Oriana Smy

Research Associate

Research Unit

Fisheries Economics Research Unit

Degrees

Master of Arts in Socio-cultural Anthropology

Contact Information

Email: o.smy@oceans.ubc.ca

Biography

Oriana Smy is a social scientist with a Master of Arts Degree in Socio-cultural Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where she specialized in marine plastic pollution and “ghost gear” in Baja California Sur, Mexico. She is skilled in qualitative and quantitative methods, community-based research, project management, environmental policy, and ethnographic mapping. Oriana is leading the development of a marine monitoring metadata tool, “MONITR: Marine Observation Network Inventory TRacker,” with the Coastal Habitats Learning and Knowledge Hub, a collaborative project with the Hakai Institute and WWF-Canada. She is also working with Dr. Rashid Sumaila and Dr. Margot Hessing-Lewis, facilitating a Coastwide Pyropia group via the International Bioeconomy Macroalgae Center.

Research Interests

Small-Scale Fisheries, MPAs, Indigenous Rights, Ocean Governance, Marine Plastic Pollution, Human Dimensions of Climate Change

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Louise Teh

Senior Researcher

Fisheries Economics Research Unit

Degrees

PhD
MSc
BComm

Contact Information

Email: l.teh@oceans.ubc.ca
Website: Fisheries Economics Research Unit

Biography

Louise is an interdisciplinary marine researcher whose research addresses the intersection of fisheries economics, human dimensions of marine resource management, ecosystem valuation, and climate-change impacts on fisheries. Her research examines coupled marine social–ecological systems across local, regional, and global scales. Louise’s work integrates qualitative social science, quantitative socioeconomic analysis, bioeconomic and scenario approaches, and economic valuation to connect marine ecosystem change with food security, equity, resilience, and policy. She has a particular interest in small-scale fisheries and working with coastal communities.

Research Interests

Small-scale Fisheries, Socio-Economic Analysis of Fisheries, Coral Reef Conservation, Scenario Development and Analysis, Social-Ecological Systems, Human Dimensions of Fisheries Management

Publications:

Journal Publications

Alam, L., Teh, L.C.L., Teh, L.S.L., Palomares, M.L., Skerritt, D.J., Issifu, I., Lam, V.W.Y., Villasante, S., Lazzari, N., Kinds, A., Carvalho, A.R., Majluf, P., Aheto, D., Mokhtar, M., & Sumaila, U.R. (Forthcoming). Dynamics of distant water fishing fleets in Southeast Asian countries. npj Ocean Sustainability.

Kim, H., Teh, L. S. L., Dahmouni, I., Alam, L., Issifu, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2026). Ecological and economic impacts of ocean deoxygenation on Pacific halibut fisheries: A multidisciplinary assessment of projected losses. Ecological Economics, 249, 109127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2026.109127

Millage, K. D., Mayorga, J., Orofino, S., Atwood, T. B., Friedlander, A. M., Teh, L. S. L., Palomares, M. L. D., Sumaila, U. R., & Sala, E. (2026). The value of bottom trawling in Europe. Ocean & Coastal Management, 278, 108135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2026.108135

Schuhbauer, A., & Teh, L. S. L. (2026). A dual sustainability crisis for Kenya’s small-scale fisheries. Nature Food, 7, 317–318. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-026-01342-z

Oloko, A., Dahmouni, I., Le Billon, P., Teh, L. S. L., Cheung, W. W. L., Sánchez-Jiménez, A., Issifu, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Gender dynamics, climate change threats and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. Discover Sustainability, 6, 494. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-025-01227-4

Chavez-Molina, V., Miller, S., Teh, L. S. L., Sumaila, U. R., Francis, E., & Brooks, C. M. (2025). Do subsidies drive Southern Ocean fishery operations? Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability, 3, 1499494. https://doi.org/10.3389/focsu.2025.1499494

Carvalho, A. R., Villasante, S., Lazzari, N., Issifu, I., Kinds, A., Majluf, P., Palomares, M. D., Skerritt, D. J., Alam, L., Lam, V. W. Y., Noleto-Filho, E. M., Reis-Filho, J. A., Teh, L. S. L., Teh, L. C. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Unequal competition: The fate of domestic fisheries facing distant water fishing in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. npj Ocean Sustainability, 4, 37. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-025-00135-4

Teh, L.S.L, Teh, L.C.L., Giron-Nava, A., Sumaila, U.R. (2024) Poverty line income and fisheries subsidies in developing country fishing communities. npj Ocean Sustainability, 3,14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00049-7

Sumaila, U.R.S., Wabnitz, C.C.C., Teh, L.S.L., Teh, L.C.L., Sumaila, H., Lam, V.W.Y., Cheung, W.W.L., Hopewell, K., Cinner, J.E., Bennett, N.J., Folke, C., Gulati, S., Polasky, S. (2024) Universal basic income in support of just and sustainable futures. Cell Reports Sustainability 1:100104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsus.2024.100104

Brander, L. Eppink, F., Madden Hof, C., Bishop, J., Riskas, K, Guisado Goni, V., Teh, L.C.L., Teh, L.S.L. (2024) Turtle economic value: the non-use value of marine turtles in the Asia-Pacific region. Ecological Economics 219: 108148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108148

Oloko, A., Teh, L. S. L., Le Billon, P., Cheung, W. W. L., Harper, S., & Sumaila, U. R. (2024). Making the case for gender-inclusive fisheries governance, policies and climate adaptation. Discover Oceans, 1, 33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44289-024-00038-1

Roberts, C. M., Béné, C., Bennett, N. J., Curnick, D. J., Douvere, F., Fulanda, B., Hawkins, J. P., Kemp, P. S., Law, C. S., Manel, S., Meeuwig, J. J., Micheli, F., Pauly, D., Pikitch, E. K., Pitcher, T. J., Sala, E., Sumaila, U. R., Teh, L. S. L., Watling, L., & O’Leary, B. C. (2024). Rethinking sustainability of marine fisheries for a fast-changing planet. npj Ocean Sustainability, 3, 41. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00075-3

Chea, R., Ahsan, D., García-Lorenzo, I., & Teh, L. S. L. (2023). Fish consumption patterns and value chain analysis in north-western Cambodia. Fisheries Research, 263, 106677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106677

Skerritt, D. J., Schuhbauer, A., Villasante, S., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Bennett, N. J., Mallory, T. G., Lam, V. W. L., Arthur, R. I., Cheung, W. W. L., Teh, L. S. L., Roumbedakis, K., Palomares, M. L. D., & Sumaila, U. R. (2023). Mapping the unjust global distribution of harmful fisheries subsidies. Marine Policy, 152, 105611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105611

Brooks, C. M., Ainley, D. G., Jacquet, J., Chown, S. L., Pertierra, L. R., Francis, E., Rogers, A., Chavez-Molina, V., Teh, L. S. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2022). Protect global values of the Southern Ocean ecosystem. Science, 378(6619), 477–479. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.add9480

Mehrabi, Z., Delzeit, R., Ignaciuk, A., Levers, C., Braich, G., Bajaj, K., Amo-Aidoo, A., Anderson, W., Balgah, R. A., Benton, T. G., Chari, M. M., Ellis, E. C., Gahi, N. Z., Gaupp, F., Garibaldi, L. A., Gerber, J. S., Godde, C. M., Grass, I., Heimann, T., Hirons, M., Hoogenboom, G., Jain, M., James, D., Makowski, D., Masamha, B., Meng, S., Monprapussorn, S., Müller, D., Nelson, A., Newlands, N. K., Noack, F., Oronje, M. L., Raymond, C., Reichstein, M., Rieseberg, L. H., Rodriguez-Llanes, J. M., Rosenstock, T., Rowhani, P., Sarhadi, A., Seppelt, R., Sidhu, B. S., Snapp, S., Soma, T., Sparks, A. H., Teh, L., Tigchelaar, M., Vogel, M. M., West, P. C., Wittman, H., & You, L. (2022). Research priorities for global food security under extreme events. One Earth, 5(7), 756–766. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.06.008

Sumaila, U. R., Walsh, M., Hoareau, K., Cox, A., Teh, L. S. L., Abdallah, P., Akpalu, W., Anna, Z., Benzaken, D., Crona, B., Fitzgerald, T., Heaps, L., Issifu, I., Karousakis, K., Lange, G. M., Leland, A., Miller, D., Sack, K., Shahnaz, D., Thiele, T., Vestergaard, N., Yagi, N., & Zhang, J. (2021). Financing a sustainable ocean economy. Nature Communications, 12, 3259. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23168-y

Teh, L. S. L., Cashion, T., Cheung, W. W. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2020). Taking stock: A Large Marine Ecosystem perspective of socio-economic and ecological trends in East China Sea fisheries. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 30, 269–292. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-020-09599-8
Teh, L. S. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2020). Assessing potential economic benefits from rebuilding depleted fish stocks in Canada. Ocean & Coastal Management, 195, 105289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105289

Teh, L. C. L., Teh, L. S. L., Abe, K., Ishimura, G., & Roman, R. (2020). Small-scale fisheries in developed countries: Looking beyond developing country narratives through Japan’s perspective. Marine Policy, 122, 104274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104274

