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First ever global map of fishmeal and fish oil factories exposes industry’s footprint

First ever global map of fishmeal and fish oil factories exposes industry’s footprint

UBC study has revealed the global distribution of fishmeal and fish oil factories for the first time, shedding light on a critical area of the aquaculture supply chain

Posted in 2025, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aquaculture, Faculty, FERU, fish oil, fishmeal, global policy, industrial production, IOF students, mariculture, Rashid Sumaila, Research, wild caught fish

Low-income countries could lose 30% of nutrients like protein and omega-3 from seafood due to climate change

Low-income countries could lose 30% of nutrients like protein and omega-3 from seafood due to climate change

This could be reduced to a roughly 10% decline if the world were to meet the Paris Agreement targets of limiting global warming to 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius – which recent reports have shown we’re not on track to achieve.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aquaculture, CORU, diet, Faculty, IOF postdoctoral fellows, mariculture, Muhammed Oyinlola, nutrition, Paris Agreement, Research, Sea Around Us, seafood, Solving FCB, William Cheung

New sea garden story map showcases Indigenous mariculture practices across the Pacific

New sea garden story map showcases Indigenous mariculture practices across the Pacific

The living map synthesizes information about ancestral mariculture across the Pacific Ocean and describes the work that a number of communities are undertaking to reawaken diverse sea gardens.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Daniel Pauly, Faculty, Indigenous fisheries, mariculture, Pacific, Research, Sea Around Us

Farmed seafood supply at risk if we don’t act on climate change

Farmed seafood supply at risk if we don’t act on climate change

If we continue to burn fossil fuels at our current rate, the amount of seafood able to be farmed sustainably will increase by only 8% by 2050, and decline by 16% by 2090.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aquaculture, Climate change, Colette Wabnitz, CORU, fish, fish farms, fishmeal, Gabriel Reygondeau, mariculture, Muhammed Oyinlola, mussels, salmon, seafood, shellfish, Vicky Lam, William Cheung

Ocean fish farming in tropics and sub-tropics most impacted by climate change: UBC study

Ocean fish farming in tropics and sub-tropics most impacted by climate change: UBC study

Diners may soon find more farmed oysters and fewer Atlantic salmon on their plates as climate change warms Canada’s Pacific coast.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aquaculture, Climate change, CORU, Faculty, fisheries management, IOF postdoctoral fellows, mariculture, Muhammed Oyinlola, Nereus Program, Research, William Cheung

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