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Colette Wabnitz

FCRR: Ecosystem modelling to support fisheries management efforts in the Nyali-Mombasa area, coastal Kenya

FCRR: Ecosystem modelling to support fisheries management efforts in the Nyali-Mombasa area, coastal Kenya

Part of the Sustainable Poverty Alleviation from Costal Ecosystem Services project (SPACES), this research addresses how we can best develop sustainable, effective fisheries decisions, while preserving the livelihoods of fishers and their dependents

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Colette Wabnitz, CORU, East Africa, Ecopath with Ecosim (EWE), Faculty, FCRR, fishing gear, food webs, IOF Research Associates, Kenya, Modelling, Publications, Research, William Cheung

Management of exploited transboundary fish stocks requires international cooperation

Management of exploited transboundary fish stocks requires international cooperation

With an average catch of 48 million tonnes per year, and USD $77 billion in annual fishing revenue, transboundary species support critical fisheries, and require international cooperation to manage.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Colette Wabnitz, CORU, Faculty, fish, fish stocks, Gabriel Reygondeau, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Research, Species distribution, William Cheung

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

FCRR – Dynamic Integrated Marine Climate, Biodiversity, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Seafood Market Model (DIVERSE)

This report documents a newly developed model to project future pathways to seafood sustainability under global change.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor, Colette Wabnitz, CORU, Faculty, FCRR, Gabriel Reygondeau, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Lydia Teh, Muhammed Oyinlola, Nereus Program, Oa Li Chen, Publications, Research, Vicky Lam, William Cheung

Colette Wabnitz

Colette Wabnitz is co-Guest Editor of Marine Policy Special Issue on Ocean Finance

She, with Robert Blasiak (Stockholm Resilience Centre), are guest editors of the issue, and also wrote about how funding for ocean conservation and sustainable fisheries is rapidly changing and evolving beyond official traditional assistance (ODA) and philanthropy.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews | Tagged with Colette Wabnitz, fisheries economics, fisheries management, IOF Research Associates, Nereus Program, Publications

Vast majority of patents on marine genetic sequences linked to corporations

Vast majority of patents on marine genetic sequences linked to corporations

A single company has registered half of all existing patents associated with genes from marine species.

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Biotechnology, Colette Wabnitz, CORU, IOF Research Associates

Climate change to cause dramatic drop in Persian Gulf biodiversity and fisheries catch potential

Climate change to cause dramatic drop in Persian Gulf biodiversity and fisheries catch potential

Among the eight countries that comprise the Gulf, the UAE is expected to perform the worst, with a projected loss of 45 per cent of its catch potential.

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, Colette Wabnitz, CORU, Faculty, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Overfishing, Sea Around Us, William Cheung

Aid for oceans and fisheries in developing world drops by 30%

Aid for oceans and fisheries in developing world drops by 30%

Financial aid to fisheries in developing countries has declined by 30 percent, finds a new study from UBC and Stockholm Resilience Centre researchers.

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, Colette Wabnitz, fisheries management, IOF Research Associates, Nereus Program, Small-scale fisheries

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