Andrews, E. J., Harper, S., Cashion, T., Palacios-Abrantes, J., Blythe, J., Daly, J., Eger, S., Hoover, C., Talloni-Alvarez, N., Teh, L., Bennett, N., Epstein, G., Knott, C., Newell, S. L., & Whitney, C. K. (2020). Supporting early career researchers: Insights from interdisciplinary marine scientists. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 77(2), 476–485. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz247

Teh, L. S. L., Bond, N., KC, K., Fraser, E., Seng, R., & Sumaila, U. R. (2019). The economic impact of global change on fishing and non-fishing households in the Tonle Sap ecosystem, Pursat, Cambodia. Fisheries Research, 210, 71–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2018.10.005

Teh, L. S. L., Cheung, W. W. L., Christensen, V., & Sumaila, U. R. (2018). Can we meet the Target? Status and future trends for fisheries sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 29, 118–130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2018.01.002

Teh, L. S. L., Teh, L. C. L., & Jolis, G. (2018). An economic approach to marine megafauna conservation in the Coral Triangle: Marine turtles in Sabah, Malaysia. Marine Policy, 89, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.12.004

Teh, L. S. L., Cheung, W. W. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2017). Scenarios for investigating the future of Canada’s oceans and marine fisheries under environmental and socioeconomic change. Regional Environmental Change, 17, 619–633. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-016-1081-5

Teh, L. S. L., Hotte, N., & Sumaila, U. R. (2017). Having it all: Can fisheries buybacks achieve capacity, economic, ecological, and social objectives? Maritime Studies, 16, 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40152-016-0055-z

Cheung, W. W. L., Jones, M. C., Lam, V. W. Y., Miller, D. D., Ota, Y., Teh, L. S. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2017). Transform high seas management to build climate resilience in marine seafood supply. Fish and Fisheries, 18(2), 254–263. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12177

Teh, L. S. L., Lam, V. W. Y., Cheung, W. W. L., Miller, D., Teh, L. C. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2016). Impact of high seas closure on food security in low-income fish-dependent countries. PLOS ONE, 11(12), e0168529. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168529

Teh, L. S. L., Witter, A., Cheung, W. W. L., Sumaila, U. R., & Yin, X. Y. (2016). What is at stake? Status and threats to South China Sea marine fisheries. Ambio, 46, 57–72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0808-5

Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Cheung, W. W. L., Bailey, M., Bodtker, K., Hoover, C., Steiner, N., Teh, L. S. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2016). Towards an integrated database on Canadian ocean resources: Benefits, current states, and research gaps. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 74(1), 65–74. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2015-0573

Bailey, M., Favaro, B., Otto, S. P., Charles, A., Devillers, R., Metaxas, A., Tyedmers, P., Ban, N. C., Mason, T., Hoover, C., Duck, T. J., Fanning, L., Milley, C., Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Pauly, D., Cheung, W. W. L., Cullis-Suzuki, S., Teh, L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2016). Canada at a crossroad: The imperative for realigning ocean policy with ocean science. Marine Policy, 63, 53–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.10.002

Teh, L. S. L., Teh, L. C. L., Hines, E., Junchompoo, C., & Lewison, R. (2015). Contextualising the coupled socio-ecological conditions of marine megafauna bycatch. Ocean & Coastal Management, 116, 449–465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.08.019

Teh, L. S. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2015). Global trends in shared fisheries. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 530, 243–254. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11049

Sumaila, U. R., Lam, V. W. Y., Miller, D. D., Teh, L. S. L., Watson, R. A., Zeller, D., Cheung, W. W. L., Côté, I. M., Rogers, A. D., Roberts, C., Sala, E., & Pauly, D. (2015). Winners and losers in a world where the high seas is closed to fishing. Scientific Reports, 5, 8481. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep08481

Teh, L. S. L., Teh, L. C. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2014). Time preference of small-scale fishers in open access and traditionally managed reef fisheries. Marine Policy, 44, 222–231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2013.08.028

Teh, L. S. L., Teh, L. C. L., Sumaila, U. R., & Cheung, W. W. L. (2014). Time discounting and the overexploitation of coral reefs. Environmental and Resource Economics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-013-9674-7

Tittensor, D. P., Walpole, M., Hill, S. L. L., Boyce, D. G., Britten, G. L., Burgess, N. D., Butchart, S. H. M., Leadley, P. W., Regan, E. C., Alkemade, R., Baumung, R., Bellard, C., Bouwman, L., Bowles-Newark, N. J., Chenery, A. M., Cheung, W. W. L., Christensen, V., Cooper, H. D., Crowther, A. R., Dixon, M. J., Galli, A., Gaveau, V., Gregory, R. D., Gutierrez, N. L., Hirsch, T. L., Höft, R., Januchowski-Hartley, S. R., Karmann, M., Krug, C. B., Leverington, F. J., Loh, J., Lojenga, R. K., Malsch, K., Marques, A., Morgan, D. H., Mumby, P. J., Newbold, T., Noonan-Mooney, K., Pagad, S. N., Parks, B. C., Pereira, H. M., Robertson, T., Rondinini, C., Santini, L., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Schindler, S., Sumaila, U. R., Teh, L. S. L., van Kolck, J., Visconti, P., & Ye, Y. (2014). A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets. Science, 346(6206), 241–244. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1257484

Marques, A., Pereira, H. M., Krug, C. B., Leadley, P. W., Visconti, P., Januchowski-Hartley, S. R., Krug, R. M., Alkemade, R., Bellard, C., Cheung, W. W. L., Christensen, V., Cooper, H. D., Hirsch, T., Höft, R., van Kolck, J., Newbold, T., Noonan-Mooney, K., Regan, E. C., Rondinini, C., Sumaila, U. R., Teh, L. S. L., Walpole, M. (2014). A framework to identify enabling and urgent actions for the 2020 Aichi Targets. Basic and Applied Ecology, 15(8), 633–638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2014.09.004

Teh, L. C. L., Teh, L. S. L., & Jumin, R. (2013). Combining human preference and biodiversity priorities for marine protected area site selection in Sabah, Malaysia. Biological Conservation, 167, 396–404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2013.08.016

Teh, L. S. L., Teh, L. C. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2013). A global estimate of the number of coral reef fishers. PLOS ONE, 8(6), e65397. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065397

Teh, L. C. L., Teh, L. S. L., & Meitner, M. (2012). Preferred resource spaces and fisher flexibility: Implications for spatial management of small-scale fisheries. Human Ecology, 40, 213–226. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-012-9463-0

Teh, L. C. L., Teh, L. S. L., & Pitcher, T. (2012). A tool for site prioritisation of marine protected areas under data-poor conditions. Marine Policy, 36, 1290–1300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2012.06.009

Teh, L. C. L., & Teh, L. S. L. (2011). A fuzzy logic approach to marine spatial management. Environmental Management, 47, 536–545. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-011-9631-2
Teh, L. S. L., Teh, L. C. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2011). Quantifying the overlooked socio-economic contribution of small-scale fisheries in Sabah, Malaysia. Fisheries Research, 110(3), 450–458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2011.03.002

Teh, L. S. L., Teh, L. C. L., & Sumaila, U. R. (2011). Low discounting behaviour among small-scale fishers in Fiji and Sabah, Malaysia. Sustainability, 3, 897–913. https://doi.org/10.3390/su3060897

International Scientific Assessments and Policy Reports

Khan, A., Barclay, K., Campbell, D., Adewumi, I., DosSantos Correia, M., Dejen Dresilign, E., Diop, H., Diop, M., Franz, N., Fregene, B., Harrel, K., Hlatshwayo, M., Issifu, I., Hilundwa, K., Johnson, K., Kouassi, U. F., Liu, Y., Lowitt, K., Mammie, J., Mclean, B., Pita, C., Penarubia, O., Shehu Latunji, A., Shep, H., Tall, A., Teh, L., Thilsted, S. H., Wabnitz, C., Wang, W., & Zielinski, T. (2026). Seafood processing. In Third World Ocean Assessment (WOA III), Section 5, Subsection 5A, Chapter 1, Subchapter 1e. United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS).

Role: Writing team member.

Sumaila, U. R., Walsh, M., Hoareau, K., Cox, A., Abdallah, P., Akpalu, W., Anna, Z., Benzaken, D., Crona, B., Fitzgerald, T., Heaps, L., Karousakis, K., Lange, G.-M., Leland, A., Miller, D., Schreiber, K., Shahnaz, D., Teh, L., Thiele, T., Vestergaard, N., Yagi, N., & Zhang, J. (2020). Ocean Finance: Financing the Transition to a Sustainable Ocean Economy. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute, for the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy.

Role: Contributing author.

Steven, A., Appeaning Addo, K., Llewellyn, G., Ca, V. T., Boateng, I., Bustamante, R., Doropoulos, C., Gillies, C., Hemer, M., Lopes, P., Kairo, J., Rahman, M., Ravaoarinorotsihoarana, L. A., Saunders, M., Sumaila, U. R., Sidik, F., Teh, L., Vanderklift, M., & Vozzo, M. (2020). Coastal Development: Resilience, Restoration and Infrastructure Requirements. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute, for the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy.

