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

Sachi Wickramasinghe
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Email: sachi.wickramasinghe_at_ubc.ca
Office: 604-822-4636

Nereus Program

Impact of climate change on tropical fisheries would create ripples across the world

Impact of climate change on tropical fisheries would create ripples across the world

Tropical oceans and fisheries are threatened by climate change, generating impacts that will affect the sustainable development of both local economies and communities, and regions outside the tropics.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, CORU, fish, fish stocks, fisheries economics, food security, Marine catches, Nereus Program, Pacific, Rashid Sumaila, Vicky Lam, William Cheung

IOF joins the Nippon Foundation’s Ocean Nexus Center

IOF joins the Nippon Foundation’s Ocean Nexus Center

Ocean Nexus research at IOF will focus on marine pollution and ocean acidification, and on social and economic measures related to the ‘Blue Economy’

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor, Blue economy, Nereus Program, Nippon Foundation, Ocean Nexus, pollution

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, Research | Tagged with Aquaculture, Climate change, CORU, Faculty, fisheries management, IOF postdoctoral fellows, mariculture, Muhammed Oyinlola, Nereus Program, Research, William Cheung

Image: “Aquaculture” by Michael Chu, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

FCRR – Dynamic Integrated Marine Climate, Biodiversity, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Seafood Market Model (DIVERSE)

This report documents a newly developed model to project future pathways to seafood sustainability under global change.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor, Colette Wabnitz, CORU, Faculty, FCRR, Gabriel Reygondeau, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Lydia Teh, Muhammed Oyinlola, Nereus Program, Oa Li Chen, Publications, Research, Vicky Lam, William Cheung

Colette Wabnitz

Colette Wabnitz is co-Guest Editor of Marine Policy Special Issue on Ocean Finance

She, with Robert Blasiak (Stockholm Resilience Centre), are guest editors of the issue, and also wrote about how funding for ocean conservation and sustainable fisheries is rapidly changing and evolving beyond official traditional assistance (ODA) and philanthropy.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews | Tagged with Colette Wabnitz, fisheries economics, fisheries management, IOF Research Associates, Nereus Program, Publications

Rapidly changing Arctic fisheries potential requires comprehensive management

Rapidly changing Arctic fisheries potential requires comprehensive management

Unmitigated climate change could net fisheries in the Arctic 37 times more fish than current annual catch amounts by the end of the century

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Arctic, Canada, Climate change, Faculty, fish stocks, fisheries management, Indigenous fisheries, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Nereus Program, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila

Climate impacts on the ocean are making Sustainable Development Goals harder to achieve

Climate impacts on the ocean are making Sustainable Development Goals harder to achieve

In other words, climate change is not just an environmental problem, but one that inhibits our ability to tackle other social issues.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, CORU, Faculty, food security, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Nereus Program, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), William Cheung

Understanding the data about data: How metadatabases could improve Mexico’s ocean management

Understanding the data about data: How metadatabases could improve Mexico’s ocean management

Analyzing this data can reveal knowledge trends and identify gaps for future research, and help stakeholders make the best choices for conserving Mexico’s oceans.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor, FERU, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Nereus Program, Research

Greater conservation efforts needed to protect Galápagos bird populations, a new study shows

Greater conservation efforts needed to protect Galápagos bird populations, a new study shows

Researchers found that unless current conservation measures are increased, the birds’ future conservation is precarious.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, Conservation, IOF Research Associates, Juan Jose Alava, Nereus Program, Research, seabirds

Achieving Paris climate target could net additional billions in fisheries revenue

Achieving Paris climate target could net additional billions in fisheries revenue

Achieving Agreement’s target could increase global fishers’ revenues by $4.6 billion annually.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, CORU, Faculty, FERU, fisheries economics, IOF students, Nereus Program, OceanCanada, Paris Agreement, Rashid Sumaila, Research, Species distribution, William Cheung

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