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

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Office: 604-822-4636

fisheries economics

Impact of climate change on tropical fisheries would create ripples across the world

Impact of climate change on tropical fisheries would create ripples across the world

Tropical oceans and fisheries are threatened by climate change, generating impacts that will affect the sustainable development of both local economies and communities, and regions outside the tropics.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, CORU, fish, fish stocks, fisheries economics, food security, Marine catches, Nereus Program, Pacific, Rashid Sumaila, Vicky Lam, William Cheung

Fisherwomen contribute tonnes of fish, billions of dollars to global fisheries

Fisherwomen contribute tonnes of fish, billions of dollars to global fisheries

UBC study assembled and presented the first quantitative estimates of catch by women and the associated value of what is brought to shore, on a global scale.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Faculty, FERU, fisheries economics, Gender, IOF postdoctoral fellows, OceanCanada, Research, Sarah Harper, Sea Around Us, Small-scale fisheries, Women

Achieving a safe and just future for the ocean economy

Achieving a safe and just future for the ocean economy

With economic potential of the oceans expected to double to US$3 trillion by 2030, growth should be effectively managed so that it is sustainable and equitable.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Blue economy, Climate change, Faculty, fisheries economics, IOF Research Associates, Nathan Bennett, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila, Research, Sustainability

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

Ensuring individual transferable quotas benefit fisheries and the environment

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.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Faculty, FERU, fisheries economics, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila, Research

Achieving Paris climate target could net additional billions in fisheries revenue

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.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, CORU, Faculty, FERU, fisheries economics, IOF students, Nereus Program, OceanCanada, Paris Agreement, Rashid Sumaila, Research, Species distribution, William Cheung

Rashid Sumalia

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.

Posted in 2017, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Awards, Faculty, FERU, fisheries economics, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila

Global seafood trade flows and developing economies

Global seafood trade flows and developing economies

Seafood exceeds the trade value of sugar, maize, coffee, rice and cocoa combined. But where is this seafood going and who is most benefiting?

Posted in 2017, News Release | Tagged with Faculty, fisheries economics, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Nereus Program, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila, Vicky Lam

West Africa fisheries experts welcomed

West Africa fisheries experts welcomed

Fisheries scientists and experts from Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Cape-Verde, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, and Sierra Leone will attend a capacity-building workshop at UBC. Updates added.

Posted in 2016, IOFNews | Tagged with Faculty, fisheries economics, fisheries management, IOF alumni, Rashid Sumaila, Sea Around Us, Seminars and events

30 per cent of global fish catch unreported

30 per cent of global fish catch unreported

Countries drastically underreport the number of fish caught worldwide, according to a new study, and the numbers obscure a significant decline in the total catch.

Posted in 2016, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, Faculty, fisheries economics, fisheries management, Marine catches, Sea Around Us

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