Role: Contributing author.

Leadley, P. W., Krug, C. B., Alkemade, R., Pereira, H. M., Sumaila, U. R., Walpole, M., Marques, A., Newbold, T., Teh, L. S. L., van Kolck, J., Bellard, C., Januchowski-Hartley, S. R., & Mumby, P. J. (2014). Progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets: An Assessment of Biodiversity Trends, Policy Scenarios and Key Actions. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montréal, Canada. CBD Technical Series No. 78.

Role: Lead author.

Kok, M., Alkemade, R., Bakkenes, M., Boelee, E., Christensen, V., van Eerdt, M., van der Esch, S., Janse, J., Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S. I. S. E., Kram, T., Lazarova, T., Linderhof, V. G. M., Lucas, P., Mandryk, M., Meijer, J., van Oorschot, M., Teh, L., van Hoof, L. J. W., Westhoek, H., & Zagt, R. (2014). How Sectors Can Contribute to Sustainable Use and Conservation of Biodiversity. CBD Technical Series No. 79. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity / PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Hague. 230 pp. ISBN 978-92-9225-553-4.

Role: Contributing author.

Lydia Teh

Research Associate

Changing Ocean Research Unit

Degrees

PhD, University of British Columbia

Contact Information

Email: lydia.teh@oceans.ubc.ca
Office phone: (604) 822-1636
Website: Changing Ocean Research Unit

Biography

Dr. Lydia Teh’s research examines the social, economic, and ecological dynamics of marine fisheries, with a special focus on small-scale fisheries. Her inter-disciplinary research cuts across fields from human ecology to biodiversity conservation, and has taken her to work with fishing communities in Sabah, Malaysia and Fiji. She applies empirical methods and modelling approaches in her research, and has published on the topics of fisher behaviour, marine protected area design, coral reef trade, ecotourism, and climate change adaptation. Her goal is to conduct research that can translate into practical tools and strategies for management, particularly in data-poor and developing countries.

Research Interests

Small-Scale Fisheries, Socio-Ecological Systems, Marine Conservation, Coral Reef Management, Integrated Assessment, Sustainability

Publications:

Teh LCL, Teh LSL, Abe K, Ishimura G, Roman R (2020) Small-scale fisheries in developed countries: Looking beyond developing country narratives through Japan’s perspective. Marine Policy 122, 104274.

Freire KMF, Belhabib D, Espedido JC, Hood L, Kleisner KM, Lam VWL, Machado ML, Mendonca JT, Meeuwig JJ, Moro PS, Motta FS, Palomares MLD, Smith N, Teh LCL, Zeller D, Zylich K, Pauly D (2020) Estimating Global Catches of Marine Recreational Fisheries. Frontiers in Marine Science 7. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00012

Teh LCL, Ota Y, Cisneros-Montemayor AM, Harrington L, Swartz W (2020) Are fishers poor? Getting to the bottom of marine fisheries income statistics. Fish and Fisheries 21: 471-482.

Teh LCL, Caddell R, Allison EH, Finkbeiner EM, Kittinger JN, Nakamura K, et al. (2019) The role of human rights in implementing socially responsible seafood. PLoS ONE 14(1): e0210241. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210241

Bennett NJ, Cisneros-Montemayor AM, Blythe J et al. (and 23 others incl. LCL Teh) (2019) Towards a sustainable and equitable blue economy. Nature Sustainability 2: 991-993.

Cashion T, Al-Abdulrazzak D, Belhabib D, Derrick B, Divovich E, Moutopoulos D, Noël SL, Palomares MLD, Teh LCL, Zeller D, Pauly D (2018) Reconstructing global marine fishing gear use: Catches and landed values by gear type and sector. Fisheries Research 206: 57-64.

Teh LCL, Pauly D (2018) Who Brings in the Fish? The Relative Contribution of Small-Scale and Industrial Fisheries to Food Security in Southeast Asia. Front. Mar. Sci. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00044.

Teh LSL, Teh LCL, Jolis G (2018) An economic approach to marine megafauna conservation in the Coral Triangle: Marine turtles in Sabah, Malaysia. Marine Policy 89: 1-10.

Selig ER, Hole DG, Allison EH, Arkema KK, McKinnon MC, Chu J, de Sherbinin A, Fisher B, Glew L, Holland MB, Ingram JC, Rao NS, Russell RB, Srebotnjak T, Teh LCL, Troëng S, Turner WR, Zvoleff A (2018) Mapping global human dependence on marine ecosystems. Conservation Letters. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12617.

Wabnitz CCC, Lam VWY, Reygondeau G, Teh LCL, Al-Abdulrazzak D, Khalfallah M, Pauly D, Palomares D, Zeller D, Cheung WWL (2018) Climate Change Impacts on Marine Biodiversity, Fisheries and Society in the Arabian Gulf. PLoS One 13(5): e0194537.

Bennett, NJ, Teh L, Ota Y, Christie P, Ayers A, Day JC, Franks P, Gill D, Gruby RL, Kittinger JN (2017) An appeal for a code of conduct for marine conservation. Marine Policy 81: 411-418.

Kittinger, JN, Teh LCL, Allison EH, Bennett NJ, Crowder LB, Finkbeiner EM, Hicks C, Scarton CG, Nakamura K, Ota Y, et al. (2017) Committing to socially responsible seafood. Science 356(6341), 912-913.

Teh LSL, Teh LCL, Hines E, Junchompoo C, Lewison RL (2015) Contextualising the coupled socio-ecological conditions of marine megafauna bycatch. Ocean & Coastal Management 116: 449-465.

Teh LSL, Teh LCL, Sumaila UR (2014) Time preference of small-scale fishers in open access and traditionally managed reef fisheries. Marine Policy 44: 222-231.

Teh LCL, Teh LSL, Jumin R (2013) Combining human preference and biodiversity priorities for marine protected area site selection in Sabah, Malaysia. Biological Conservation 167: 396-404.

Teh LSL, Teh LCL, Sumaila UR (2013) A Global Estimate of the Number of Coral Reef Fishers. PLoS ONE 8(6): e65397. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065397.

Teh LCL, Sumaila UR (2013) Contribution of marine fisheries to worldwide employment. Fish and Fisheries 14(1): 77-88.

Teh LSL, Teh LCL, Sumaila UR, Cheung W (2013). Time discounting and the overexploitation of coral reefs. Environmental and Resource Economics. doi 10.1007.s10640-013-9674-7.

Teh LCL, Teh LSL, Pitcher TJ (2012) A tool for site prioritisation of marine protected areas under data poor conditions. Marine Policy 36(6): 1290-1300.

Teh LCL, Teh LSL, Meitner MJ (2012) Preferred resource spaces and fisher flexibility: implications for spatial management of small scale fisheries. Human Ecology 40: 213-226.

Teh LCL, Teh LSL (2011) A fuzzy logic approach to marine spatial management. Environmental Management 47(4): 536-545.

Teh LSL, Teh LCL, Sumaila UR (2011) Low discounting behaviour among small-scale fishers in Fiji and Sabah, Malaysia. Sustainability 3: 897-913.

Teh LSL, Teh LCL, Sumaila UR (2011) Quantifying the overlooked socio-economic contribution of small-scale fisheries in Sabah, Malaysia. Fisheries Research 110(3): 450-458.

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Teh LCL, Teh LSL, Chung FC. (2008) A private management approach to coral reef
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Teh L, Cabanban AS (2007) Planning for sustainable tourism in southern Pulau Banggi: an assessment of biophysical conditions and their implications for future tourism development. Journal of Environmental Management 85(4): 999-1008.

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Colette Wabnitz

Research Associate

Changing Ocean Research Unit
NF – UBC Nereus Program

Degrees

PhD (Geography) | University of British Columbia
MSc (Tropical Coastal Management) | University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
BSc (Biology and Environmental Sciences) | McGill University

Contact Information

Email: c.wabnitz@oceans.ubc.ca
Websites: Changing Ocean Research Unit; Nereus Program

Biography

Dr. Wabnitz moved back to Vancouver at the end of 2015, after spending 4 years as a Fisheries Scientist for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). During that time she worked together with SPC member countries to establish and implement effective management and monitoring strategies that ensure the sustainable utilisation of marine aquarium resources. Her current work within CORU and NEREUS includes the development of future scenario frameworks for the assessment of fisheries worldwide under climate change and vulnerability assessments of different countries/regions to climate change. She has also been developing ecosystem models to evaluate resource use; explore the impacts of targeted management measures on the flow of services to and trade-offs for local communities; and provide recommendations for the protection of local biodiversity whilst respecting people’s needs and uses of resources. Most recently, she has been interested in quantifying the impacts of tourism on local resources from visitors’ consumption of mostly reef fish whilst on holiday.

