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Email: k.came_at_oceans.ubc.ca
Office: 604-827-4325

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Office: 604-UBC-NEWS [604-822-6397]

OceanCanada

Dr. Rashid Sumaila

Rashid Sumaila wins RSC’s Miroslaw Romanowski Medal for scientific work relating to environmental problems

Prof. Sumaila is a UBC University Killam Professor, Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Interdisciplinary Ocean and Fisheries Economics, and one of the world’s most innovative researchers on the future of the oceans.

Posted in 2022, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Awards, environment, FERU, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila

Dr. Rashid Sumaila wins SSHRC’s Impact Award, Partnership Category

Dr. Rashid Sumaila wins SSHRC’s Impact Award, Partnership Category

Prof. Sumaila is one of the world’s most innovative researchers on the future of the oceans. He is also Project Director of the SSHRC sponsored OceanCanada Partnership (OCP), and it is for his work with this unit that he won the SSHRC Impact Partnership Award.

Posted in 2021, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Awards, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila, SSHRC

Global demand for aquatic foods set to nearly double by 2050

Global demand for aquatic foods set to nearly double by 2050

Improvements to aquaculture production, lower prices, and changing cultural preferences expected to drive up demand for fish, seafood and seaweed, according to new research.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Blue Food Assessment, Climate change, Faculty, FERU, food security, food webs, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila

Dr. Rashid Sumaila

Rashid Sumaila named University Killam Professor

The University Killam Professorship is the highest honour that UBC can confer on a faculty member, and recognizes exceptional teachers and researchers who are leaders in their fields.

Posted in 2021, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Awards, Faculty, FERU, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila

How small-scale fishers are struggling amid COVID-19 crisis

How small-scale fishers are struggling amid COVID-19 crisis

Researchers explored the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on small-scale fisheries in Canada and worldwide, and provided recommendations on how to support them.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, COVID-19, Indigenous fisheries, IOF Research Associates, Nathan Bennett, OceanCanada, pandemic, Small-scale fisheries

Fisherwomen contribute tonnes of fish, billions of dollars to global fisheries

Fisherwomen contribute tonnes of fish, billions of dollars to global fisheries

UBC study assembled and presented the first quantitative estimates of catch by women and the associated value of what is brought to shore, on a global scale.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Faculty, FERU, fisheries economics, Gender, IOF postdoctoral fellows, OceanCanada, Sarah Harper, Sea Around Us, Small-scale fisheries, Women

Billions lost as illicit fisheries trade hurting nations who can afford it least

Billions lost as illicit fisheries trade hurting nations who can afford it least

Eight to 14 million tonnes of unreported fish catches are traded illicitly every year, costing the legitimate market between $9 and $17 billion in trade each year.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, FERU, fish stocks, fisheries management, Illegal fishing, IUU, Marine catches, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila, Sea Around Us

Dr. Rashid Sumaila

Co-creating a shared vision for Canada’s oceans

Dr. Rashid Sumaila recognized the need to understand and address the threats facing Canada’s Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans and coastal regions and to develop a shared vision for their future

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, Research | Tagged with Canada, Faculty, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila

Achieving a safe and just future for the ocean economy

Achieving a safe and just future for the ocean economy

With economic potential of the oceans expected to double to US$3 trillion by 2030, growth should be effectively managed so that it is sustainable and equitable.

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Blue economy, Climate change, Faculty, fisheries economics, IOF Research Associates, Nathan Bennett, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila, Sustainability

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

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