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

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IOF Research Associates

The Blue Economy is more than just resources – it also has to focus on social equity and governance

The Blue Economy is more than just resources – it also has to focus on social equity and governance

A recent UBC-led study found that socioeconomic and governance conditions such as national stability, corruption and human rights greatly affect the ability to achieve a Blue Economy.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor, Blue economy, CORU, Faculty, IOF Research Associates, Ocean Nexus Center, Research, William Cheung

Modelling provides insight into the risks microplastics pose to marine life

Modelling provides insight into the risks microplastics pose to marine life

“We learned that the water and sediments are polluted with microplastics. The global ocean is basically a dump. We need to change our behaviours, our preferences and our consumption.”

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with IOF Research Associates, Juan Jose Alava, OPRU, plastic, pollution

FCRR: Ecosystem modelling to support fisheries management efforts in the Nyali-Mombasa area, coastal Kenya

FCRR: Ecosystem modelling to support fisheries management efforts in the Nyali-Mombasa area, coastal Kenya

Part of the Sustainable Poverty Alleviation from Costal Ecosystem Services project (SPACES), this research addresses how we can best develop sustainable, effective fisheries decisions, while preserving the livelihoods of fishers and their dependents

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Colette Wabnitz, CORU, East Africa, Ecopath with Ecosim (EWE), Faculty, FCRR, fishing gear, food webs, IOF Research Associates, Kenya, Modelling, Publications, Research, William Cheung

Management of exploited transboundary fish stocks requires international cooperation

Management of exploited transboundary fish stocks requires international cooperation

With an average catch of 48 million tonnes per year, and USD $77 billion in annual fishing revenue, transboundary species support critical fisheries, and require international cooperation to manage.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Colette Wabnitz, CORU, Faculty, fish, fish stocks, Gabriel Reygondeau, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Research, Species distribution, William Cheung

FCRR – 	Assessments of marine fisheries resources in West Africa with emphasis on small pelagics

FCRR – Assessments of marine fisheries resources in West Africa with emphasis on small pelagics

From a training course entitled “Utilisation de la méthode CMSY pour l’évaluation des stocks ouest-africains” held in September 23-27 2019 in Dakar, Senegal.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Deng Palomares, Faculty, FCRR, fisheries management, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Publications, Research, Sea Around Us, West Africa

New World Wildlife Fund reports call for better policy to save fish from climate change

New World Wildlife Fund reports call for better policy to save fish from climate change

IOF’s Drs. Juan Jose Alava and William Cheung contributed to two WWF reports.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, CORU, Faculty, fisheries management, IOF Research Associates, Juan Jose Alava, Research, Small-scale fisheries, Species distribution, Species extinction, William Cheung

Solidarity with all people protesting police violence in Canada and the US

Solidarity with all people protesting police violence in Canada and the US

The Institute for Oceans and Fisheries is proud to stand in solidarity with UBC’s Black Student Union and all people protesting police violence against Black people in Canada and the United States. 

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Black Lives Matter, Equity and Diversity, Faculty, IOF announcement, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF Research Associates, IOF Student Society, IOF students

How small-scale fishers are struggling amid COVID-19 crisis

How small-scale fishers are struggling amid COVID-19 crisis

Researchers explored the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on small-scale fisheries in Canada and worldwide, and provided recommendations on how to support them.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, COVID-19, Indigenous fisheries, IOF Research Associates, Nathan Bennett, OceanCanada, pandemic, Research, Small-scale fisheries

New assessment method reveals many fish stocks are in urgent need of sustainable management

New assessment method reveals many fish stocks are in urgent need of sustainable management

The new method revealed that several fish stocks across oceans are far below internationally agreed minimum levels and in urgent need of sustainable management.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Deng Palomares, Faculty, IOF Research Associates, Publications, Research, Sea Around Us

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

FCRR – Dynamic Integrated Marine Climate, Biodiversity, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Seafood Market Model (DIVERSE)

This report documents a newly developed model to project future pathways to seafood sustainability under global change.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor, Colette Wabnitz, CORU, Faculty, FCRR, Gabriel Reygondeau, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Lydia Teh, Muhammed Oyinlola, Nereus Program, Oa Li Chen, Publications, Research, Vicky Lam, William Cheung

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