Tags: Evgeny Pakhomov, Fieldwork, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Juan Jose Alava, OPRU, penguins, plastic, pollution, Research
"Anthropogenic stressors are reshaping our ocean – it’s not the same ocean we had 30 or 40 years ago. As academics we need to provide solutions, not just answers to questions."
Tags: Blue economy, Faculty, finance, IOF Research Associates, Louise Teh, ocean economy, Ocean governance, Rashid Sumaila, Research, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), World Ocean Day
A Paris Agreement type effort may be required to financing a sustainable global ocean economy that benefits society and businesses in both developing and developed countries.
Tags: Blue economy, bottom trawling, Conservation, CORU, FERU, fisheries economics, food webs, Gabriel Reygondeau, Hakai Coastal Initiative, human dimensions, international trade, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF Research Associates, Jacqueline Maud, Louise Teh, Marine protected areas, Overfishing, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Project Seahorse, Research, Sarah Foster, Sustainability, Vicky Lam, Women in Science, World Ocean Day, zooplankton
We asked ocean researchers from the IOF to envision how the target of protecting at least 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030 might be achieved.
Tags: CITES, Faculty, Illegal fishing, international trade, IOF Research Associates, Project Seahorse, Research, Sarah Foster, seahorses, Sustainability
“We did this study because we want to see CITES be all it can be.”
Tags: Canada, Faculty, fisheries management, IOF students, Modelling, Murdoch McAllister, Research, video
Researchers had the opportunity to test the usefulness of a fashionable fisheries management tool called management strategy evaluation (MSE).
Tags: foraging, IOF students, Marie Auger-Methe, Ocean ecology, SERG, statistical ecology, whale-watching, whales
Based on their findings, the researchers recommended that whale-watchers keep some distance from foraging areas to avoid disturbing the whales while they eat.
A much revered fisherman, teacher, student, researcher, environmentalist, and Adjunct Professor with the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and its previous incarnations.
Tags: Daniel Skerritt, Faculty, fish, fish stocks, fishing practices, Industrial fishing, Overfishing, Rashid Sumaila, Research, Subsidies, Sustainability
“Don’t think that just because you’re not providing six billion dollars that you’re not impacting, or potentially impacting the sustainability of the fish stock."
Tags: Biodiversity, Curtis Suttle, Faculty, Marine Virology and Microbiology Lab, plankton, Research, viruses
People need to know that viruses, despite their frightening reputation, have a role to play in Earth’s many ecosystems.
In the simulated Arrow Lakes Reservoir, fish fared better when nutrients were added to the water, regardless of whether the water flow was high or low.