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

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A few missing fish: US West Coast recreational and discarded catches

A few missing fish: US West Coast recreational and discarded catches

United States of America lacks international reporting of recreational catches and fish discarded at sea, which may hinder proper ecosystem-based management efforts

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Dirk Zeller, fisheries management, Marine catches, Research, salmon, Sea Around Us

Blue herons identified as a significant juvenile salmon predator

Blue herons identified as a significant juvenile salmon predator

Looking for predators that ate salmon, an Indigenous biologist suggested looking at heron. Discarded tags proved Pacific great blue herons could be scooping up as many as 3-6% of all juvenile salmon.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, birds, British Columbia, Faculty, herons, Indigenous fisheries, IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Research, salmon, seabirds

Harbour seals respond differently to pulses of out-migrating coho and Chinook salmon smolts

Harbour seals respond differently to pulses of out-migrating coho and Chinook salmon smolts

UBC researchers set out to determine who was eating juvenile salmon, and when and where it was occurring by capturing and tracking harbour seals that carried cell-phone-like devices that recorded everything and everywhere the seals went.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Marine Mammal Research Unit, Research, salmon, seals

Feast and famine for juvenile salmon as they navigate BC’s complex coastal waters

Feast and famine for juvenile salmon as they navigate BC’s complex coastal waters

Zooplankton communities are profoundly shaped by BC’s complicated coastlines, creating a mosaic of foraging conditions for the juvenile salmon that depend on them for sustenance.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Evgeny Pakhomov, food webs, Hakai Institute, Pacific, plankton, salmon

IOF researchers use salmon scales to track sockeye in the high seas

IOF researchers use salmon scales to track sockeye in the high seas

Knowing where different salmon stocks forage will be essential for identifying the unique environmental threats they will face as oceans become more inhospitable due to climate change and other cumulative impacts.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Animal movement, Brian Hunt, Evgeny Pakhomov, Pacific, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Research, salmon, Species distribution

STUDENT PROFILE: Natalie Benoit

STUDENT PROFILE: Natalie Benoit

Benoit’s field research is based in the Strait of Georgia and Johnstone Strait, where she collects samples of environmental DNA – eDNA is microscopic pieces of genetic material left behind when the fish travel through water – from Pacific salmon.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews | Tagged with Fieldwork, Hakai Institute, IOF students, Pacific, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, salmon

Salmon diet database gives researchers a new “window into the lives of salmon”

Salmon diet database gives researchers a new “window into the lives of salmon”

The database fill gaps in scientists’ understanding of the late marine phase of the salmon life cycle

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Brian Hunt, Evgeny Pakhomov, Faculty, food webs, IOF students, Pacific, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, Research, salmon, Species distribution

New footage gives whale’s-eye view of northern and southern resident orcas

New footage gives whale’s-eye view of northern and southern resident orcas

UBC and Hakai Institute researchers have just returned from a 30-day research trip in the northern and southern waters of Vancouver Island, where they gathered stunning new aerial and underwater footage of northern and southern resident killer whales that offers an unparalleled glimpse into the underwater lives of these whales. The research is part of […]

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, British Columbia, Faculty, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Marine mammals, Research, salmon, Sarah Fortune, whales

You are what you eat is as important for BC’s fish as it is for people – UBC study

You are what you eat is as important for BC’s fish as it is for people – UBC study

By determining the availability of high-quality prey for these commercially important groups of fish we can improve estimates of herring and salmon productivity

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Brian Hunt, British Columbia, David Costalago, Faculty, food webs, Herring, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Research, salmon

Gulf of Alaska 2020 Expedition update

Gulf of Alaska 2020 Expedition update

A second research expedition to study the winter ecology of salmon in the Gulf of Alaska is underway.

Posted in 2020, IOFNews, IYSExpedition, News Release | Tagged with Brian Hunt, Evgeny Pakhomov, International Year of the Salmon, IOF students, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Research, salmon

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