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Katherine Came
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Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Email: k.came_at_oceans.ubc.ca
Office: 604-827-4325

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Email: alex.walls_at_ubc.ca
Office: 604-822-4636

Aboriginal fisheries

New sea garden story map showcases Indigenous mariculture practices across the Pacific

New sea garden story map showcases Indigenous mariculture practices across the Pacific

The living map synthesizes information about ancestral mariculture across the Pacific Ocean and describes the work that a number of communities are undertaking to reawaken diverse sea gardens.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Daniel Pauly, Faculty, Indigenous fisheries, mariculture, Pacific, Research, Sea Around Us

New FCRRs: Historical Ecology in Burrard Inlet and Reconstructing the pre-contact shoreline of Burrard Inlet

New FCRRs: Historical Ecology in Burrard Inlet and Reconstructing the pre-contact shoreline of Burrard Inlet

These two new Fisheries Centre Research Reports will help us understand the overpowering changes that colonial settlement and development has had on the marine ecosystems surrounding the Lower Mainland area of British Columbia.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, birds, British Columbia, Coastline, FCRR, fish, fish stocks, fishing practices, Indigenous fisheries, IOF students, Ocean ecology, Publications, Research, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Villy Christensen, whales

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Partnership between UBC researchers, marine stewards and K’ómoks First Nation spawns new microplastics findings

What they found helps illuminate the study of microplastics in the ocean, an area of pollution research that is garnering lots of attention due to the many unknowns about how these particles damage the health of organisms that ingest them.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Coastline, Faculty, Herring, Indigenous fisheries, IOF Research Associates, Juan Jose Alava, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, plastic, pollution, Research, zooplankton

Salmon from freshwater to the ocean: there and back again

Salmon from freshwater to the ocean: there and back again

Video for this seminar is now available! Click to watch

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Webinars | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Andrea Reid, Brian Hunt, Center for Indigenous Fisheries, food webs, Freshwater, High Seas, Indigenous fisheries, IOF alumni, IOF students, salmon, William Cheung

Nisga’a scholar launches new Centre for Indigenous Fisheries at UBC

Nisga’a scholar launches new Centre for Indigenous Fisheries at UBC

Indigenous fisheries scientist, conservation biologist and Nisga’a Nation member Dr. Andrea Reid joining as Principal Investigator.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Andrea Reid, Canada, Center for Indigenous Fisheries, Indigenous fisheries

PROFILE: Ocean Leaders step outside the lab to connect with communities and solve ocean problems

PROFILE: Ocean Leaders step outside the lab to connect with communities and solve ocean problems

Ocean Leaders teaches students from across disciplines in the natural and social sciences how to communicate marine research to a broad audience

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, China, Fieldwork, fishmeal, Indigenous fisheries, IOF students, Ocean Leaders, Research, science communications, Simon Donner, Tsleil-Waututh Nation

STUDENT PROFILE: Meaghan Efford

STUDENT PROFILE: Meaghan Efford

With a background in archaeology, Efford been able to put her unique skillset to use working with the Tsleil-Waututh Nation to create a model of the Burrard Inlet’s pre-colonial contact aquatic ecosystems.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Ecopath, Indigenous fisheries, IOF students, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Vancouver, Villy Christensen

UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries stands with Mi’kmaw Fishers

UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries stands with Mi’kmaw Fishers

The Canadian courts have unambiguously recognized the right of the Indigenous fishers to fish to support their livelihoods, and we respect the rule of law and abhor the use of violence for settling disputes.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Canada, Indigenous fisheries

Mourning the passing of Ronald (Bud) Sparrow

Mourning the passing of Ronald (Bud) Sparrow

Ronald Sparrow was the defendant in a Supreme Court of Canada precedent, which expressly recognized aboriginal fishing rights.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, British Columbia, in memoriam, Indigenous fisheries

How small-scale fishers are struggling amid COVID-19 crisis

How small-scale fishers are struggling amid COVID-19 crisis

Researchers explored the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on small-scale fisheries in Canada and worldwide, and provided recommendations on how to support them.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, COVID-19, Indigenous fisheries, IOF Research Associates, Nathan Bennett, OceanCanada, pandemic, Research, Small-scale fisheries

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