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How sustainable is tuna? New global catch database exposes dangerous fishing trends

How sustainable is tuna? New global catch database exposes dangerous fishing trends

Are our current tuna fishing habits sustainable? Probably not, according to a new global database of tuna catches developed by Sea Around Us

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with fisheries management, fishing practices, marine catches, Sea Around Us, tuna

Q&A with Daniel Pauly of Sea Around Us

Q&A with Daniel Pauly of Sea Around Us

For World Oceans Day 2019, we sat down with Dr. Pauly and ask him a little bit about Sea Around Us and what he hopes to achieve with his work.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, faculty, fisheries management, marine catches, Research, Sea Around Us

How choosing fish and seafood for dinner impacts carbon emissions

How choosing fish and seafood for dinner impacts carbon emissions

Choosing fish over pork, beef or lamb can be a more sustainable choice as fewer greenhouse gas emissions are produced.

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with climate change, fishing practices, IOF postdoctoral fellows, marine catches, Robert Parker, sustainability

“An Ocean Mystery: The Missing Catch” screening

“An Ocean Mystery: The Missing Catch” screening

The award-winning ocean conservation film will screen at UBC on April 28, 2017. RSVP REQUIRED.

Posted in IOFNews | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, faculty, marine catches, Sea Around Us, Seminars and events, sustainability

Fish evolve by playing it safe

Fish evolve by playing it safe

New research supports the creation of more marine reserves in the world’s oceans because fish can evolve to be more cautious and stay away from fishing nets.

Posted in 2017, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with climate change, Daniel Pauly, faculty, fish, marine catches, physiology, Sea Around Us

For Indigenous communities, fish mean much more than food

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.

Posted in 2017, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Indigenous fisheries, IOF Research Associates, marine catches, Nereus Program, Yoshitaka Ota

Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller receive Ocean Award

Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller receive Ocean Award

Dr. Daniel Pauly and Dr. Dirk Zeller received the Ocean Award in the Science category for their contributions to marine conservation and ocean health.

Posted in 2017, IOF Honours, News Release | Tagged with awards, Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, faculty, marine catches, Sea Around Us

Global climate target could net additional six million tons of fish annually

Global climate target could net additional six million tons of fish annually

The researchers found that some oceans are more sensitive to changes in temperature, and will have substantially larger gains from achieving the Paris Agreement.

Posted in 2016, News Release | Tagged with climate change, faculty, Gabriel Reygondeau, IOF postdoctoral fellows, marine catches, Nereus Program, William Cheung

Seafood consumption 15 times higher among Indigenous than non-Indigenous people

Seafood consumption 15 times higher among Indigenous than non-Indigenous people

In the first global-scale analysis of its kind, the study estimated that coastal Indigenous people consume 74 kilograms of seafood per capita, compared to the global average of 19 kilograms.

Posted in 2016, News Release | Tagged with Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor, Indigenous fisheries, IOF Research Associates, marine catches, Nereus Program, Yoshitaka Ota

Global marine fisheries catches declining by 1.2 million metric tons every year

Global marine fisheries catches declining by 1.2 million metric tons every year

The Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries, released by IOF’s Sea Around Us project, looks at global catches, country-by-country, and explores the consequences of this decline, food security, and the steps that can be taken to ease the situation.

Posted in 2016, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, faculty, fisheries management, marine catches, Publications, Sea Around Us

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