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Rashid Sumaila

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Dr. Daniel Pauly and Dr. Rashid Sumaila talk about race, career, and research.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Rashid Sumaila, Sea Around Us

For a prosperous Blue Economy, everyone must be involved

For a prosperous Blue Economy, everyone must be involved

Women make up 85% of ocean sectors, but are invisible in fisheries management positions, with marine policies often undermining their livelihoods and wellbeing. They are often not included in any decision-making processes and their dependency and contributions to the Blue Economy are neglected.

Posted in News Release, Research | Tagged with Blue economy, caacity building, Equity and Diversity, FERU, fisheries economics, Ibrahim Issifu, Ilyass Dahmouni, IOF postdoctoral fellows, marginalized groups, Rashid Sumaila, Women

2023 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement: Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila are winners

2023 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement: Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila are winners

The UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries professors say winning this prize gives them an opportunity to spread an urgent and evidence-based message: all fishing on the high seas should be banned.

Posted in 2023, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Awards, Biodiversity, Conservation, Daniel Pauly, environment, High Seas, Overfishing, Rashid Sumaila

Dr.  Rashid Sumaila named as 2022 AAAS Fellow

Dr. Rashid Sumaila named as 2022 AAAS Fellow

AAAS has elected Dr. Rashid Sumaila to the newest class of Fellows.

Posted in 2023, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Awards, Rashid Sumaila

Rashid Sumaila appointed as co-Editor in Chief of npj Ocean Sustainability journal

Dr. Rashid Sumaila was appointed co-Editor in Chief of the newly launched npj Ocean Sustainability journal, part of the Nature Group family, which is dedicated to research on the multiple dimensions of ocean sustainability.

Posted in IOF Honours | Tagged with Publications, Rashid Sumaila

Op-ed: To Prove its Climate and Biodiversity Ambitions the EU Must Protect the Ocean’s Carbon Engineers

Op-ed: To Prove its Climate and Biodiversity Ambitions the EU Must Protect the Ocean’s Carbon Engineers

An op-ed article by Drs. William Cheung and Rashid Sumaila regarding the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP15, that is currently taking place opened in Montreal.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Biodiversity, carbon footprint, Climate change, conferences, COP15, CORU, Faculty, FERU, Rashid Sumaila, Solving FCB, William Cheung

Kx Spotlight – Collaboration, the key to fighting climate change

Kx Spotlight – Collaboration, the key to fighting climate change

With partnerships spanning across disciplines, sectors and borders, and with academics and non-academics (including Indigenous communities, NGOs, policy makers, businesses and media) collaboration is at the centre of their work.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Biodiversity, biology, Climate change, CORU, Faculty, FERU, fisheries economics, knowledge exchange, ocean economy, Rashid Sumaila, UBC, William Cheung

Expecting aquaculture to ‘feed the world’ may be unrealistic, UBC-led study shows

Expecting aquaculture to ‘feed the world’ may be unrealistic, UBC-led study shows

Trends in global aquaculture growth rates reveal that the 101 million tonnes of farmed fish intergovernmental bodies expect countries to produce by 2030 may be unrealistic.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Aquaculture, Daniel Pauly, fish, fish farms, fish stocks, Rashid Sumaila, Sea Around Us

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

Seafood farming’s growth rate has already peaked, and now it’s in decline

The growth rate of seafood farming worldwide peaked in 1996 according to new UBC research, highlighting the importance of rebuilding wild fish stocks to feed future demand.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Aquaculture, Faculty, fish, fish farms, fish stocks, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Muhammed Oyinlola, Rashid Sumaila, salmon

New Working Paper: A rich analysis of the economic, social and environmental effects of harmful fisheries at the ecosystem level

New Working Paper: A rich analysis of the economic, social and environmental effects of harmful fisheries at the ecosystem level

The effects of harmful fisheries subsidies in three marine ecosystems, chosen for their importance in terms of food security, size and diversity; and three different management scenarios are examined.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, Research | Tagged with Climate change, Faculty, fisheries economics, fisheries management, food security, food webs, IOF Research Associates, nutrition, pollution, Publications, Rashid Sumaila, Vicky Lam, William Cheung, Zeyu Zeng

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