The growth rate of seafood farming worldwide peaked in 1996 according to new UBC research, highlighting the importance of rebuilding wild fish stocks to feed future demand.
Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aquaculture, Faculty, fish, fish farms, fish stocks, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Muhammed Oyinlola, Rashid Sumaila, Research, salmon
If we continue to burn fossil fuels at our current rate, the amount of seafood able to be farmed sustainably will increase by only 8% by 2050, and decline by 16% by 2090.
Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aquaculture, Climate change, Colette Wabnitz, CORU, fish, fish farms, fishmeal, Gabriel Reygondeau, mariculture, Muhammed Oyinlola, mussels, salmon, seafood, shellfish, Vicky Lam, William Cheung
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
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 | Tagged with Aquaculture, Climate change, CORU, Faculty, fisheries management, IOF postdoctoral fellows, mariculture, Muhammed Oyinlola, Nereus Program, Research, William Cheung