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How choosing fish and seafood for dinner impacts carbon emissions

How choosing fish and seafood for dinner impacts carbon emissions

Choosing fish over pork, beef or lamb can be a more sustainable choice as fewer greenhouse gas emissions are produced.

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with climate change, fishing practices, IOF postdoctoral fellows, marine catches, Robert Parker, sustainability

Small-scale fisheries have big impact on oceans

Small-scale fisheries have big impact on oceans

“We found that the influence from small-scale fisheries is far from small,” said Jennifer Selgrath, lead author.

Posted in 2017, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, faculty, IOF alumni, IOF students, Project Seahorse, small-scale fisheries, sustainability

Subsidies promote overfishing and hurt small-scale fishers worldwide

Subsidies promote overfishing and hurt small-scale fishers worldwide

Large-scale fisheries receive about four times more subsidies than their small-scale counterparts, with up to 60 per cent of those subsidies promoting overfishing.

Posted in 2017, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with faculty, FERU, IOF postdoctoral fellows, OceanCanada, Rashid Sumaila, small-scale fisheries, subsidies, sustainability

A healthy ocean will benefit global sustainable development

A healthy ocean will benefit global sustainable development

Restored ocean will alleviate poverty, provide jobs, and improve global health, finds new Nippon Foundation-UBC Nereus Program report

Posted in 2017, News Release | Tagged with biodiversity, climate change, faculty, food security, IOF Research Associates, Nereus Program, sustainability, William Cheung, Yoshitaka Ota

Marine conservation must consider human rights: An appeal for a code of conduct

Marine conservation must consider human rights: An appeal for a code of conduct

The impacts of marine protected areas can undermine people’s rights or stop them from their livelihoods

Posted in 2017, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with conservation, faculty, IOF Research Associates, Lydia Teh, Nereus Program, sustainability, William Cheung, Yoshitaka Ota

“An Ocean Mystery: The Missing Catch” screening

“An Ocean Mystery: The Missing Catch” screening

The award-winning ocean conservation film will screen at UBC on April 28, 2017. RSVP REQUIRED.

Posted in IOFNews | Tagged with Daniel Pauly, Dirk Zeller, faculty, marine catches, Sea Around Us, Seminars and events, sustainability

Better protection needed for Scott Islands marine National Wildlife Area, scientists urge

Better protection needed for Scott Islands marine National Wildlife Area, scientists urge

Signatories to the letter, sent to Hon. Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, include IOF’s Amanda Vincent, Daniel Pauly, Kai Chan, and Rashid Sumaila.

Posted in 2017, IOFNews | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, British Columbia, Daniel Pauly, faculty, Kai Chan, Marine protected areas, Rashid Sumaila, sustainability

Project Seahorse work leads to huge international change, as Thailand announces it is suspending seahorse exports.

Project Seahorse work leads to huge international change, as Thailand announces it is suspending seahorse exports.

Project Seahorse is applauding Thailand’s decision to end seahorse exports until it can trade in a sustainable manner, without damaging their wild populations.

Posted in 2016, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, CITES, faculty, Project Seahorse, seahorses, sustainability

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