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

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Research

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

New sea garden story map showcases Indigenous mariculture practices across the Pacific

New sea garden story map showcases Indigenous mariculture practices across the Pacific

The living map synthesizes information about ancestral mariculture across the Pacific Ocean and describes the work that a number of communities are undertaking to reawaken diverse sea gardens.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Daniel Pauly, Faculty, Indigenous fisheries, mariculture, Pacific, Research, Sea Around Us

Decoding the secret lives of killer whales one micro-second at a time

Decoding the secret lives of killer whales one micro-second at a time

Using methods to detect when the animals are catching prey and to model their energy expenditure will be key to understanding the differences between these neighbouring whale populations.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Animal movement, Faculty, Marie Auger-Methe, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Research, SERG, statistical ecology, tagging, whales

Expect to see more squid and less sockeye salmon on “climate changed” menus

Expect to see more squid and less sockeye salmon on “climate changed” menus

Vancouver seafood lovers may see more Humboldt squid but less sockeye salmon on restaurant menus in the near future due to climate change.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Climate change, Faculty, fish stocks, Research, salmon, squid, William Cheung

International Year of the Salmon Expedition helps IOF researchers map North Pacific food webs

International Year of the Salmon Expedition helps IOF researchers map North Pacific food webs

For scientists in the IOF’s Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, the trip represents a chance to trace the outline of North Pacific food webs, in which salmon play a central role as both predator and prey.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, IYSExpedition, News Release | Tagged with Anna McLaskey, Brian Hunt, Faculty, food webs, Genyffer Troina, Gulf of Alaska, International Year of the Salmon, IOF postdoctoral fellows, jellyfish, plankton, Research, salmon, squid, zooplankton

New measurements shows seadragons grow slowly, but in a fashion similar to other bony fish

New measurements shows seadragons grow slowly, but in a fashion similar to other bony fish

Despite their odd shape, which makes them resemble a tuft of seaweed, common and leafy seadragons grow in the same fashion as other bony fish, new research has found.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Faculty, IOF students, physiology, Research, Sea Around Us, seadragons, seahorses

Sea sponges need oxygen, as fish and people do

Sea sponges need oxygen, as fish and people do

New research indicates that sea sponges’ growth depends on their oxygen supply, in a manner similar to more complex animals such as fishes.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Faculty, GOLT, Research, Sea Around Us, sponges

CITES makes a difference to the trade in live seahorses

CITES makes a difference to the trade in live seahorses

Project Seahorse reports on the first quantitative analysis of how CITES has influenced the international trade in marine fishes.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with CITES, international trade, IOF Research Associates, Project Seahorse, Research, Sarah Foster, seahorses

New FCRRs: Historical Ecology in Burrard Inlet and Reconstructing the pre-contact shoreline of Burrard Inlet

New FCRRs: Historical Ecology in Burrard Inlet and Reconstructing the pre-contact shoreline of Burrard Inlet

These two new Fisheries Centre Research Reports will help us understand the overpowering changes that colonial settlement and development has had on the marine ecosystems surrounding the Lower Mainland area of British Columbia.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, birds, British Columbia, Coastline, FCRR, fish, fish stocks, fishing practices, Indigenous fisheries, IOF students, Ocean ecology, Publications, Research, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Villy Christensen, whales

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

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