management, food security, High Seas, Sea Around Us, Small-scale fisheries, Species distribution, Species extinction
Sea Around Us presents a multi-objective solution that could lead to the protection of 89% of the ocean’s Representative Biodiversity Areas and 89% of threatened species or about 860 species, all while maintaining access to fishing grounds that provide 89% of the global catch.
Tags: CITES, international trade, IOF Research Associates, Project Seahorse, Research, Sarah Foster, seahorses
Project Seahorse reports on the first quantitative analysis of how CITES has influenced the international trade in marine fishes.
Tags: Aboriginal fisheries, birds, British Columbia, Coastline, FCRR, fish, fish stocks, fishing practices, Indigenous fisheries, IOF students, Ocean ecology, Publications, Research, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Villy Christensen, whales
These two new Fisheries Centre Research Reports will help us understand the overpowering changes that colonial settlement and development has had on the marine ecosystems surrounding the Lower Mainland area of British Columbia.
It’s that time of year again, when people and grey whales head to the lagoons of Baja California Sur for the annual winter event.
Tags: Anna Schuhbauer, Daniel Skerritt, Faculty, fishing practices, Industrial fishing, Overfishing, Rashid Sumaila, Research, Small-scale fisheries, Subsidies, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), webinar
The video of this webinar is now available. Open this page to view.
Tags: Aboriginal fisheries, Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Coastline, Faculty, Herring, Indigenous fisheries, IOF Research Associates, Juan Jose Alava, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, plastic, pollution, Research, zooplankton
What they found helps illuminate the study of microplastics in the ocean, an area of pollution research that is garnering lots of attention due to the many unknowns about how these particles damage the health of organisms that ingest them.
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.