Tags: Colette Wabnitz, fisheries economics, fisheries management, IOF Research Associates, Nereus Program, Publications
She, with Robert Blasiak (Stockholm Resilience Centre), are guest editors of the issue, and also wrote about how funding for ocean conservation and sustainable fisheries is rapidly changing and evolving beyond official traditional assistance (ODA) and philanthropy.
Are our current tuna fishing habits sustainable? Probably not, according to a new global database of tuna catches developed by Sea Around Us
Tags: climate change, faculty, IOF Research Associates, Juan Jose Alava, Kai Chan, policy, Simon Donner
IOF-related experts recommend the one policy action they would use to address the climate crisis
Tags: Aboriginal fisheries, Arctic, Canada, climate change, faculty, fish stocks, fisheries management, Indigenous fisheries, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Nereus Program, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila
Unmitigated climate change could net fisheries in the Arctic 37 times more fish than current annual catch amounts by the end of the century
Tags: Brian Hunt, faculty, food webs, Hakai Coastal Initiative, Hakai Institute, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF students, jellyfish, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Research
Hakai Coastal Initiative Marine Food Webs Working Group (FWWG) undertook a 10-day sampling trip which looked at day/night behaviour of bacteria, protists, zooplankton, and parasites in the Strait of Georgia.
Tags: climate change, faculty, fieldwork, Hakai Coastal Initiative, Hakai Institute, kelp, NSERC, ocean ecology, Research
New equipment creates environmental conditions that mimic the projected future state of our oceans, allowing them play out "what if" scenarios for situations like climate change.
Tags: Daniel Pauly, Deng Palomares, faculty, fisheries management, fishing gear, fishing practices, IOF Research Associates, Research, Sea Around Us
Mechanisms such as GPS, fishfinders, echo-sounders or acoustic cameras, has led to an average 2% yearly increase in boats’ capacity to capture fish
Tags: faculty, In memoriam
C.S. “Buzz” Holling, considered the father of resilience research, passed away on August 16, 2019
"I feel massively honoured to be inducted into the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada," said Prof. Sumaila.
Tags: British Columbia, Curtis Suttle, faculty, fish, fish farms, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Pacific, Research, salmon, viruses
All three are related to viruses that cause serious disease in other species.