Global marine fisheries catches declining by 1.2 million metric tons every year
The Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries, released by IOF’s Sea Around Us project, looks at global catches, country-by-country, and explores the consequences of this decline, food security, and the steps that can be taken to ease the situation.
Daniel Pauly named UBC University Killam Professor
The University Killam Professor is the highest honour UBC can bestow on a faculty member. Dr. Daniel Pauly is an internationally celebrated fisheries scientist, professor in UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, and currently the Principal Investigator of the Sea Around Us Project.
Daniel Pauly named Legend of Canadian Fisheries Science and Management
The Canadian Aquatic Resources Section (CARS) of the American Fisheries Society has named Dr. Daniel Pauly a “Legend of Canadian Fisheries Science and Management.”
West Africa fisheries experts welcomed
Fisheries scientists and experts from Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Cape-Verde, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, and Sierra Leone will attend a capacity-building workshop at UBC. Updates added.
30 per cent of global fish catch unreported
Countries drastically underreport the number of fish caught worldwide, according to a new study, and the numbers obscure a significant decline in the total catch.
New data on reported and unreported marine catches now available online
The new web platform provides the first comprehensive coverage of both reported and unreported fish caught by every country in the world.
Global trends show seabird populations dropped 70 per cent since 1950s
The dramatic decline is caused by an number of factors including overfishing, fishing gear entanglements, pollution, invasive predators, habitat change, and climate change.