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
Tags: British Columbia, fieldwork, Hakai Coastal Initiative, Hakai Institute, IOF students, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, Research, salmon
Hakai Institute’s Juvenile Salmon Program investigates factors affecting juvenile salmon across the Discovery Islands and Johnstone Strait.
Tags: Deng Palomares, industrial fishing, IOF Research Associates, Research, Sea Around Us, seabirds
Birds that feed on squid, Antarctic krill and small ‘mid-water’ fish such as herrings and sardines are suffering the most
Tags: Cambodia, faculty, FERU, fishing practices, freshwater, Indigenous fisheries, IOF Research Associates, Louise Teh, Rashid Sumaila, Research, small-scale fisheries
Researchers explored the vulnerabilities of Cambodian lake fishers by examining their livelihood activities and responses to different scenarios of future change.
Tags: Daniel Pauly, faculty, fisheries management, industrial fishing, IOF students, Research, Sea Around Us
Companies could have increased their profits substantially had they allowed fish stocks to rebuild and then fished them sustainably.