Prior to joining the Coastal Fisheries Programme at SPC, Colette shared her time as a PostDoc Fellow between the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and the Pacific Island Fisheries Science Centre in Honolulu, Hawai‛i. Her project consisted of developing two ecological models for the reef and pelagic systems off the West coast of the Big Island to describe and understand ecosystem structure and processes, and how these may be affected by anthropogenic impacts such as nutrient pollution of groundwater, fishing, and climate change.

She has worked with fisheries in a variety of settings and engaging stakeholders from a wide diversity of backgrounds in Canada, the Caribbean, Middle East, South Pacific and West Africa. Colette has published a large number of peer-reviewed articles, reports and newsletter articles to facilitate the communication of her work’s findings to a wide range of audiences.

Research Interests

Dr. Wabnitz is a marine scientist interested in understanding the functioning of ecosystems, how these may respond to human pressures and natural forcing, and the design, together with government, industry, NGOs and local communities, of appropriate measures for the sustainable use of their resources and the long term conservation of their services. To this end she often combines the use of resource assessments, habitat mapping, ecological modelling, and capacity building initiatives.

Keywords: small-scale fisheries; aquarium trade; Ecopath with Ecosim; integrated assessment; marine governance; cross-sectoral interactions; food security; trade-offs; socio-ecological systems; resilience

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Juan José Alava

Honorary Research Associate and Principal Investigator

Ocean Pollution Research Unit (OPRU)

Degrees

PhD (Environmental Toxicology) School of Resource and Environmental Management, Faculty of Environment, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Master of the Earth and Environmental Resources Management, MEERM (Fulbright Scholarship-Graduate Student), School of Ocean, Earth and Environment, College of Art and Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, US.
Biología [BSc., Biology], Escuela de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Contact Information

Email: j.alava@oceans.ubc.ca
Phone: (604) 291-0019
Website: https://oceanpollution.oceans.ubc.ca/
Facebook: ubcoceanpollution
Twitter: UBC_OPRU
Twitter: @pinnipedo
Linkedin: LinkedIn
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Biography

Dr. Juan José Alava, originally from Ecuador, is now based out of Canada. He is a marine eco-toxicologist/environmental toxicologist, environmental scientist, and conservation biologist. His current research envisions the assessment of the pollution footprint and hazard risk of plastics and microplastic in the global oceans and food-web bioaccumulation modelling of microplastics in marine and coastal food webs as part of the Nippon Foundation-Ocean Litter Project at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries-IOF (University of British Columbia, UBC), led by him with his graduate students. As Ecuadorian-Canadian and part of the Latin American-Canadian minorities, Juan José leads the Ocean Pollution Research Unit (OPRU) at IOF (UBC), where he focuses on the assessment of environmental pollutants and multiple-anthropogenic stressors and impacts (i.e., ocean pollution, climate change, fisheries interactions and bycatch mitigation strategies) on marine fauna and ecosystems, using marine mammals, seabirds, sea turtles, large pelagic fish and other top predators as sentinels of ocean health (i.e., “the canaries in the coal mine”). He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, and collaborates as a Research Associate Member with the ESPOL Polytechnic School (Guayaquil, Ecuador), the Galapagos National Park, and the Charles Darwin Foundation to conduct ecotoxicological research and conservation efforts in the Galapagos Islands. He has studied several marine species, including Galapagos pinnipeds (Galapagos sea lions and fur seals), Steller sea lions, humpback whales, bottlenose dolphins, and killer whales, as well as sea turtles and seabirds. He also has a passion for investigating tropical parasites in humans and aquatic/marine organisms and conducting research in public and environmental health. Juan José is also interested in pursuing research in ocean governance, community-grounded solutions, and ocean equity.

Juan José is the pioneer in marine mammal ecotoxicology in the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador as he initiated the first studies of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Galapagos sea lions and other species, as well as the first study of POPs and mercury in bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador. He volunteers as the Science Director for the Ecuadorian Foundation for the Study of Marine Mammals (Fundación Ecuatoriana Para el Estudio de Mamíferos Marinos, FEMM) to support and advance research and conservation of marine mammals in Ecuador and the southeastern Pacific Ocean. He was the Editor of “Tropical Pinnipeds: Bio-Ecology, Threats and Conservation (Alava, 2017); a contributor author for the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (Chapter 5, Changing Ocean, Marine Ecosystems, and Dependent Communities); the leading Editor/coordinator of the PICES-Report of Working Group 31 on Emerging Topics in Marine Pollution; and Expert Member of the Southern Resident Killer Whale-Technical Working Group on Contaminants. He is an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Marine Science (Section: Marine Pollution), Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, and Co-Editor of Aquatic Mammals. He is a member of The Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty. Juan José has contributed with > 136 peer-reviewed publications. He was selected as a member of the Academia of Sciences of Ecuador in 2014.

Research Interests/Keywords

marine ecotoxicology, ocean plastics’ pollution, environmental toxicology and chemistry; food web-bioaccumulation modeling of pollutants, environmental impact assessment, marine policy, sustainability science, ocean and coastal management, ocean equity, public health; climate change science, adaptation and mitigation; marine ecology, conservation biology, tropical biodiversity and ecology, fishery science and management, impact of climate change in marine organisms and fisheries, population dynamics, biology and conservation of marine mammals, birds and sea turtles; sea turtles and marine mammals’ ecotoxicology, field ornithology; aquatic microbiology; eco-toxicological risk assessment; tropical parasitology and conservation medicine.

Selected Publications:

Alava, J.J., Tirapé, A., Denkinger, J., Calle, P., Rosero, R. P., Salazar, S., Fair, P.A., and Raverty, S. 2024. Endangered Galápagos sea lions and fur seals under the siege of lethal avian flu: a cautionary note on emerging infectious viruses in endemic pinnipeds of the Galápagos Islands. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 11(1457035):1-6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1457035

Kazmiruk, T., Alava, J.J., Palsson, E., and Bendell, L. 2024. Sorption of trace metals by macro- and microplastics within intertidal sediments: Insights from a long-term field study within Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada. Science of the Total Environment, 951(175413): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175413

Brander, S.M., Senathirajah, K., Fernandez, M.O., Weis, J.S., Kumar, E., Jahnke, A., Hartman, N., Alava, J.J., Farrelly, T., Almroth, B.C. and Groh, K.J., Syberg, K., Buerkert, J.S., Abeynayaka, A., Booth, A.M., Cousin, X., Herzke, D., Monclús, L., Morales-Caselles, C., Bonisoli-Alquati, A., Al-jaibachi, R., and Wagner, M. (2024). The time for ambitious action is now: Science-based recommendations for plastic chemicals to inform an effective global plastic treaty. Science of the Total Environment, 949 (174881):1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174881

Zhang, C., Li, L., Alava, J.J., Yan, Z., Chen, P., Yasmeen Gul, Y., Wang, L., and Xiong, D. 2024. Female zebrafish (Danio rerio) exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics induces reproductive toxicity in mother and their offspring. Aquatic Toxicology, 10 (107023): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2024.107023

Alava, J.J., and Rosero, R. P. 2024. The Northernmost Record of a Stranded Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) Calf in Ecuador’s North Coast: Notes on Stranding Causes and Distribution Expansion in the Southeastern Tropical Pacific. Aquatic Mammals, 50(5), 373-382, https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.50.5.2024.373

McTavish, K., Alava, J.J., Brown, T., Crossland, M., Dangerfield, N., Hickie, B., Ross, P.S., & Tillmanns, A. 2024. A Framework for the derivation of environmental quality guidelines that protect apex marine mammals from persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3582: viii + 29p. https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.931293/publication.html

Baztan, J., Jorgensen, B., Carney Almroth, B., Bergmann, M., Farrelly, T., Muncke, J., Syberg, K.,
Thompson, R., Boucher, J., Olsen, T., Alava, J.J., Aragaw, T.A., Bailly, D., Jain, A., Bartolotta, J., Castillo, A., Collins, T., Cordier, M., De-Falco, F., Deeney, M., Fernandez, M., Gall, S., Gammage, T., Ghiglione, J-F., Gündoğdu, S., Hansen, T., Issifu, I., Knoblauch, D,, Wang, M., Kvale, K., Monsaingeon, B., Moon, S., Morales-Caselles, C., Reynaud S, Rodríguez-Seijo, A., Stoett, P., Varea, R., Velis, C., Villarrubia-Gómez, P., and Wagner, M. 2024. Primary Plastic Polymers: urgently needed upstream reduction. Cambridge Prisms: Plastics 2, e7, 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1017/plc.2024.8

McMullen, K., Calle, P., Alvarado‐Cadena, A., Kowal M.D., Espinoza, E., Domínguez, G.A., Tirapé, A., Vargas, F.H., Grant, E., Hunt, B.P.V., Pakhomov, E.A., and Alava, J.J. 2024. Ecotoxicological Assessment of Microplastics and Cellulose Particles in the Galápagos Islands and Galápagos Penguin Food Web. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 43(6): 1442-1457. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5874

McMullen, K., Vargas, F.H., Calle, P., Alvarado-Cadena, O., Pakhomov, E., and Alava, J.J. 2024. Modelling microplastic bioaccumulation and biomagnification potential in the Galápagos penguin ecosystem using Ecopath and Ecosim (EwE) with Ecotracer. PLoS ONE 19(1): e0296788. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296788

