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Local stakeholder involvement key to understanding protection level of MPAs

Local stakeholder involvement key to understanding protection level of MPAs

Knowledge provided by local non-governmental organizations, academics, civil servants, journalists, and fishers can be valuable for evaluating the effectiveness of countries’ marine protected areas.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with fish stocks, IOF students, Marine protected areas, ocean economy, Research, Sea Around Us, small-scale fisheries

Grey Whales — the other Pacific Northwest resident whale

Grey Whales — the other Pacific Northwest resident whale

Grey whales face many threats ranging from entanglements and ship strikes, to loss of habitat and reduced prey availability. Researchers are collecting data this summer needed to quantify and mitigate these threats.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, British Columbia, IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, whales

Southern resident killer whales not getting enough to eat since 2018

Southern resident killer whales not getting enough to eat since 2018

The animals have been in an energy deficit, averaged across spring, summer and fall, for six of the last 40 years.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with British Columbia, Carl Walters, climate change, faculty, food security, IOF students, killer whales, Pacific, salmon, sea lions, Villy Christensen, whales

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

UBC students take on the Strait of Georgia

UBC students take on the Strait of Georgia

Students from IOF and other departments at UBC headed off on a whale-watching adventure.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews | Tagged with grey whales, IOF Student Society, IOF students, sea lions, whale-watching, whales

Researchers deploy a new tool to study Chinook salmon fat content on the Fraser River

Researchers deploy a new tool to study Chinook salmon fat content on the Fraser River

A Chinook with a short migration to Harrison Lake may offer half the calories to a resident killer whale as a similarly sized Chinook headed to the headwaters of the Fraser River.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Brian Hunt, British Columbia, fish, fish stocks, fisheries management, IOF students, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, salmon

New measurements shows seadragons grow slowly, but in a fashion similar to other bony fish

New measurements shows seadragons grow slowly, but in a fashion similar to other bony fish

Despite their odd shape, which makes them resemble a tuft of seaweed, common and leafy seadragons grow in the same fashion as other bony fish, new research has found.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, faculty, IOF students, physiology, Research, Sea Around Us, seadragons, seahorses

Jellyfish researcher Jessica Schaub to take “international tour” thanks to Hugh Morris Fellowship

Jellyfish researcher Jessica Schaub to take “international tour” thanks to Hugh Morris Fellowship

Schaub has received a fellowship that will enable her to visit four countries where she will deepen her understanding of jellyfish.

Posted in 2022, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with awards, IOF students, jellyfish

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 | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, birds, British Columbia, coastline, FCRR, fish, fish stocks, fishing practices, Indigenous fisheries, IOF students, ocean ecology, Publications, Research, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Villy Christensen, whales

Grey Whale Watching in Baja California Sur, Mexico

Grey Whale Watching in Baja California Sur, Mexico

It’s that time of year again, when people and grey whales head to the lagoons of Baja California Sur for the annual winter event.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Mexico, whales

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