Climate action for blue foods needs people, policy and technology – not one-off fixes
Fisheries and aquaculture strategies can build resilience but must move beyond isolated innovations towards equitable, context-specific action backed by effective policy.
SAVE THE DATE: 2026 Peter A. Larkin Award Lecture
Dr. Fabrice Teletchea (France) will be presenting: Domesticating Fish in a Rapidly Changing World
UN releases Third World Ocean Assessment
IOF researchers, including Rashid Sumaila, Brian Hunt, Ibrahim Issifu, Louise Teh, Colette Wabnitz, and Nathan Bennett participated in the writing of this Assessment.
A Call for Cooperation in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean
The Southwest Atlantic Ocean is one of the most productive marine regions on the planet. Yet despite its immense importance, the region remains one of the few large ocean areas without a coordinated system for managing its shared marine resources.
New FCRR: A Convergence of Evidence: The Gill-Oxygen Limitation Theory (GOLT)
This report exemplifies the kind of integrative, critical scholarship that the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries support.
Opportunities exist for Canada’s mariculture industry despite climate change, UBC study says
In 2022, the industry contributed around $1.2 billion to the Canadian economy and employed 3,900 full-time individuals, many in remote coastal regions.
New study reinforces link between gill size and oxygen uptake in fish
Data from 33 fish species further supports the argument that small differences between fish’s oxygen consumption increase and gill surface area growth do not invalidate the principles of the Gill Oxygen Limitation Theory (GOLT).
New FCRR: Marine and Freshwater Miscellanea V
This report presents a valuable collection of studies that contribute to both foundational research and impactful discussion in fisheries science and marine ecology.
IOF faculty members receive funding from Government of Canada
Dr. Marie Auger-Méthé’s Canada Research Chair in Statistical Ecology (Tier II) was renewed, and she, along with Dr. William Cheung and Dr. David Rosen received NSERC Discovery Grant funding.
New FCRR: Gill size and temperature as governing factors in fish growth: A generalization of von Bertalanffy’s growth formula (2nd edition)
Want to read Dr. Daniel Pauly’s PhD thesis? This FCRR contains the 1979 dissertation, but with minor typographical errors corrected and tables and figures reorganized for clarity.