Lee, K., Raverty, S., Cottrell, P., Zoveidadianpour, Z., Cottrell, B., Price D., and Alava, J.J. 2023. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in threatened killer whales (Orcinus orca) of British Columbia, Canada: Contaminant source identification and a maternal transfer case study. Scientific Reports 13:22580 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45306-w

Weis, J.S., and Alava, J.J. 2023. (Micro)Plastics Are Toxic Pollutants. Toxics 11, 935. https://doi.org/10.339/toxics11110935

McMullen, K., Tirapé, A., Calle, P., Vandenberg, J., Alvarado-Cadena, O., Dominguez, G.A., Ota, Y., and Alava, J.J. 2023. Marine litter and social inequities entangle Ecuadorian mangrove communities: Perceptions of plastic pollution and well-being concerns in Puerto Hondo and Isla Santay, Ecuador. Marine Policy 157(105857): 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105857

Bennett, N.J., Alava, J.J., Ferguson, C.E., Blythe, J., Morgera, E., Boyd, D. and Côté, I.M. 2023. Environmental (In)Justice in the Anthropocene Ocean. Marine Policy 147 (105383): 1-19 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105383

Alava, J.J., Jahnke, A., Bergmann, M., Aguirre-Martínez, G.V., Bendell, L., Calle, P., Domínguez, G.A., Faustman, E.M., Falman, J., Kazmiruk, T.N., Klasios, N., Maldonado, M.T., McMullen, K., Moreno-Báez, M., Öberg, G., Ota, Y., Price, D., Shim, W.J., Tirapé, A., Vandenberg, J.M, Zoveidadianpour, Z., and Weis, J .2023. A call to include plastics in the global environment in the class of persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) pollutants. Environmental Science & Technology 57(22): 8185–8188. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c02476

Zoveidadianpour, Z., Doustshenas, B., Alava, J.J., Savari, A., and Karimi Organi, F. 2023. Environmental and human health risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Musa estuary (northwest of Persian Gulf), Iran. Journal of Sea Research 191, 102335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2023.102335

Szteren, D., Aurioles-Gamboa, D., Campos-Villegas, L.E., Alava, J.J. 2023. Metal-specific biomagnification and trophic dilution in the coastal foodweb of the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) off Bahía Magdalena, Mexico: The role of the benthic-pelagic foodweb in the trophic transfer of trace and toxic metals. Marine Pollution Bulletin 194 Part A, (115263): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115263

Lee, K. Alava, J.J., Cottrell, P., Cottrell, L., Grace, R.; Zysk, I., and Raverty, S. 2023. Emerging Contaminants and New POPs (PFAS and HBCDD) in Endangered Southern Rend sident and Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales (Orcinus orca): In Utero Maternal Transfer and Pollution Management Implications. Environmental Science & Technology 57 (1): 360-374. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c04126

Alava, J.J., McMullen, K., Jones, J., Hobss, C., Tirapé, A., Calle, P., Alarcón, D., Muñoz-Pérez, J. P., Muñoz-Abril, L., Townsend K.A., Barragan-Paladines, M.J., Denkinger, J., Uyaguari, M., Domínguez, G.A., Piedrahita, P., Espinoza, E., Reyes, H., Fair, P., Galloway, T., Grove, J., Lewis, C., and Schofield, J. 2022. Multiple Anthropogenic Stressors in the Galápagos Islands’ Social-Ecological System: A review of the interactions of marine pollution, fishing pressure and climate change with management recommendations. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 19(4): 870-895. https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4661

Salazar, J.J., González, R., Navarrete, A.L., Calle Delgado, P., and Alava, J.J., and Domínguez, G.A. 2022. A temporal assessment of anthropogenic marine debris on sandy beaches from Ecuador’s southern coast. Frontiers in Marine Science (Section: Marine Pollution) 9:977650. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.977650/full

Muñoz-Abril, L., Valle, C.A. Alava, J.J., Janssen, S. E., Sunderland, E.M., Rubianes-Landázuri, F., and Emslie, S. 2022. Elevated mercury concentrations and isotope signatures (N, C, Hg) in yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) from the Galápagos Marine Reserve and waters off Ecuador. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 41(11): 2732–2744. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5458

Alava, J.J., Merlen, G., Rosero, P., Avila, I.C., and Salazar, S. 2022. A Juan Fernández fur seal, Arctocephalus philippii (Peters, 1866), in the Galapagos Islands: insights from the first anecdotal observation in the last century. Aquatic Mammals. 48(6): 559-564. DOI 10.1578/AM.48.6.2022.559

Alava, J.J., Riofrío-Lazo, M., Reygondeau, G., Rosero, P., Avila, I.C., Lara, D., Gil, F., Yaipen-Llanos, C. F., Elorriaga- Verplancken, F.R., and Páez-Rosas, D. 2022. Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) in the Galapagos Islands and the Eastern Tropical Pacific amidst ocean environmental changes: towards a habitat suitability anomaly index. Aquatic Mammals 48(5): 418-431.

Alava, J.J., Tirapé, A., McMullen, K., Uyaguari, M., and Domínguez, G. 2022. Microplastics and macroplastic debris as potential physical vectors of SARS-CoV-2: A hypothetical overview with implication for public health. Microplastics 1(1): 156-166; https://doi.org/10.3390/microplastics1010010

Mahara, N., Alava, J.J., Kowal, M., Grant, E., Boldt, J.L., Kwong, L.E., and Hunt, B. P. V. 2022. Assessing size-based exposure to microplastics and ingestion pathways in zooplankton and herring in a coastal pelagic ecosystem of British Columbia, Canada. Marine Ecology Progress Series 683:139-155 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13966

Alava, J.J., and Singh, G. 2022. Changing air pollution and CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lesson learned and future equity concerns of post-COVID recovery. Environmental Science and Policy 130:1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.01.006

Issifu, I., Alava J.J., Lam V.W.Y. and Sumaila U. Rashid. 2022. Impact of Ocean Warming, Overfishing and Mercury on European Fisheries: A Risk Assessment and Policy Solution Framework. Frontiers in Marine Science (Marine Fisheries, Aquaculture and Living Resources). 8:770805 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.770805/full

Alava, J.J., Kazmiruk, T., Douglas, T., Schuerholz, G., Heah, B., Flemming, S., Bendell, L. and Drever, M. 2021. Occurrence and size distribution of microplastics in mudflat sediments of the Cowichan/Koksilah Estuary, Canada: A baseline for plastic particles contamination in an anthropogenic-influenced estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 173: 113033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113033

Alava, J.J. and Guevara, A. 2021. A critical narrative of Ecuador’s preparedness and response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Health in Practice 2:100127 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100127

Alava, J.J. 2020. Modelling the bioaccumulation and biomagnification potential of microplastics in a cetacean foodweb of the Northeastern Pacific: A prospective tool to assess the risk exposure to plastic particles. Frontiers in Marine Science (Marine Pollution). 7:566101 doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.566101

Eichler, S.R., Hopperton, A.P., Alava, J.J., Ahmed, R., Kozlakidis, Z., Ilic, S., Rodriguez-Palacios, A. 2020. A Citizen Science Facemask Experiment and Educational Modules to Improve Coronavirus Safety in Communities and Schools. Frontiers in Medicine (Infectious Diseases – Surveillance, Prevention and Treatment) 7:486. DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00486

Alava, J.J., Calle, P., Tirapé, A., Biedenbach, G., Alvarado Cadena, O., Maruya, Wenjian Lao, K., Aguirre, W., Jiménez, P.J., Dominguez, G.A., D. Bossart G.D., and Fair, P.A. 2020. Persistent organic pollutants and mercury in genetically identified inner estuary bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) residents of the Guayaquil Gulf, Ecuador: Ecotoxicological science in support of pollutant management and cetacean conservation. Frontiers in Marine Science (Marine Pollution) 7 (122):1-24 doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00122 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.00122/abstract

Castro, C., Van Waerebeek, K., Cárdenas, D., Alava, J.J. 2020. Marine mammals used as bait with improvised Fish Aggregating Devices in marine waters of Ecuador, Eastern Tropical Pacific. Endangered Species Research 41:289-302. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01015.

Alava, J.J., Tatar, B., Barragán, M. J., Castro, C., Rosero, P., Denkinger, J., Jiménez, P.J., Carvajal, R., Samaniego, J. 2019. Mitigating Cetacean Bycatch in Coastal Ecuador: Governance Challenges for Small-scale Fisheries. Marine Policy 110: 102769 DOI 10.1016/j.marpol.2017.05.025 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.05.025

Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Wiedenfeld, D., Valle, C.A., Vargas, H., Piedrahita, P., Muñoz. L.J., Alava, J.J. 2019. Threats and vision for the conservation of Galápagos birds. The Open Ornithology Journal 12:1-15 DOI: 10.2174/1874453201912010001 https://benthamopen.com/ABSTRACT/TOOENIJ-12-1

Alava, J.J., Jiménez, P.J., Fair, P., Barrett-Lennard, L. 2019. First Record of a Live Stranded Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) in Coastal Ecuador and Insights on the Occurrence of Killer Whales in Ecuadorian Waters. Aquatic Mammals 45(1): 106-115, DOI 10.1578/AM.45.1.2019.106.

