Ensuring individual transferable quotas benefit fisheries and the environment
Rashid Sumaila proposes various policy changes to help fishers benefit from ITQs while minimizing their negative impacts.
Achieving Paris climate target could net additional billions in fisheries revenue
Achieving Agreement’s target could increase global fishers’ revenues by $4.6 billion annually.
Rashid Sumaila wins UBC’s President’s Award for Public Education through Media
This award celebrates active sharing of research through the news media
The impact of global, future change on the lives of Tonle Sap inhabitants
Researchers explored the vulnerabilities of Cambodian lake fishers by examining their livelihood activities and responses to different scenarios of future change.
Rashid Sumaila receives Volvo Environment Prize
He was presented with this prestigious award at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on November 29, 2017.
UBC professor wins Volvo Environment Prize
The 2017 Volvo Environment Prize has been awarded to Dr. Rashid Sumaila, professor in UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries for his innovative work in fisheries economics and sustainable governance of ocean resources.
Subsidies promote overfishing and hurt small-scale fishers worldwide
Large-scale fisheries receive about four times more subsidies than their small-scale counterparts, with up to 60 per cent of those subsidies promoting overfishing.
Fish will have to find new habitats or perish if global warming is left unchecked
Climate change is forcing fish out of their current habitats and into cooler waters and many more species will soon be affected if climate goals are not met, say scientists.
High seas fishing ban could boost global catches, equality
“We should use international waters as the world’s fish bank,” says Prof. Rashid Sumaila
Countries with poor marine safety records linked to oil spill vessels
Most ships involved oil spills registered in states that consistently fail to comply with international safety and environmental standards