2021 World Ocean Day – Dr. Jacqueline Maud
Marine protected areas aim to preserve ecosystem health in the oceans from the top down; Maud’s research looks at the ecosystem more from the bottom-up, and thinks that MPAs can “be tricky.”
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.
IOF researchers use salmon scales to track sockeye in the high seas
Knowing where different salmon stocks forage will be essential for identifying the unique environmental threats they will face as oceans become more inhospitable due to climate change and other cumulative impacts.
STUDENT PROFILE: Natalie Benoit
Benoit’s field research is based in the Strait of Georgia and Johnstone Strait, where she collects samples of environmental DNA – eDNA is microscopic pieces of genetic material left behind when the fish travel through water – from Pacific salmon.
Salmon diet database gives researchers a new “window into the lives of salmon”
The database fill gaps in scientists’ understanding of the late marine phase of the salmon life cycle
You are what you eat is as important for BC’s fish as it is for people – UBC study
By determining the availability of high-quality prey for these commercially important groups of fish we can improve estimates of herring and salmon productivity
Gulf of Alaska 2020 Expedition update
A second research expedition to study the winter ecology of salmon in the Gulf of Alaska is underway.
Women in Science 2020 – Vanessa Fladmark
The only thing stopping you is you: once you get out of your own way an entire universe of possibilities opens up.
Salmon Science Expo
Pelagic Ecosystems Lab researchers engage with community at Gulf of Georgia Cannery
Studying the Spring salmon to help protect BC ecosystems
Chinook, also known as Spring salmon, stocks in have been in decline, which has implications for entire BC marine food web