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Email: k.came_at_oceans.ubc.ca
Office: 604-827-4325

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Aquaculture

Tilapias are not precocious, they are just resilient

Tilapias are not precocious, they are just resilient

Tilapias living in crowded aquaculture ponds or small freshwater reservoirs adapt so well to these stressful environments that they stop growing and reproduce at a smaller size than their stress-free counterparts.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aquaculture, Asia, Daniel Pauly, Faculty, fish, fish stocks, physiology, Research, Sea Around Us

Ocean fish farming in tropics and sub-tropics most impacted by climate change: UBC study

Ocean fish farming in tropics and sub-tropics most impacted by climate change: UBC study

Diners may soon find more farmed oysters and fewer Atlantic salmon on their plates as climate change warms Canada’s Pacific coast.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Aquaculture, Climate change, CORU, Faculty, fisheries management, IOF postdoctoral fellows, mariculture, Muhammed Oyinlola, Nereus Program, Research, William Cheung

Image: “Aquaculture” by Michael Chu, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Can aquaculture help tackle global food security?

With an average growth rate of about 8.8%, aquaculture has proven to be the fastest growing agro-food sector in the world, however the industry has a bad image.

Posted in 2016, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aquaculture, Climate change, CORU, food security, IOF students, Nereus Program

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