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Long-term studies quantify the prey requirements of pinnipeds, and help predict the effects of nutritional stress

Long-term studies quantify the prey requirements of pinnipeds, and help predict the effects of nutritional stress

Two new studies by Dr. David Rosen answer the question: “How much fish does a seal need?”

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with David Rosen, faculty, Marine Mammal Research Unit, marine mammals, MMean Lab, physiology, pinnipeds, Research, seals, Vancouver Aquarium

Nearly half of countries’ shared fish stocks are on the move due to climate change, prompting dispute concerns

Nearly half of countries’ shared fish stocks are on the move due to climate change, prompting dispute concerns

The study tracked the shifting ranges of 9,132 transboundary fish stocks, which account for 80 per cent of catch taken from the world’s EEZs, starting in 2006 and projecting to the year 2100.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with climate change, Colette Wabnitz, CORU, fish stocks, Gabriel Reygondeau, IOF Research Associates, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Research, William Cheung

Changes in the international trade in live seahorses (Hippocampus spp.) after their listing on CITES Appendix II

Changes in the international trade in live seahorses (Hippocampus spp.) after their listing on CITES Appendix II

This new Fisheries Centre Research Report (FCRR) investigates the international live trade in seahorses.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, CITES, faculty, FCRR, IOF Research Associates, IUCN, Project Seahorse, Publications, Research, Sarah Foster, seahorses

Estimating the biomass of commercially exploited fisheries stocks left in the ocean

Estimating the biomass of commercially exploited fisheries stocks left in the ocean

This new Fisheries Centre Research Report (FCRR) presents the key results of a multi-year activity of the Sea Around Us devoted to assessing the status of marine fisheries globally.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, faculty, FCRR, fish stocks, Publications, Research, Sea Around Us

Crowdfunding for kelp research

Crowdfunding for kelp research

PhD student, Salome Buglass, is crowdfunding to support her research on an extensive mesophotic kelp forest found in the Galapagos.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with crowdfunding, fieldwork, fundraiser, Galápagos, IOF students, kelp, Research

You can’t beat a healthy heart

You can’t beat a healthy heart

New research is shedding light on the hearts of healthy marine mammals, and how they compare to human hearts

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, MMean Lab, pinnipeds, Research, sea lions

Massive “ensemble” climate modelling study includes work of multiple IOF researchers

Massive “ensemble” climate modelling study includes work of multiple IOF researchers

The project used nine different computer models, created by different teams around the world, to illustrate with greater clarity and range how ocean life will be impacted by Earth’s warming climate.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Ecopath with Ecosim (EWE), faculty, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IPBES, IPCC, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Modelling, Research, Villy Christensen, William Cheung

“Race to jellyfish” leaves Mexican fishery in turbulent water

“Race to jellyfish” leaves Mexican fishery in turbulent water

Over the last 20 years, interest in cannonball jellyfish in the Gulf of California, Mexico exploded when Chinese investors saw that the area was a hot spot for the species.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with fisheries management, jellyfish, Lucas Brotz, Mexico, Research, Sea Around Us

What really makes fish become sexually active

What really makes fish become sexually active

“What I think really makes fish spawn for the first time is the increasing oxygen stress that growing fish experience,” Daniel Pauly said

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with biology, Daniel Pauly, faculty, fish, Research, Sea Around Us

Shedding light on mysterious jellyfish diets

Shedding light on mysterious jellyfish diets

We think of jellyfish as not being picky eaters, but in this case, it seemed that they didn’t like feeding on a single diet.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Brian Hunt, faculty, food webs, IOF students, jellyfish, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, Research, Vancouver Aquarium

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