"Krill is perhaps the largest fishing resource in the world’s oceans.”
Tags: Aboriginal fisheries, Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Faculty, Herring, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Juan Jose Alava, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, plastic, Research
Researchers are concerned with the amount of microplastics consumed by zooplankton and herring, which are foundational species in BC's regional marine food webs.
This award celebrates active sharing of research through the news media
Tags: Climate change, Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, Faculty, Research, Sea Around Us, Small-scale fisheries
Emissions from the fuel burnt by fishing boats are 30% higher than previously reported
In over 80% of fish species, the females, including those known as ‘big old fecund females,’ or BOFFS, grow bigger than the males.
Tags: fisheries management, IOF Research Associates, Nathan Bennett, Ocean governance, Political ecology, Research
IOF researcher Nathan Bennett explored how the oceans are shaped by power and politics, narratives and knowledge, scale and history, and environmental justice and equity.
Tags: CORU, Gabriel Reygondeau, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF Research Associates, Marine biogeography, Modelling, Nereus Program, Species distribution
He was also named a UBC-Yale Fellow.
Fishing mortality and environmental factors affect fish biomass and catches more than seal predation in the region.
Research Associate Lydia Teh discusses good stewardship and social responsibility in fisheries
Increasing fishing pressures, combined with climate change, will have a negative effect on the near-shore marine resources of Tokelau