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

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Dirk Zeller

Treating fish as a public health asset can strengthen food security in lower-income countries

Treating fish as a public health asset can strengthen food security in lower-income countries

The food and nutrient security of billions of people worldwide depend on fish being treated as a domestic public health asset instead of a commodity.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, Faculty, fish, fish stocks, food security, public health, Research, Sea Around Us

Billions lost as illicit fisheries trade hurting nations who can afford it least

Billions lost as illicit fisheries trade hurting nations who can afford it least

Eight to 14 million tonnes of unreported fish catches are traded illicitly every year, costing the legitimate market between $9 and $17 billion in trade each year.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, FERU, fish stocks, fisheries management, Illegal fishing, IUU, Marine catches, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila, Sea Around Us

Climate change-threatened Marshall Islands under-reporting fisheries stats

Climate change-threatened Marshall Islands under-reporting fisheries stats

A new study by Sea Around Us found that total marine fisheries catches were 27% higher over the last 60 years than the data officially reported by the FAO on behalf of the Marshall Islands

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Dirk Zeller, Faculty, fisheries management, Marine catches, Pacific, Research, Sea Around Us, Small-scale fisheries

Recreational fishers catching more sharks and rays

Recreational fishers catching more sharks and rays

Recreational catches of these fishes have gradually increased over the last six decades around the world, now accounting for 5-6% of total catches taken for leisure or pleasure.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, Faculty, Publications, recreational fisheries, Research, Sea Around Us, sharks

Carbon dioxide emissions from global fisheries larger than previously thought

Carbon dioxide emissions from global fisheries larger than previously thought

Emissions from the fuel burnt by fishing boats are 30% higher than previously reported

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, Faculty, Research, Sea Around Us, Small-scale fisheries

Fishing pressure and climate change challenge Tokelau’s food security

Fishing pressure and climate change challenge Tokelau’s food security

Increasing fishing pressures, combined with climate change, will have a negative effect on the near-shore marine resources of Tokelau

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, Dirk Zeller, Faculty, food security, Research, Sea Around Us

Modern slavery promotes overfishing

Modern slavery promotes overfishing

Labour abuses, including modern slavery, are ‘hidden subsidies’ that allow distant-water fishing fleets to remain profitable and promote overfishing

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, Faculty, fisheries management, Illegal fishing, Research, Sea Around Us, slavery, Supply chain

Fishing fleets travelling further to catch fewer fish

Fishing fleets travelling further to catch fewer fish

Industrial fishing fleets have doubled the distance they travel, but catch only a third of what they did 65 years ago.

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, Faculty, fish, fisheries management, Industrial fishing, Research, Sea Around Us

Half of all high seas fishing grounds would be unprofitable without current subsidies

Half of all high seas fishing grounds would be unprofitable without current subsidies

As much as 54% of the high seas fishing industry would be unprofitable at its current scale without large government subsidies.

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, Faculty, High Seas, Research, Sea Around Us, Subsidies

Ten million tonnes of fish wasted every year despite declining fish stocks

Ten million tonnes of fish wasted every year despite declining fish stocks

Almost 10% of the world’s total catch in the last decade was discarded due to poor fishing practices and inadequate management.

Posted in 2017, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Deng Palomares, Dirk Zeller, Faculty, IOF Research Associates, Sea Around Us

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