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

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fisheries economics

Kx Spotlight – Collaboration, the key to fighting climate change

Kx Spotlight – Collaboration, the key to fighting climate change

With partnerships spanning across disciplines, sectors and borders, and with academics and non-academics (including Indigenous communities, NGOs, policy makers, businesses and media) collaboration is at the centre of their work.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Biodiversity, biology, Climate change, CORU, Faculty, FERU, fisheries economics, knowledge exchange, ocean economy, Rashid Sumaila, UBC, William Cheung

New Working Paper: A rich analysis of the economic, social and environmental effects of harmful fisheries at the ecosystem level

New Working Paper: A rich analysis of the economic, social and environmental effects of harmful fisheries at the ecosystem level

The effects of harmful fisheries subsidies in three marine ecosystems, chosen for their importance in terms of food security, size and diversity; and three different management scenarios are examined.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, Research | Tagged with Climate change, Faculty, fisheries economics, fisheries management, food security, food webs, IOF Research Associates, nutrition, pollution, Publications, Rashid Sumaila, Vicky Lam, William Cheung, Zeyu Zeng

Dr. Rashid Sumaila

B.C. ocean’s worth of almost $5 billion to GDP likely an underestimate

The ocean is very valuable to B.C., in terms of GDP, jobs, and income.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with British Columbia, Faculty, FERU, fisheries economics, ocean economy, Rashid Sumaila, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

World Oceans Week 2022 – Santiago De la Puente

World Oceans Week 2022 – Santiago De la Puente

In order for fishers, companies, governments, NGOs, and other interested groups to act collectively for the good of Earth’s oceans, a baseline level of trust needs to be established, De la Puente said. “Most stakeholder groups have a history of being at odds with each other.”

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with fisheries economics, Global Ocean Modelling, Santiago De la Puente, World Ocean Day

Countries likely missing out on revenue from catch share fisheries

Countries likely missing out on revenue from catch share fisheries

Despite harvesting an estimated global value of US$17.7 billion worth of fish, many catch share fisheries may be paying little or no royalties on their harvests, with countries likely foregoing this potential source of revenue.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Blue economy, finance, fisheries economics, fisheries management, IOF alumni, IOF students, Marine catches, ocean economy, Villy Christensen

World Ocean Day – Dr. Gabriel Reygondeau

World Ocean Day – Dr. Gabriel Reygondeau

Asking countries to carry an equal share of the load may be tidy from a legislative perspective, but it doesn’t do much for biodiversity

Posted in World Ocean Day 2021 | Tagged with Biodiversity, Conservation, CORU, fisheries economics, Gabriel Reygondeau, international trade, Marine protected areas, Overfishing, World Ocean Day

2021 World Ocean Day – Dr. Louise Teh

2021 World Ocean Day – Dr. Louise Teh

Thirty per cent of the world’s oceans cannot be closed without political will and without consideration of the economic toll doing so would take on many coastal communities.

Posted in World Ocean Day 2021 | Tagged with Blue economy, FERU, fisheries economics, human dimensions, IOF Research Associates, Louise Teh, Marine protected areas, World Ocean Day

2021 World Ocean Week – June 7-11

2021 World Ocean Week – June 7-11

We asked ocean researchers from the IOF to envision how the target of protecting at least 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030 might be achieved.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research, World Ocean Day 2021 | Tagged with Blue economy, bottom trawling, Conservation, CORU, FERU, fisheries economics, food webs, Gabriel Reygondeau, Hakai Coastal Initiative, human dimensions, international trade, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF Research Associates, Jacqueline Maud, Louise Teh, Marine protected areas, Overfishing, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Project Seahorse, Sarah Foster, Sustainability, Vicky Lam, Women in Science, World Ocean Day, zooplankton

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

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