Tags: Daniel Pauly, Faculty, IOF alumni, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF Research Associates, Publications, Rashid Sumaila, Subsidies
The researchers feel the WTO could use their upcoming meeting to sign an agreement that forbids such harmful practices, while allowing for small-scale, sustainably managed wild fisheries.
“What I think really makes fish spawn for the first time is the increasing oxygen stress that growing fish experience,” Daniel Pauly said
Tags: Brian Hunt, Faculty, food webs, IOF students, jellyfish, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, Research, Vancouver Aquarium
We think of jellyfish as not being picky eaters, but in this case, it seemed that they didn't like feeding on a single diet.
Tags: Andrew Trites, British Columbia, Faculty, IOF Research Associates, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Mei Sato, Pacific, Research, salmon, whales
Researchers reported that Chinook salmon in the Salish Sea in summertime are four to six times more abundant for southern resident killer whales than northern resident killer whales.
Tags: Asia, Biodiversity, Canada, Climate change, Colette Wabnitz, CORU, Faculty, fish stocks, fisheries management, Gabriel Reygondeau, heatwaves, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Lydia Teh, Muhammed Oyinlola, Ocean ecology, Peru, Rashid Sumaila, Research, Vicky Lam, William Cheung
Extremely hot years will wipe out hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fish available for catch in a country’s waters in this century
Tags: Blue Food Assessment, Colette Wabnitz, Deng Palomares, food security, food webs, Rashid Sumaila, Seminars and events, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
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Dr. Daniel Pauly is the world’s most-cited fisheries scientist, but life for the UBC professor has been far from easy. Now, readers can learn more in his biography, The Ocean’s Whistleblower.
Tags: Blue economy, finance, fisheries economics, fisheries management, IOF alumni, IOF students, Marine catches, ocean economy, Villy Christensen
Despite harvesting an estimated global value of US$17.7 billion worth of fish, many catch share fisheries may be paying little or no royalties on their harvests, with countries likely foregoing this potential source of revenue.
Tags: Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor, Biodiversity, Coral, Deng Palomares, food webs, Gabriel Reygondeau, IBPES, Indigenous fisheries, IOF alumni, IOF Research Associates, IPCC, Nereus Program, Vicky Lam, William Cheung, Yoshitaka Ota
Global coverage of living corals had declined by about half since the 1950s and consequently, the diversity of species had also declined, by more than 60%.
Tags: Blue Food Assessment, Climate change, Faculty, FERU, food security, food webs, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila, Research
Improvements to aquaculture production, lower prices, and changing cultural preferences expected to drive up demand for fish, seafood and seaweed, according to new research.