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

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Arctic

Research into bowhead whales finds unique foraging behaviour

Research into bowhead whales finds unique foraging behaviour

Understanding the needs of bowheads is a crucial first step taken to learn how they will respond to climate change.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Arctic, Faculty, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, Research, Sarah Fortune, whales

Bowhead whales feed year-round in Cumberland Sound, Nunavut

Bowhead whales feed year-round in Cumberland Sound, Nunavut

Satellite telemetry and time-depth recorders are providing new and surprising insights into the secret lives of bowhead whales

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Arctic, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Sarah Fortune, whales

Rapidly changing Arctic fisheries potential requires comprehensive management

Rapidly changing Arctic fisheries potential requires comprehensive management

Unmitigated climate change could net fisheries in the Arctic 37 times more fish than current annual catch amounts by the end of the century

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Arctic, Canada, Climate change, Faculty, fish stocks, fisheries management, Indigenous fisheries, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Nereus Program, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila

In the Arctic, little protection for the most important conservation areas

In the Arctic, little protection for the most important conservation areas

The researchers found that areas crucial for Arctic marine predators are largely left unprotected.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Animal movement, Arctic, Conservation, Faculty, IOF students, Marie Auger-Methe, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Research

Bowhead whales come to Cumberland Sound in Nunavut to exfoliate

Bowhead whales come to Cumberland Sound in Nunavut to exfoliate

“Cumberland Sound serves as a habitat for feeding and moulting,” said Sarah Fortune, a PhD student at UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries.

Posted in 2017, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Arctic, Fieldwork, IOF students, Marine mammals, whales

Apex marine predators affected by human-made pollutants and climate change

Apex marine predators affected by human-made pollutants and climate change

Human contaminants, exacerbated by climate change, are impacting polar bears, killer whales.

Posted in 2017, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Arctic, Climate change, Contaminants, Faculty, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Juan Jose Alava, Marine mammals, pollution, whales

Aerial drone offers insights into bowhead whale behaviour

Aerial drone offers insights into bowhead whale behaviour

Research team, including UBC zoology PhD candidate Sarah Fortune, undertook what is believed to be the first intensive effort to study bowhead whales with the use of an aerial drone in the Eastern Canadian Arctic.

Posted in 2016, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Arctic, Cetaceans, Faculty, IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, whales

Fish moving poleward at rate of 26 kilometres per decade

Fish moving poleward at rate of 26 kilometres per decade

Large numbers of fish will disappear from the tropics by 2050, finds a new UBC study that examined the impact of climate change on fish stocks.

Posted in 2014, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Antarctic, Arctic, Climate change, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Nereus Program, Ocean ecology, William Cheung

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