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Haunting the seas: the legacy of ghost gear pollution in marine environments

Haunting the seas: the legacy of ghost gear pollution in marine environments

“Ghost gear” is a specific category of anthropogenic marine debris that contributes to the global marine plastics problem. After it becomes disconnected from its intended use, ghost gear can catch non-targeted species – such as fish, whales or other marine mammals – through by-catch or entanglement

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with ghost gear, IOF students, microplastics, OPRU, plastic, pollution, Shoreline cleanup

Partnering with Indigenous communities to improve research outcomes

Partnering with Indigenous communities to improve research outcomes

Trust was essential in encouraging the community to discuss their relationships with spaces in Atl’ka7tsem and to use research findings during decision-making.

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with British Columbia, climate change, community, conservation, ecology, Indigenous conservation, Indigenous culture, Indigenous fisheries, Indigenous history, Indigenous Knowledge, IOF students, Skwxwú7mesh Nation, Squamish

OCF student awarded High Level Scientific Fellowship

OCF student awarded High Level Scientific Fellowship

Isabella Morgante (PhD, OCF) will do a two-month Fellowship in Paris, France.

Posted in 2024, IOF Honours, IOFNews | Tagged with awards, Europe, France, honours, IOF students

OCF student named as a UBC’s Climate Solutions Research Collective 2024/2025 Solution Scholar

OCF student named as a UBC’s Climate Solutions Research Collective 2024/2025 Solution Scholar

The Solutions Scholars will work on one of four collaborative projects over the 2024/2025 year with an interdisciplinary group of faculty and community members.

Posted in 2024, IOF Honours, IOFNews | Tagged with awards, climate change, honours, IOF students, UBC

Can aquaculture help create a sustainable planet?

Can aquaculture help create a sustainable planet?

Properly done, aquaculture has the potential to produce food for millions of people, conserve and restore ecosystems and replenish endangered wild fish stocks.

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with aquaculture, biodiversity conservation, climate change, fishing farms, food security, IOF students, Rashid Sumaila, William Cheung

Increasing temperatures and salinity result in decreased ecosystem diversity, UBC study finds.

Increasing temperatures and salinity result in decreased ecosystem diversity, UBC study finds.

Ecosystems can be impacted and changed by a lot of different things, including human activities, stormwater runoff, contaminants, invasive species, and climate change

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Beaufort Sea Shelf and Slope, beluga whales, Canadian Arctic, cod, Colette Wabnitz, CORU, Indigenous culture, Indigenous fisheries, Indigenous history, IOF students, marine mammals, Solving FCB, Tarium Niryutait Marine Protected Area, whales, William Cheung

Pelagic Ecosystems Lab wins BC Conservation & Biodiversity Award

Pelagic Ecosystems Lab wins BC Conservation & Biodiversity Award

The award will fund a project to provide high resolution zooplankton biodiversity data by integrating eDNA, and the Zooscan imaging system, to establish a biodiversity benchmark for the wider BC coast.

Posted in 2024, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with awards, biodiversity, Brian Hunt, British Columbia, eDNA, environmental DNA, faculty, IOF students, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, zooplankton, Zooscan

Killer whales breathe just once between dives, study confirms

Killer whales breathe just once between dives, study confirms

A new study has confirmed a long-held assumption: that orcas take just one breath between dives.

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Andrew Trites, IOF students, killer whales, MMRU, physiology, whales

Marine sharks and rays ‘use’ urea to delay reproduction

Marine sharks and rays ‘use’ urea to delay reproduction

Researchers found that high urea concentrations common in cartilaginous fish, particularly oviparous marine species, allow them to mature and begin to reproduce at a larger fraction of their maximal size.

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, fishing pressure, IOF students, rays, reproduction, Sea Around Us, sharks, urea

What could be impacting the food source of Southern Resident killer whales?

What could be impacting the food source of Southern Resident killer whales?

There are currently 74 Southern Resident killer whales, and this population is listed as endangered in both Canada and the U.S. The species relies on Pacific salmon (Chinook and coho) for food, however these salmon populations have been decreasing for decades.

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Carl Walters, IOF alumni, IOF students, killer whales, marine mammals, orca, Pacific, Pacific Ocean, pinnipeds, salmon, sea lions, seals, walrus, whales

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