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

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Office: 604-822-4636

Overfishing

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 | Tagged with cod, fish stocks, Overfishing, Research

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, Webinars | Tagged with Anna Schuhbauer, Daniel Skerritt, Faculty, fishing practices, Industrial fishing, Overfishing, Rashid Sumaila, Research, Small-scale fisheries, Subsidies, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), 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, 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, Research, 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 | Tagged with Daniel Skerritt, Faculty, fish, fish stocks, fishing practices, Industrial fishing, Overfishing, Rashid Sumaila, Research, 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 | Tagged with Climate change, CORU, food webs, Gabriel Reygondeau, IOF students, Marine ecosystems, Modelling, Overfishing, Research, William Cheung

Fisheries managers should not abuse Maximum Sustainable Yield

Fisheries managers should not abuse Maximum Sustainable Yield

The Sea Around Us’ Daniel Pauly, and Rainer Froese, senior scientist at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, talk about their recent paper “MSY needs no epitaph—but it was abused”.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, fish stocks, fisheries management, MSY, Overfishing, Research, Sea Around Us, Sustainability

Climate change to cause dramatic drop in Persian Gulf biodiversity and fisheries catch potential

Climate change to cause dramatic drop in Persian Gulf biodiversity and fisheries catch potential

Among the eight countries that comprise the Gulf, the UAE is expected to perform the worst, with a projected loss of 45 per cent of its catch potential.

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, Colette Wabnitz, CORU, Faculty, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Overfishing, Sea Around Us, William Cheung

Shareholders in fishing companies at risk from fisheries over-exploitation: research

Shareholders in fishing companies at risk from fisheries over-exploitation: research

The report, produced by the Fish Tracker Initiative in collaboration with the Sea Around Us, states that 32% of the 97 stocks targeted by fishing giants are overfished.

Posted in 2017, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with FishTracker, IOF students, Overfishing, Sea Around Us, Supply chain

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