Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

INSTITUTE FOR THE OCEANS AND FISHERIES

Today’s global society has a responsibility to conserve freshwater and ocean ecosystems and sustainably manage fish stocks for future generations. In collaboration with partners in Canada and around the world, the UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries is working towards a world in which our freshwater and ocean systems are healthy and their resources are used sustainably and equitably. Learn more

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IOF faculty selected as authors for the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report

Project Seahorse wins 2025 President’s Fishery Conservation Award

New mega RNA virus may hold the key to mass oyster die-offs

‘Disease detectives’ discover cause of sea star wasting disease that wiped out billions of sea stars

Events

August 25
12:00 pm

Weird & Wonderful: The Strange Biology of Seahorses and Pipefishes
Graham Short, Research Associate with the Australian Museum, the Burke Museum, and the California Academy of Sciences
Hakai Node

Starting September 2
various times

IOF Orientation for incoming graduate students, researchers, and staff
Various locations

October 2
6:00 pm

SAVE THE DATE

2025 Peter A Larkin Award Lecture
Changing Themes in Salmon Conservation
Dr. Thomas P. Quinn (University of Washington)

ssf

open house

benoitfish

skeleton

clam farm

bycatch

trawler

Coastalenvironment

INSTITUTE FOR THE OCEANS AND FISHERIES

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Ocean Idioms

IOF turns 10

IOF faculty selected as authors for the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report

Project Seahorse wins 2025 President’s Fishery Conservation Award

New mega RNA virus may hold the key to mass oyster die-offs

‘Disease detectives’ discover cause of sea star wasting disease that wiped out billions of sea stars