Hakai Coastal Initiative Marine Food Webs Working Group – Quadra Island summer sampling trip
Quadra Island summer sampling trip – July 2019 The connections between the animals that form the base of marine food webs (microbes and zooplankton) are still largely unknown. This critical knowledge gap is an area that the Hakai Coastal Initiative Marine Food Webs Working Group (FWWG) specifically aims to fill. Doing so would improve our […]
Q&A with MSc student Zachary Sherker
Zachary is researching Pacific great blue herons in B.C., which prey on young salmon smolts migrating out of rivers, potentially limiting the salmon available for killer whales in the ocean.
Sarah Harper wins Sumaila-Volvo Graduate Prize
The prize is for a graduate student whose peer-reviewed publications to date are expected to have the most significant impact on the field of environmental sustainability
Status, Trends, and the Future of Fisheries in the East and South China Seas
Fisheries Centre Research Report (FCRR 27-1) is now available
COSMOS Award winner Caroline Graham is putting together the picture of salmon diets across the North Pacific
“Across the Pacific, a lot of data are available on salmon diets but there’s currently no centralized hub for this information,” explained Graham.
IOF Photography Art Contest 2019
We were thrilled to have a variety of creative, quirky and beautiful works from talented researchers and staff members.
Q&A with MSc Student Vanessa Fladmark
Coming to UBC from Haida Gwaii, Vanessa studies juvenile pink and chum salmon and what they eat in BC’s coastal waters – by looking at their stomach contents.
Understanding the data about data: How metadatabases could improve Mexico’s ocean management
Analyzing this data can reveal knowledge trends and identify gaps for future research, and help stakeholders make the best choices for conserving Mexico’s oceans.
In the Arctic, little protection for the most important conservation areas
The researchers found that areas crucial for Arctic marine predators are largely left unprotected.
Despite export bans global seahorse trade continues
95% of dried seahorses in Hong Kong’s market were reported as being imported from source countries that had export bans in place.