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Katherine Came
Communications Manager
Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Email: k.came_at_oceans.ubc.ca
Office: 604-827-4325

Alex Walls
Media Relations Specialist
UBC Media Relations
Email: alex.walls_at_ubc.ca
Office: 604-822-4636

Marine catches

“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

Falling fish catches could mean malnutrition in the developing world

Falling fish catches could mean malnutrition in the developing world

Global fish catches peaked in 1996, while the Earth’s human population is expected to rise through 2050, from the current 7.3 billion to between nine and 10 billion.

Posted in 2016, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Faculty, fisheries management, food security, Marine catches, Nereus Program, William Cheung

30 per cent of global fish catch unreported

30 per cent of global fish catch unreported

Countries drastically underreport the number of fish caught worldwide, according to a new study, and the numbers obscure a significant decline in the total catch.

Posted in 2016, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, Faculty, fisheries economics, fisheries management, Marine catches, Sea Around Us

New data on reported and unreported marine catches now available online

New data on reported and unreported marine catches now available online

The new web platform provides the first comprehensive coverage of both reported and unreported fish caught by every country in the world.

Posted in 2015, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, Faculty, fisheries management, Marine catches, Sea Around Us

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