Ensuring individual transferable quotas benefit fisheries and the environment
Rashid Sumaila proposes various policy changes to help fishers benefit from ITQs while minimizing their negative impacts.
Achieving Paris climate target could net additional billions in fisheries revenue
Achieving Agreement’s target could increase global fishers’ revenues by $4.6 billion annually.
Rashid Sumaila wins UBC’s President’s Award for Public Education through Media
This award celebrates active sharing of research through the news media
The impact of global, future change on the lives of Tonle Sap inhabitants
Researchers explored the vulnerabilities of Cambodian lake fishers by examining their livelihood activities and responses to different scenarios of future change.
Nathan Bennett wins 2018 Early Career Conservationist award
Bennett is a postdoctoral fellow with the OceanCanada partnership and won this award for advancing the role of social science on conservation policy
Fishackathon 2018
Teams gathered for a weekend to build practical tech solutions to endemic problems defined by the world’s most respected fisheries experts
UN starts a Conservation Treaty for the High Seas
“Restricting fisheries activities to coastal waters is economically and environmentally sensible,” said Dr. Rashid Sumaila in a National Geographic article.
Rashid Sumaila receives Volvo Environment Prize
He was presented with this prestigious award at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on November 29, 2017.
UBC professor wins Volvo Environment Prize
The 2017 Volvo Environment Prize has been awarded to Dr. Rashid Sumaila, professor in UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries for his innovative work in fisheries economics and sustainable governance of ocean resources.
Initiatives to strengthen climate change adaptation in Africa – Cape Town
World Bank technical consultation meeting discusses project to understand the likely impact of climate change through fisheries in African countries