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Visiting fellows selected for inaugural cohort of Africa-UBC Oceans and Fisheries Program

Visiting fellows selected for inaugural cohort of Africa-UBC Oceans and Fisheries Program

The Program is extremely pleased to announce the selection of its inaugural laureates: Dr. Cynthia A. Adinortey (Ghana) and Dr. Antony Otinga Oteng’o (Kenya).

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Africa, Africa-UBC Visiting Fellows Program, awards, biodiversity conservation, conservation, East Africa, food security, food webs, honours, South Africa, West Africa

Are you a Sub-Saharan African early career researcher?

Are you a Sub-Saharan African early career researcher?

Apply for the Africa-UBC Oceans and Fisheries Visiting Fellows Program. Deadline: May 15, 2024

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Africa, awards, East Africa, South Africa, UBC, Visiting Fellows, West Africa

IOF launches the Africa-UBC Oceans and Fisheries Visiting Fellows Program

This program is aimed at engaging exceptional young African researchers to build international networks that can develop ocean and freshwater sustainability solutions. DEADLINE: May 15, 2024

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Africa, awards, Daniel Pauly, East Africa, honours, Rashid Sumaila, South Africa, West Africa

From convenience to crisis: The single-use water sachet dilemma in Africa

From convenience to crisis: The single-use water sachet dilemma in Africa

In some African countries, the rate of single-use plastic waste is increasing. Article from the Solving FCB unit.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with East Africa, FERU, Ibrahim Issifu, IOF postdoctoral fellows, microplastics, plastic, pollution, Solving FCB, water, West Africa

As fishing effort grows, catches decline in the Mozambique Channel region

As fishing effort grows, catches decline in the Mozambique Channel region

Researchers found that effective small-scale fishing effort in the entire Mozambique Channel region grew slowly but steadily from around 386,000 kWdays in 1950 to around 23 million kWdays by 2016, with Mozambique and Madagascar dominating the upward trend.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, East Africa, fisheries management, marine catches, Research, Sea Around Us, small-scale fisheries

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

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