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

Sachi Wickramasinghe
Media Relations Specialist
UBC Media Relations
Email: sachi.wickramasinghe_at_ubc.ca
Office: 604-822-4636

food security

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

Treating fish as a public health asset can strengthen food security in lower-income countries

Treating fish as a public health asset can strengthen food security in lower-income countries

The food and nutrient security of billions of people worldwide depend on fish being treated as a domestic public health asset instead of a commodity.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, Faculty, fish, fish stocks, food security, public health, Research, Sea Around Us

Climate impacts on the ocean are making Sustainable Development Goals harder to achieve

Climate impacts on the ocean are making Sustainable Development Goals harder to achieve

In other words, climate change is not just an environmental problem, but one that inhibits our ability to tackle other social issues.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, CORU, Faculty, food security, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Nereus Program, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), William Cheung

Small-scale fisheries can play a big role in local economies and subsistence

Small-scale fisheries can play a big role in local economies and subsistence

The Baía Formosa’s small-scale fishery was found to provide subsistence, food security and employment opportunities for local inhabitants.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Carl Walters, Faculty, food security, Modelling, Research, Supply chain, Villy Christensen

Fishing pressure and climate change challenge Tokelau’s food security

Fishing pressure and climate change challenge Tokelau’s food security

Increasing fishing pressures, combined with climate change, will have a negative effect on the near-shore marine resources of Tokelau

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, Dirk Zeller, Faculty, food security, Research, Sea Around Us

A healthy ocean will benefit global sustainable development

A healthy ocean will benefit global sustainable development

Restored ocean will alleviate poverty, provide jobs, and improve global health, finds new Nippon Foundation-UBC Nereus Program report

Posted in 2017, News Release | Tagged with Biodiversity, Climate change, Faculty, food security, IOF Research Associates, Nereus Program, Sustainability, William Cheung, Yoshitaka Ota

Future fisheries can expect $10-billion revenue loss due to climate change

Future fisheries can expect $10-billion revenue loss due to climate change

Global fisheries stand to lose approximately $10 billion of their annual revenue by 2050 if climate change continues unchecked

Posted in 2016, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, Faculty, food security, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Nereus Program, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila, William Cheung

Image: “Aquaculture” by Michael Chu, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Can aquaculture help tackle global food security?

With an average growth rate of about 8.8%, aquaculture has proven to be the fastest growing agro-food sector in the world, however the industry has a bad image.

Posted in 2016, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aquaculture, Climate change, CORU, food security, IOF students, Nereus Program

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

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