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Food quality matters for southern resident killer whales, UBC study states

Food quality matters for southern resident killer whales, UBC study states

If southern resident killer whales ate just low-lipid salmon, they would have to eat around 80,000 more Chinook salmon every year than if they just ate high-lipid salmon.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with biology, Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Faculty, fish, fish stocks, food webs, IOF students, Pacific, salmon, whales

The DNA of salmon heritage

The DNA of salmon heritage

Two UBC researchers are exploring the problem of dwindling salmon runs from opposite ends of the knowledge continuum—cutting edge genomics, and empirical evidence gathered over millennia by the Indigenous Peoples of the coast.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, Andrea Reid, British Columbia, Centre for Indigenous Fisheries, CORU, Gideon Mordecai, Indigenous fisheries, IOF Research Associates, public health, salmon, viruses

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

Food quality might be key for juvenile sockeye salmon growth and survival

Food quality might be key for juvenile sockeye salmon growth and survival

The quality of food sockeye salmon eat along their migration routes is more important to their growth and condition than quantity, a new study has found, highlighting concerns about the effects of climate change on ocean conditions and salmon.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Faculty, fish, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Jessica Garzke, salmon, zooplankton

Expect shorter food chains in more productive coastal ecosystems

Expect shorter food chains in more productive coastal ecosystems

“We provided evidence for bottom-up omnivory in nutrient-rich temperate pelagic ecosystems, where food chain length is determined by the level of diatom production,” said Jacob Lerner. “This is very different from the global model for pelagic ecosystems.”

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with biology, Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Faculty, fish, food webs, IOF students, Krill, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, salmon, zooplankton

BC is facing a steep decline in sockeye salmon

BC is facing a steep decline in sockeye salmon

The sockeye population has been in decline for a century – since 1913, returns in the Skeena River have dropped by 75% – and while there are many factors at play, says Dr. William Cheung, “climate change is definitely one of them.”

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with British Columbia, Christopher Harley, CORU, ecosystems, Faculty, Indigenous fisheries, Indigenous Knowledge, Marine ecosystems, salmon, seafood, shellfish, William Cheung

Southern resident killer whales not getting enough to eat since 2018

Southern resident killer whales not getting enough to eat since 2018

The animals have been in an energy deficit, averaged across spring, summer and fall, for six of the last 40 years.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with British Columbia, Carl Walters, Climate change, Faculty, food security, IOF students, Pacific, salmon, sea lions, Villy Christensen, whales

World Oceans Week 2022 – Kasey Stirling

World Oceans Week 2022 – Kasey Stirling

Stirling works with six Lower Fraser First Nations for her project, which investigates how single-celled algae may be linked to salmon abundance. Although Indigenous Peoples are increasingly working collectively to solve environmental problems that affect Earth’s oceans, challenges remain when it comes to collaborating with the Canadian government, she says.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Centre for Indigenous Fisheries, Kasey Stirling, salmon, World Ocean Day

Elders share knowledge of profound wild Pacific salmon decline

Elders share knowledge of profound wild Pacific salmon decline

Elders reported that salmon catches are one sixth what they were 50 to 70 years ago, and that the loss of salmon had taken a toll on their communities, especially their ability to teach young people about the fish.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrea Reid, Centre for Indigenous Fisheries, Indigenous Knowledge, salmon

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, Research | Tagged with Climate change, Faculty, fish stocks, salmon, squid, William Cheung

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