Alava, J.J. 2019. Ocean Pollution and Warming Oceans: Towards Ocean Solutions and Natural Marine Bioremediation. pp. 495-518. In: Predicting Future Oceans: Sustainability of Ocean and Human Systems amidst Global Environmental Change. Cisneros-Montemayor, A.M., Cheung, W.W.L. and Ota, Y., A. (Eds.). Elsevier. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Alava, J.J. 2019. Legacy and Emerging Pollutants in Marine Mammals’ Habitat from British Columbia: Management Perspectives for Sensitive Marine Ecosystems. pp. 87-114. In: Stewarding the Sound; the challenge of managing sensitive ecosystems. L.I. Bendell, P. Gallaugher, L. Wood and S. McKeachie (Eds.). CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group.

Alava, J.J., Cisneros-Montemayor, A.M., Sumaila, R., Cheung, W.W.L. 2018. Projected amplification of food web bioaccumulation of MeHg and PCBs under climate change in the Northeastern Pacific. Scientific Reports 8:13460 DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-31824-5

Alava, J.J. and Ross, P. S. 2018. Pollutants in tropical marine mammals of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: An Ecotoxicological Quest to the Last Eden (Chapter 8). pp. 213-234. In: Marine Mammal Ecotoxicology: impacts of multiple stressors on population health. Fossi, C. and Panti, C. (Eds.). Elsevier/Academic Press. London, UK.
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Calle, P., Monserrate, L., Medina, F., Calle Delgado, Tirapé, A., Montiel, M., Ruiz Barzola, M., Alvarado-Cadena, O., Dominguez, G.A., and Alava, J.J .2018. Mercury assessment, macrobenthos diversity and environmental quality conditions in the Salado Estuary (Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador) impacted by anthropogenic influences. Marine Pollution Bulletin 136: 365–373.

*Domingo, T., Starosta, K., Chester, A., Williams, J., Lehnert, S.J., Gantner, N., Alava, J.J. 2018. Fukushima-derived radioactivity measurements in Pacific salmon and soil samples collected in British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Chemistry 96: 124–131 dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjc-2017-0272 (*Awarded the 2018 Canadian Journal of Chemistry Best Paper Award by the Canadian Journal of Chemistry Editorial Board and the journal’s publisher, Canadian Science Publishing).

Alava, J.J., Cheung, W. W.L., Ross, P. S. and Sumaila, R. U. 2017. Climate change-contaminant interactions in marine food webs: Towards a conceptual framework. Global Change Biology 23:3984 -4001. doi:10.1111/gcb.13667

Alava, J.J., Paladines, F. 2017. Illegal fishing on the Galapagos high seas. Science 357(6358): 1362.

Alava, J.J., Calle, N. 2017. Pipelines imperil Canada’s ecosystem. Science 6321(355):140-141.

Alava, J.J. and Gobas, F.A. 2016. Modeling 137 Cs bioaccumulation in the salmon–resident killer whale food web of the Northeastern Pacific following the Fukushima Nuclear Accident. Science of the Total Environment 544:56-67.

Alava, J.J., Ross, P.S., Gobas, A.P.C. 2016. Food web bioaccumulation model for resident killer whales from the Northeastern Pacific Ocean as a tool for the derivation of PBDE-Sediment Quality Guidelines. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 70(1): 155-168 DOI: 10.1007/s00244-015-0215-y

Jiménez, P.J., Alava, J.J., 2015. Strand-feeding by coastal bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 10(1): 33-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.5597/lajam00191

Calle, P., Alvarado, O.; Monserrate, L.; Cevallos, J.M.; Calle, N.L., Alava, J.J. 2015. Mercury accumulation in sediments and seabird feathers from the Antarctic Peninsula. Marine Pollution Bulletin 91: 410-417.

Alava, J.J. McDougall, M.R.R., Borbor-Cordova, M.J. Calle, K.P., Riofrio, M., Calle, N., Ikonomou, M.G., Gobas, F.A.P.C. 2015. Perfluorinated Chemical in Sediments, Lichens and Seabirds from the Antarctic Peninsula: Environmental Assessment and Management Perspectives. pp. 53-75. In: Emerging Pollutants in the Environment – Current and Further Implications, Edited by Marcelo L. Larramendy, M.L.; InTech., ISBN: 978-953-51-4232-4.

Jiménez, P.J., Alava, J.J. 2014. Population Ecology and Anthropogenic Stressors of the Coastal Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the El Morro Mangrove and Wildlife Refuge, Guayaquil Gulf, Ecuador: Toward Conservation and Management Actions. pp. 129-163. In: Samuels, J.B. (Ed.). Dolphins: Ecology, Behavior and Conservation Strategies. Series: Marine Biology, ISBN: 978-1-63117-952-5. Nova Science Publishers.
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Alava, J.J., Palomera, C., Bendell, L., Ross, S.P. 2014. Pollution as a threat for the conservation of the Galapagos Marine Reserve: Environmental Impacts and Management Perspectives. pp. 247-283. In Vinueza, L. & Denkinger, J. (Eds.). The Galapagos Marine Reserve: A dynamic socio-ecological system. ©Springer Science and Business Media, New York.

Alava, J.J. and Silberg, J.N. 2014. Delisted whales good news for pipeline. Science 345 (6194): 278-279

Schiller, L.L.; Alava, J.J., Grove, J.S.; Reck, G., Pauly, D. 2014. The Demise of Darwin’s Fishes: Evidence of fishing down and illegal shark finning in the Galápagos Islands. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 24(3) doi: 10.1002/aqc.2458

Avila, I.C., Alava, J.J., Galvis-Rizo, C.A. 2014. On the Presence of a Vagrant Juan Fernandez fur seal (Arctocephalus philippii) in the Pacific Coast of Colombia: A new Extralimital Record. Mastozoologia Neotropical, 21(1): 109-114

Alava, J.J., Calle, N. 2013. Drilling Plans Endanger Yasuni’s Biodiversity. Science 342: 931-932.

Hickie, B.E., Cadieux, M., Riehl, K., Bossart, G.D., Alava, J.J., Fair, P.A. 2013. Modeling PCB-Bioaccumulation in the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): Estimating a Dietary Threshold Concentration. Environmental Science and Technology 47: 12314-12324.

Alava, J.J., Smith, K. J., O’Hern, J., Alarcόn, D., Haase, B., Merlen G., Denkinger, J. 2013. Observations of killer whale (Orcinus orca) attacks on Bryde’s whales (Balaenoptera edeni) in the Galapagos Islands. Aquatic Mammals. 39(2):93-98.

Alava, J.J., Ross, P.S., Lachmuth, C.L., Ford, J.K.B., Hickie, B.E., Gobas, F.A.P.C. 2012. Habitat-based PCB Environmental Quality Criteria for the Protection of Endangered Killer Whales (Orcinus orca). Environmental Science and Technology 46: 12655−12663.

Alava, JJ. and Gobas, F.A.P.C. 2012. Assessing Biomagnification and Trophic Transport of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the food chain of the Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki): Conservation and Management Implications. pp. 77-108 In: Romero, A. and Keith, E. O. (Eds.), New Approaches to the Study of Marine Mammals. ISBN 979-953-307-948-5, InTech, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/51725

Alava, J.J. 2012. Cetaceans: Monitor sea pollution to stop strandings. Nature 486:323.

Páez-Rosas, D., David Aurioles-Gamboa, D., Alava, J.J., Palacios, D.M. 2012. Stable isotopes indicate differing foraging strategies in two sympatric otariids of the Galapagos Islands. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 424-425:44-52.

Alava, J.J., Lambourn, D., Olesiuk, P., Lance, M., Jeffries,S., Gobas, F.A.P.C., Ross, P. S. 2012. PBDE flame retardants and PCBs in migrating Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada. Chemosphere. 88:855-864.

Alava, J.J., Barragan, M.J., Denkinger, J. 2012. Assessing the impact of bycatch on Ecuadorian humpback whale breeding stock: a Review with Management Recommendations. Ocean and Coastal Management 57: 34-43

Alava, J.J., Keller, J.M., Wyneken, J., Crowder, L., Scott, G.I. Kucklick, J.R. 2011. Geographical variation of Persistent Organic Pollutants in eggs of threatened loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from Southeastern USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 30: 1677-1688.

Alava, J.J.; Ross, P. S.; Ikonomou, M. G., Cruz, M., Jimenez-Uzcategui, G., Salazar, S., Costa, D. P., Villegas-Amtmann, S., Howorth, P., Gobas, F.A.P.C. 2011. DDT in endangered Galapagos Sea Lions (Zalophus wollebaeki). Marine Pollution Bulletin 62: 660-671

Alava, J.J.; Salazar, S., Cruz, M., Jimenez-Uzcategui, G., Villegas-Amtmann, S., Paez-Rosas, D., Costa, D. P., Ross, P. S.; Ikonomou, M. G., Gobas, F.A.P.C. 2011. DDT Strikes Back: Galapagos Sea Lions Face Increasing Health Risks. Ambio 40:425-430

Alava, J.J.; Ikonomou, M. G., Ross, P. S.; Costa, D. P., Salazar, S., Aurioles-Gamboa, D., Gobas, F.A.P.C. 2009. Polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28 (11): 2271-2282.

