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Office: 604-827-4325

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Indigenous fisheries

The DNA of salmon heritage

The DNA of salmon heritage

Two UBC researchers are exploring the problem of dwindling salmon runs from opposite ends of the knowledge continuum—cutting edge genomics, and empirical evidence gathered over millennia by the Indigenous Peoples of the coast.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Andrea Reid, British Columbia, Centre for Indigenous Fisheries, CORU, Gideon Mordecai, Indigenous fisheries, IOF Research Associates, public health, salmon, viruses

BC is facing a steep decline in sockeye salmon

BC is facing a steep decline in sockeye salmon

The sockeye population has been in decline for a century – since 1913, returns in the Skeena River have dropped by 75% – and while there are many factors at play, says Dr. William Cheung, “climate change is definitely one of them.”

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with British Columbia, Christopher Harley, CORU, ecosystems, Faculty, Indigenous fisheries, Indigenous Knowledge, Marine ecosystems, salmon, seafood, shellfish, William Cheung

This scientist is taking an international jellyfish tour to explore mucus and medusae

This scientist is taking an international jellyfish tour to explore mucus and medusae

UBC doctoral student Jessica Schaub is about to set off on an international tour of jellyfish

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Awards, Indigenous fisheries, Indigenous Knowledge, IOF students, jellyfish

PhD student Alexander Duncan appointed to Indigenous Leadership Circle in Research

PhD student Alexander Duncan appointed to Indigenous Leadership Circle in Research

This new group will advise the presidents of Canada’s three federal research funding agencies – CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC.

Posted in 2022, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Awards, Centre for Indigenous Fisheries, Indigenous fisheries, Indigenous Knowledge

New sea garden story map showcases Indigenous mariculture practices across the Pacific

New sea garden story map showcases Indigenous mariculture practices across the Pacific

The living map synthesizes information about ancestral mariculture across the Pacific Ocean and describes the work that a number of communities are undertaking to reawaken diverse sea gardens.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Daniel Pauly, Faculty, Indigenous fisheries, mariculture, Pacific, Sea Around Us

New FCRRs: Historical Ecology in Burrard Inlet and Reconstructing the pre-contact shoreline of Burrard Inlet

New FCRRs: Historical Ecology in Burrard Inlet and Reconstructing the pre-contact shoreline of Burrard Inlet

These two new Fisheries Centre Research Reports will help us understand the overpowering changes that colonial settlement and development has had on the marine ecosystems surrounding the Lower Mainland area of British Columbia.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, birds, British Columbia, Coastline, FCRR, fish, fish stocks, fishing practices, Indigenous fisheries, IOF students, Ocean ecology, Publications, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Villy Christensen, whales

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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, Research | 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, zooplankton

Salmon camps show youth Indigenous science at work

Salmon camps show youth Indigenous science at work

Imagine a summer camp where you can watch grizzly bears catch salmon in streams, while learning about the migration and preparation of the fish hovering in the water at your feet.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrea Reid, Centre for Indigenous Fisheries, Indigenous fisheries

Salmon from freshwater to the ocean: there and back again

Salmon from freshwater to the ocean: there and back again

Video for this seminar is now available! Click to watch

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Webinars | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Andrea Reid, Brian Hunt, Centre for Indigenous Fisheries, food webs, Freshwater, High Seas, Indigenous fisheries, IOF alumni, IOF students, salmon, William Cheung

Coral reefs are 50% less able to provide food, jobs, and climate protection than in 1950s, putting millions at risk

Coral reefs are 50% less able to provide food, jobs, and climate protection than in 1950s, putting millions at risk

Global coverage of living corals had declined by about half since the 1950s and consequently, the diversity of species had also declined, by more than 60%.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor, Biodiversity, Coral, Deng Palomares, food webs, Gabriel Reygondeau, IBPES, Indigenous fisheries, IOF alumni, IOF Research Associates, IPCC, Nereus Program, Vicky Lam, William Cheung, Yoshitaka Ota

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