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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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