Tags: Amanda Vincent, bottom trawling, CITES, Faculty, FCRR, India, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Marine protected areas, Project Seahorse, Publications, Sarah Foster, seahorses
The report unravels the drivers and motivations that entice fishers and the fishery to start, engage in, and stop bottom trawling in India. Understanding the nuances within communities rather than viewing them as one entity is paramount for designing equitable policies. Moreover, the study highlights a pressing reality: fishers do not always want to fish and are sometimes forced to remain in the bottom trawl industry. Recognizing and addressing these insights are paramount in effectively constraining bottom trawling.
Tags: Blue economy, carbon footprint, carbon trading, Climate change, Deng Palomares, Faculty, FERU, fish catch, fisheries economics, fisheries management, global policy, IOF Research Associates, ocean economy, Rashid Sumaila, Sea Around Us
Over 120 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent could be sequestered every year by 2050 by applying a market-based solution (MBS) to global fisheries that would allow fishers to decide whether – at certain times – it is more profitable to go fish or to remain at port.
Tags: Aboriginal fisheries, archeology, Indigenous fisheries, Indigenous Knowledge, IOF students, salmon, Tsleil-Waututh Nation
New research confirms that Tsleil-Waututh Nation has consistently and sustainably fished for chum salmon for 1,200 years longer than the archaeological record had previously demonstrated
Tags: biomass, Climate change, CORU, Deng Palomares, ecosystems, fish, heatwaves, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Sea Around Us, Solving FCB, William Cheung
Fish were surprisingly resilient to marine heatwaves before 2019, highlighting the need to keep seas from warming further, according to new research.
Tags: Aboriginal fisheries, Andrea Reid, Awards, Canada Research Chair, Centre for Indigenous Fisheries, Faculty, grants, Indigenous fisheries, Indigenous Knowledge
Dr. Andrea Reid of the Nisg̱a’a Nation is one of UBC’s newest Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs (CRC). She also receives a grant through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF).
Tags: Biodiversity, Brian Hunt, Coastline, Discovery Grants, ecosystems, Faculty, food webs, Herring, NSERC, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, pollution, salmon, urbanization, wastewater
Dr. Brian Hunt will receive an NSERC Discovery Grant for work on the impacts of urbanization on coastal oceans, specifically regarding ocean cities.
On August 25, 2023, members of the IOF community met with a delegation from the U.S. Consulate General Vancouver.
The world’s waterbodies are filled with predatory fish feeding on other animals from zooplankton to squid and other fish, while “vegetarian” or herbivore fish are rare. Researchers has analyzed the key traits – size, productivity and trophic level – of over 31,000 fish species recorded in FishBase.
Tags: bottom trawling, CITES, FCRR, international trade, IOF Research Associates, Marine protected areas, Project Seahorse, Publications, Sarah Foster, seahorses
Despite measures taken by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), most dried seahorse exports appear to have gone underground, and smuggling is now the norm. The report explores the many reasons driving this illegal trade and then identifies ways forward.
Tags: David Rosen, IOF students, Kelp forests, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, MMRU, Pacific Ocean, Sea otters, Sea urchins, Tidal Zones, Vancouver Aquarium
These furry marine mammals seem to have bottomless stomachs — what does that mean for the habitats and species around them?