Alava, J.J. 2009. Carbon productivity and flux in the marine ecosystems of the Galapagos Marine Reserve based on cetacean abundances and trophic indices. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía 44(1):109-122.

Jacquet, J., J. J. Alava, P., Ganapathiraju, S., Henderson, D., Zeller. 2008. In hot soup: sharks captured in Ecuador’s waters. Environmental Sciences 5(4): 269-283.

Alava, J.J., Keller, J.M., Kucklick, J.R., Wyneken, J., Crowder, L., Scott, G.I. 2006. Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) egg yolk concentrations of persistent organic pollutants and lipid increase during the last stage of embryonic development. Science of the Total Environment 367:170–181.

Notes

Dr. Juan José Alava was interviewed live on air and via radio for CBC BC Today program on May 8, 2024 to discuss “The Dangers of Microplastics” with Film Director Ben Addelman, based on his documentary Plastic People (Plastic People is a landmark feature documentary that chronicles humanity’s fraught relationship with plastic and one woman’s mission to expose shocking new revelations about the impact of microplastics on human health). Interviewed by Michelle Eliot (CBC Listen, BC Today, CBC/Radio Canada), Vancouver, BC.
Radio: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-4-bc-today/clip/16065085-bc-today-may-9-canucks-fever-grows-wild
Video: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.4222586

Dr. Juan José Alava had an interview with Global BC News on “Earth Day and Ocean Plastic Pollution” on Earth Day (Monday, April 22, 202), (interviewed by Jason Pires)
https://globalnews.ca/video/10441248/earth-day-ocean-plastic-pollution/

Video-interview to talk about “Wildfire pollutants found in orcas is bad news for the species” with Mia Gordon for the Weather Network on March 8, 2024.
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/video/AGKEmkBV?playlist=UbzxUT8v

Lucas Brotz

Honorary Research Associate

Research Unit

Sea Around Us

Cnidaria Scientist, Quantitative Aquatics

Degrees

BSc – Astrophysics – UBC (2000)
PhD – Zoology – UBC (2017)
MSc – Oceanography – UBC (2011)

Contact Information

Email: l.brotz@oceans.ubc.ca

Research Interests

Jellyfish populations are increasing in numerous ecosystems around the globe. Not surprisingly, these increases are not uniform across time and space. So why are jellyfish increasing in some places and not others? What are the consequences for humans and ecosystems? And what, if anything, can we do to manage or prevent increasing jellyfish blooms?

Jellyfish population dynamics are complex, partly because of the unique life cycles of many species. Jellyfish may exist as pulsing medusae, sessile polyps, or cysts capable of resisting harsh environmental conditions. Reproductive strategies include sexual and asexual reproduction, as well as hermaphroditism. As such, jellyfish populations are influenced by a variety of anthropogenic and environmental factors at different, often cryptic, life stages.

Increasing jellyfish populations can impact humans in both negative and positive ways. Industries such as tourism, aquaculture, fishing, power generation, desalination, and shipping have all reported considerable economic losses due to jellyfish blooms. In contrast, fisheries that target jellyfish for food are expanding around the globe, and jellyfish are now a popular draw for public aquaria. As both human and jellyfish populations increase, new interactions are sure to emerge, as jellyfish get in our way and as we find new ways to exploit them.

Ironically, it appears that in some cases, humans may be responsible for the observed increases in jellyfish populations. While there is no single cause of increasing jellyfish populations, there is evidence that fishing, pollution, aquaculture, shipping, global warming, and coastal development can all create conditions that favour jellyfish over fish. Most of these links are only correlative, but the rise of jellyfish in coastal ecosystems worldwide should be cause for concern. We may need to decide now whether or not we want our children to be eating jellyfish burgers. If our behaviour doesn’t change, they might not have a choice.

Awards

Michael A. Bigg Award for Outstanding Student Research
UBC Faculty of Science Graduate Award
UBC Outstanding Student Initiative Award

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Publications

Journal Articles

L. Brotz, A. Schiariti, J. López-Martínez, J. Álvarez-Tello, Y.-H.P. Hsieh, R.P. Jones, J. Quiñones, Z. Dong, A.C. Morandini, M. Preciado, E. Laaz, & H. Mianzan (2017). Jellyfish fisheries in the Americas: origin, state of the art, and perspectives on new fishing grounds, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 27(1): 1-29.
M.J. Gibbons, F. Boero, & L. Brotz (2016). We should not assume that fishing jellyfish will solve our jellyfish problem, ICES Journal of Marine Science 73(4): 1012-1018
W.M. Graham, S. Gelcich, K.L. Robinson, C.M. Duarte, L. Brotz, J.E. Purcell, L.P. Madin, H. Mianzan, K.R. Sutherland, S. Uye, K.A. Pitt, C.H. Lucas, M. Bøgeberg, R.D. Brodeur, & R.H. Condon (2014). Linking human well-being and jellyfish: ecosystem services, impacts, and societal responses, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12(9): 515-523.
C.M. Duarte, K.A. Pitt, C.H. Lucas, J.E. Purcell, S. Uye, K. Robinson, L. Brotz, M.B. Decker, K.R. Sutherland, A. Malej, L. Madin, H. Mianzan, J.M. Gili, V. Fuentes, D. Atienza, F. Pagés, D. Breitburg, J. Malek, W.M. Graham, & R. Condon (2013). Is global ocean sprawl a cause of jellyfish blooms?, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 11(2): 91-97.
L. Brotz, W.W.L. Cheung, K. Kleisner, E. Pakhomov, & D. Pauly (2012). Increasing jellyfish populations: trends in Large Marine Ecosystems, Hydrobiologia 690(1): 3-20.
- Thomson Reuters “Highly Cited Paper”
- Selected as being of “special significance” and a “must read” by f1000.com
L. Brotz & D. Pauly (2012). Jellyfish populations in the Mediterranean Sea, Acta Adriatica 53(2): 211-230.

Book Chapters

Brotz, L. & D. Pauly (2017). Studying jellyfish fisheries: toward accurate national catch reports and appropriate methods for stock assessments, In: G.L. Mariottini (ed.) Jellyfish: Ecology, Distribution Patterns and Human Interactions. Nova Publishers, Hauppauge, New York, U.S.A.: 313-329.
G.L. Mariottini & L. Brotz (2017). Cnidarian venoms and alternative research methods: from cell damage to possible applications, In: G.L. Mariottini (ed.) Jellyfish: Ecology, Distribution Patterns and Human Interactions. Nova Publishers, Hauppauge, New York, U.S.A.: 257-276.
Brotz, L. (2016). Jellyfish fisheries – a global assessment, In: D. Pauly & D. Zeller (eds.) Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries: A Critical Appraisal of Catches and Ecosystem Impacts. Island Press. Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: 110-124.

Reports and Other Publications

Brodeur, L. Brotz, J. Purcell, & S.I. Uye (2017) Ecological and Socio-Economic Impacts of Jellyfish. In: S.I. Uye & R.D. Brodeur (eds.) Report of Working Group 26 on Jellyfish Blooms around the North Pacific Rim: Causes and Consequences, PICES Scientific Report No. 51: 131-141.
F. Boero, L. Brotz, M.J. Gibbons, S. Piraino, & S. Zampardi (2016). Impacts and effects of warming on jellyfish. In: D. Laffoley & J.M. Baxter (eds.) Explaining ocean warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland: 213-237.
Population Modelling Working Group (2016). Population Modelling by Examples II, SCSC ’16 Proceedings of the Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SummerSim) Article No. 51, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Society for Computer Simulation International.
E.J. Gregr, R. Gryba, M.C. James, L. Brotz, & S.J. Thornton (2015). Information relevant to the identification of critical habitat for Leatherback Sea Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in Canadian Pacific waters. DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document 2015/079: vii + 32pp.
Cisneros-Montemayor & L. Brotz (2014). Jellyfishing in Mexico: the burgers are ready. Sea Around UsNewsletter (81): 1-3.
L. Brotz (2012). Of leatherbacks and lion’s manes. Sea Around Us Newsletter (71): 1-4.
L. Brotz (2012). Learning about Pacific leatherback sea turtles by examining jellyfish. Report prepared for Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 29 pp.
W.W.L. Cheung, D. Zeller, M. Palomares, D. Al-Abdulrazzak, L. Brotz, V. Lam, M. Paleczny, & D. Pauly (2012). A preliminary assessment of climate change impacts on marine ecosystems and fisheries of the Arabian Gulf. Report to Climate Change Research Group/LLC.
L. Brotz (2011). Changing jellyfish populations: trends in Large Marine Ecosystems. Fisheries Centre Research Report 19(5), Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, 105 pp.
L. Brotz, M. Lebrato, K.L. Robinson, M. Sexton, A. Sweetman, K. Pitt, & R. Condon (2011). Implications of increased carbon supply for the global expansion of jellyfish blooms. Limnology & Oceanography Bulletin20(2): 38-39.
L. Brotz (2011). Are jellyfish the food of the future? INFOFISH International(4): 60-63.
L. Brotz (2010). Gelatinous Seas. Discovery, Nature Vancouver (39): 14-20.
L. Brotz. (2010). Mi Querida Argentina. Sea Around Us Newsletter (60): 1-3.
L. Brotz (2010). What’s for dinner? Sea Around Us Newsletter (57): 4-5.

