Going diving in the tropics? Don’t eat the reef fish!
Reducing tourist consumption of reef fish is critical for Palau’s ocean sustainability, finds a new UBC study that suggests other small island nations might also consider adopting this strategy.
Initiatives to strengthen climate change adaptation in Africa – Cape Town
World Bank technical consultation meeting discusses project to understand the likely impact of climate change through fisheries in African countries
Ten million tonnes of fish wasted every year despite declining fish stocks
Almost 10% of the world’s total catch in the last decade was discarded due to poor fishing practices and inadequate management.
Mimi E. Lam wins Conservation Beacon Award
Awarded for her pioneering of an ethical approach to the conservation of marine resources, both natural and cultural, through interdisciplinary research and community engagement at the science-policy interface.
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
Marine conservation must consider human rights: An appeal for a code of conduct
The impacts of marine protected areas can undermine people’s rights or stop them from their livelihoods
Antarctica’s biodiversity not doing as well as hoped
Experts, including IOF’s Deng Palomares, debunked the popular view that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are in a better environmental shape than the rest of the world.
Andrew Trites and David Rosen go to Ottawa
They addressed Bill S-203, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts (ending captivity of whales and dolphins), in front of the Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans.
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.
For Indigenous communities, fish mean much more than food
Coastal indigenous communities eat 15 times more seafood than non-indigenous people in the same country says article from NF-UBC Nereus Program.