The University of British Columbia
UBC - A Place of Mind
The University of British Columbia Vancouver campus
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
  • Home
  • About
    • Our Building
    • History
    • Vision, Mission
    • Career Opportunities
    • Sustainability
    • Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
    • Health & Safety
  • People
    • Faculty
    • Research Faculty
    • Postdoctoral Fellows
    • Staff
    • Students
    • Alumni
  • Research
    • Impacts
    • Research Themes
    • Research Units
    • Research Excellence
    • Publications
      • Research Reports
      • Working Papers
      • Journal articles
      • Books
      • Book Chapters and Reports
      • IOF Newsletters
      • Archives
    • Partnerships
  • Graduate Program
    • Prospective Students
    • Current Students
    • Funding
    • IOF Student Society
  • Courses
    • Vancouver Summer Program
  • News and Events
    • News
    • IOF Seminars
    • IOF webinar series
    • Media Coverage
    • Events
/ Home / fisheries management

Media Contact

Katherine Came
Communications Manager
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Email: k.came_at_oceans.ubc.ca
Office: 604-827-4325

Alex Walls
Media Relations Specialist
UBC Media Relations
Email: alex.walls_at_ubc.ca
Office: 604-822-4636

fisheries management

Aid for oceans and fisheries in developing world drops by 30%

Aid for oceans and fisheries in developing world drops by 30%

Financial aid to fisheries in developing countries has declined by 30 percent, finds a new study from UBC and Stockholm Resilience Centre researchers.

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, Colette Wabnitz, fisheries management, IOF Research Associates, Nereus Program, Small-scale fisheries

Initiatives to strengthen climate change adaptation in Africa – Cape Town

Initiatives to strengthen climate change adaptation in Africa – Cape Town

World Bank technical consultation meeting discusses project to understand the likely impact of climate change through fisheries in African countries

Posted in 2017, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, Daniel Pauly, Faculty, fisheries management, IOF Research Associates, Nereus Program, Rashid Sumaila, Vicky Lam

Global marine fisheries catches declining by 1.2 million metric tons every year

Global marine fisheries catches declining by 1.2 million metric tons every year

The Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries, released by IOF’s Sea Around Us project, looks at global catches, country-by-country, and explores the consequences of this decline, food security, and the steps that can be taken to ease the situation.

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

High seas fisheries management could recoup losses due to climate change

High seas fisheries management could recoup losses due to climate change

Strengthening governance and closing the high seas to fishing increased the resilience of coastal countries to climate change, especially in tropical countries where there is a high dependence on fisheries for food and livelihood.

Posted in 2016, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, Faculty, fisheries management, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Nereus Program, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila, Vicky Lam, William Cheung

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

Falling fish catches could mean malnutrition in the developing world

Falling fish catches could mean malnutrition in the developing world

Global fish catches peaked in 1996, while the Earth’s human population is expected to rise through 2050, from the current 7.3 billion to between nine and 10 billion.

Posted in 2016, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Faculty, fisheries management, food security, Marine catches, Nereus Program, William Cheung

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

New data on reported and unreported marine catches now available online

New data on reported and unreported marine catches now available online

The new web platform provides the first comprehensive coverage of both reported and unreported fish caught by every country in the world.

Posted in 2015, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, Faculty, fisheries management, Marine catches, Sea Around Us

Seafood supply altered by climate change

Seafood supply altered by climate change

People will not be able to enjoy the same quantity or dishes in the future

Posted in 2015, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, Daniel Pauly, Faculty, fisheries management, Nereus Program, Overfishing, William Cheung

Rashid Sumaila

High seas fishing ban could boost global catches, equality

“We should use international waters as the world’s fish bank,” says Prof. Rashid Sumaila

Posted in 2015, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Faculty, FERU, fisheries economics, fisheries management, Rashid Sumaila

  • Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 4
  • 5
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Faculty of Science
Vancouver Campus
The University of British Columbia
AERL, 2202 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
Tel 604 822 2731
Website oceans.ubc.ca
Email info@oceans.ubc.ca
Find us on
    
Back to top
The University of British Columbia
  • Emergency Procedures |
  • Terms of Use |
  • Copyright |
  • Accessibility