Selected Media Coverage

Scary, squishy, brainless, beautiful: Inside the world of jellyfish, National Geographic Magazine, October 2018.
How jellyfish rule the seas without a brain, NationalGeographic.com, August 17, 2018.
Chocolate-covered jellyfish anyone? ScienceLine, April 16, 2018.
Are jellies really taking over the ocean? Ocean.org, November 3, 2017.
Oft-overlooked jellyfish fisheries are too big to ignore, Hakai Magazine, December 8, 2016.
Jellymageddon: Can we stop the rise of the jellyfish?New Scientist, July 13, 2016.
Are jellyfish going to take over the oceans? The Guardian, August 21, 2015.
How jellyfish have become nature’s ultimate guerrilla protestors against power plants, Washington Post, July 7, 2015.
Jellyfish Rule! The Nature of Things, CBC Television, April 2, 2015.
What you need to know about the coming jellyfish apocalypse,Mother Jones, June 30, 2014.
Water-borne zombies, London Review of Books 36(5): 31-32, March 6, 2014.
Jellyfish in oceans reaching problematic proportions, Huffington Post, October 17, 2013.
The jellyfish are coming! Experts tangle with exploding population, NBC News, October 7, 2013.
The giant jellyfish invasion mystery, Toronto Star, September 16, 2013.
What’s behind that jellyfish sting? Smithsonian Blog, August 30, 2013.
Jellyfish invasion, Costing the Earth, BBC Radio, May 22, 2012.
Jellyfish populations booming, CBC News, April 20, 2012.
Menace from the ocean deep, National Post, April 19 2012 (front page).
Attack of the blobs, Nature (482): 20-21, February 2, 2012.
Jellyfish swarms: menacing or misunderstood? LiveScience, October 20, 2010.
Tofu of the sea, Edible Vancouver (12): 18-19, Summer 2010.
Invasion of the holiday snatchers, The Economist.com, March 31, 2008.

Committees and Working Groups

Population Modelling Working Group (2016)
Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Image Library Committee (2015-present)
Pacific Canada Leatherback Sea Turtle Recovery Team (2011-present)
North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) Jellyfish Working Group (2010-present)
Scientific Steering Committee, Ocean Observing Systems and Ecosystem Monitoring, PICES Summer School (2013)
National Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) Jellyfish Working Group (2009-2012)

Conference Proceedings and Seminars

L. Brotz (2019) Jellyfish and humans – the big picture. Q-quatics Mini-Symposium, Los Baños, Philippines (invited)
L. Brotz & D. Pauly (2018) The scale of jellyfish fisheries. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
L. Brotz (2017) Jellyfish – friend, foe, or food? Café Scientifique, Vancouver, Canada (invited).
L. Brotz (2017) Jellyfish – food of the future? Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries Seminar Series, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (invited).
L. Brotz (2017) Jellyfish and humans – it’s complicated. Floating Ideas Lecture Series, Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea, Sidney, Canada (invited).
L. Brotz (2016) Jellyfish fisheries – what’s the catch? 5th International Jellyfish Bloom Symposium, Barcelona, Spain.
Population Modelling Working Group (2016) Population Modelling by Examples II. Summer Simulation Multi-Conference, Society for Modelling & Simulation International, Montreal, Canada.
L. Brotz (2016) Jellyfish Bloom[s] – here, there, and everywhere? Presentation to the Bloom Association, Paris, France (invited).
L. Brotz (2016) Jellyfish fisheries of the world – past, present, and future. ICES/PICES 6th International Zooplankton Production Symposium, Bergen, Norway (invited).
L. Brotz (2015) Are jellyfish the seafood of the future? Research, Sustainability and Innovation in New Foods, National Research Council of Italy, EXPO2015, Milan, Italy (invited).
L. Brotz, M. Cisneros-Mata, A. Cisneros-Montemayor, & D. Pauly (2015) The race is on: fishing for jellyfish in Mexico and beyond. PERSEUS International Workshop on Jellyfish, Cadiz, Spain (invited).
L. Brotz & D. Pauly (2015) Fishing for jellyfish: what’s the catch? Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), Granada, Spain.
L. Brotz (2014) Jellyfish in British Columbia and Around the World. Sea Kayak Association of BC, Vancouver, Canada (invited).
L. Brotz & D. Pauly (2013) Jellyfish fisheries – FAO catch statistics and known unknowns. Fourth International Jellyfish Blooms Symposium, Hiroshima, Japan.
Schiariti, H. Mianzan, J. López, Y.-H.P. Hsieh, L. Brotz, & J. Quiñones (2013) Jellyfish fisheries in the Americas – origin, state of the art, and perspectives on new fishing grounds. Fourth International Jellyfish Blooms Symposium, Hiroshima, Japan.
L. Brotz, L. Gershwin, & D. Pauly (2013) Jellyfish blooms and the future of our oceans. Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, Canada (invited).
L. Brotz, W.W.L. Cheung, R. Watson, K. Kleisner, E. Pakhomov, P. Cury, R. Maranger, B. Campbell, & D. Pauly (2012) Anthropogenic impacts related to observed increases of jellyfish populations. PICES Annual Meeting, Hiroshima, Japan.
L. Brotz (2012) Jellyfish and humans – a love/hate relationship. Pacific Biological Station Seminar Series, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, Canada (invited).
M.C. Villanueva, L. Brotz, & D. Pauly (2011) Jellyfishes: threat to the health of marine ecosystems. Vulnerability of Coastal Ecosystems to Global Change and Extreme Events, Biarritz, France.
L. Brotz (2011) Changing jellyfish populations – trends in Large Marine Ecosystems. Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), San Juan, Puerto Rico.
L. Brotz (2010) Assessing changes in jellyfish populations – an evaluation of abundance trends in Large Marine Ecosystems. Third International Jellyfish Blooms Symposium, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
D. Pauly & L. Brotz (2010) Changes of jellyfish abundance: testing hypotheses at the Large Marine Ecosystem scale. Keynote, Third International Jellyfish Blooms Symposium, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
L. Brotz (2009) Jellyfish and humans – a slippery slope. Marine Biology Section, Nature Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada (invited).

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Dianne Newell

Professor Emerita

Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Department of History

Interim Director

Centre for Indigenous Fisheries

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Email: d.newell@oceans.ubc.ca
Office phone: (604) 822-9890
Websites: Biography

Biography

Dianne Newell is a historian of technology and society who has spent her career examining the diffusion of knowledge in disciplines across the social sciences and humanities. She has held numerous leadership positions internationally and at the University of British Columbia, including chair of the editorial board of the Canadian Historical Review, founding member of the International Board of Trustees of the Institute for Advanced Study at the Technical University of Munich (2006-2012), and Associate Dean and Chair of the Killam Post-doctoral Awards in the UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies (1996-1998), Director of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at UBC (2003-2011), and inaugural Principal of the UBC Emeritus College (2018-2019). She was appointed Interim Director of the Centre for Indigenous Fisheries in January 2021.

She is a leading expert in Canadian Native case law in the area of fisheries, has served on the Research Management Committee of AquaNet: Canada’s Network of Centres of Excellence in Aquaculture, and also as an Independent Evaluator for the 6th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development of the European Commission.

Newell was named Interim Director of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at UBC in 2003 and appointed Director in 2006, ending in 2011. She was a 2012 Residential Fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Stellenbosch, South Africa, and since 2012 holds an ongoing appointment as Visiting Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich.

Newell joined the History Department of the University of British Columbia in 1980, was appointed Professor Emerita in 2014 and was a founding faculty member of UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries in 2015, where she lead the initiative to establish the Centre for Indigenous Fisheries. As Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, she was responsible for all scholarships and awards and oversaw approximately 600 PhD examinations. She contributed significantly to the establishment of the UBC Emeritus College (2018), the first of its kind in Canada.

The Dean of Arts Faculty Award for excellence and transformative contributions to the Faculty of Arts this year went to Margaret Schabas in Philosophy. Each year the award is named after an Emeritus Professor, chosen by the recipient, who has made a significant contribution to the Faculty of Arts and has been an inspiration to the award recipient. For 2022-2023, it has been named after Dr. Newell.

Degrees

BA Hons – Social Sciences
MA – Canadian Studies
PhD – History

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Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Department of Zoology

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Dr. Pitcher’s research addresses the impacts of fishing on aquatic ecosystems, the development of quantitative, multi-criteria evaluation frameworks and rapid appraisal techniques for evidence-based assessment of fisheries, management instruments and management goals, and a predictive understanding of how fish shoaling behaviour impacts fisheries.

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