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

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Partnership between UBC researchers, marine stewards and K’ómoks First Nation spawns new microplastics findings

What they found helps illuminate the study of microplastics in the ocean, an area of pollution research that is garnering lots of attention due to the many unknowns about how these particles damage the health of organisms that ingest them.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Coastline, Faculty, Herring, Indigenous fisheries, IOF Research Associates, Juan Jose Alava, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, plastic, pollution, Research, zooplankton

You are what you eat is as important for BC’s fish as it is for people – UBC study

You are what you eat is as important for BC’s fish as it is for people – UBC study

By determining the availability of high-quality prey for these commercially important groups of fish we can improve estimates of herring and salmon productivity

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Brian Hunt, British Columbia, David Costalago, Faculty, food webs, Herring, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Research, salmon

How much microplastic is there in the BC marine food web?

How much microplastic is there in the BC marine food web?

Researchers are concerned with the amount of microplastics consumed by zooplankton and herring, which are foundational species in BC’s regional marine food webs.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Faculty, Herring, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Juan Jose Alava, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, plastic, Research

Environmental changes and fisheries impact Baltic fish stocks more than grey seal predation

Environmental changes and fisheries impact Baltic fish stocks more than grey seal predation

Fishing mortality and environmental factors affect fish biomass and catches more than seal predation in the region.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Baltic Sea, cod, Conservation, David Costalago, Herring, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Modelling

HERRING PEOPLE: An Arts-Based Initiative

HERRING PEOPLE: An Arts-Based Initiative

This event combined art and science to raise awareness of Pacific herring’s role in BC marine ecosystems, aboriginal communities, and commercial fisheries.

Posted in 2017, IOFNews | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Brian Hunt, Faculty, fish, Herring, Indigenous fisheries, IOF Research Associates, Mimi Lam, Seminars and events

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