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

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Office: 604-822-4636

Overfishing

Researchers call for action to stop exploitation of Antarctic waters

Researchers call for action to stop exploitation of Antarctic waters

The critically important Southern Ocean is not being properly protected by its stewards, a distinguished group of scientists from around the globe have noted.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Antarctic, Antarctica, Faculty, fisheries management, IOF Research Associates, Krill, Louise Teh, Ocean governance, Overfishing, Rashid Sumaila, whales

IOF professors head to United Nations Ocean Conference

IOF professors head to United Nations Ocean Conference

Dr. William Cheung & Dr. Rashid Sumaila are off to Portugal for the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC), being held June 27 to July 1. Will participate in special side event: Fisheries Management as Climate Action, on June 26.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with CORU, FERU, IPCC, Marine protected areas, NGO, Overfishing, policy, Rashid Sumaila, United Nations (UN), William Cheung

Scientists urge WTO to ban subsidies that promote overfishing

Scientists urge WTO to ban subsidies that promote overfishing

Scientists are calling on the World Trade Organization (WTO) to ban subsidies that can cause overfishing at its meeting next week.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with fish stocks, Overfishing, Rashid Sumaila, Subsidies, World Trade Organization

Clues from decades-old studies shed light on Newfoundland and Labrador’s cod crisis

Clues from decades-old studies shed light on Newfoundland and Labrador’s cod crisis

Efforts to rebuild the stock should be focused all along Newfoundland and Labrador’s coast, not just in the south, says Dr. George Rose.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with cod, fish stocks, Overfishing

WEBINAR: Subsidizing extinction: Subsidies, Sustainable Development Goals and the World Trade Organization

WEBINAR: Subsidizing extinction: Subsidies, Sustainable Development Goals and the World Trade Organization

The video of this webinar is now available. Open this page to view.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research, Webinars | Tagged with Anna Schuhbauer, Daniel Skerritt, Faculty, fishing practices, Industrial fishing, Overfishing, Rashid Sumaila, Small-scale fisheries, Subsidies, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), video, webinar

Europe’s most valuable marine species “reduced to a fraction” of their current population size by 2100

Europe’s most valuable marine species “reduced to a fraction” of their current population size by 2100

Over one quarter of Europe’s 20 most highly-fished marine species will be under extreme pressure by 2100 if nothing is done to simultaneously halt climate change, overfishing, and mercury pollution

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, CORU, FERU, Ibrahim Issifu, Juan Jose Alava, Overfishing, pollution, Rashid Sumaila, Vicky Lam

World Ocean Day – Dr. Gabriel Reygondeau

World Ocean Day – Dr. Gabriel Reygondeau

Asking countries to carry an equal share of the load may be tidy from a legislative perspective, but it doesn’t do much for biodiversity

Posted in World Ocean Day 2021 | Tagged with Biodiversity, Conservation, CORU, fisheries economics, Gabriel Reygondeau, international trade, Marine protected areas, Overfishing, World Ocean Day

2021 World Ocean Week – June 7-11

2021 World Ocean Week – June 7-11

We asked ocean researchers from the IOF to envision how the target of protecting at least 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030 might be achieved.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research, World Ocean Day 2021 | Tagged with Blue economy, bottom trawling, Conservation, CORU, FERU, fisheries economics, food webs, Gabriel Reygondeau, Hakai Coastal Initiative, human dimensions, international trade, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF Research Associates, Jacqueline Maud, Louise Teh, Marine protected areas, Overfishing, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Project Seahorse, Sarah Foster, Sustainability, Vicky Lam, Women in Science, World Ocean Day, zooplankton

China and the E.U. aren’t the only ones to blame for harmful fisheries subsidies

China and the E.U. aren’t the only ones to blame for harmful fisheries subsidies

“Don’t think that just because you’re not providing six billion dollars that you’re not impacting, or potentially impacting the sustainability of the fish stock.”

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Daniel Skerritt, Faculty, fish, fish stocks, fishing practices, Industrial fishing, Overfishing, Rashid Sumaila, Subsidies, Sustainability

Ecosystem modelling paints a devastating picture for top marine predators by 2099

Ecosystem modelling paints a devastating picture for top marine predators by 2099

Without effective carbon mitigation the ocean would lose 18% of animal biomass by 2099 relative to the present day.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Climate change, CORU, food webs, Gabriel Reygondeau, IOF students, Marine ecosystems, Modelling, Overfishing, William Cheung

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