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Villy Christensen

ScholarGPS publishes its list of Highly Ranked Scholars for 2024

ScholarGPS publishes its list of Highly Ranked Scholars for 2024

UBC was ranked 21 in the Global Overall Academic Institutional Rankings, and 25 for the past five years. In the specialties area, it ranked 1 for ecosystem, fishing, fish physiology, and marine ecosystems.

Posted in 2025, IOF Honours, IOFNews | Tagged with Carl Walters, Daniel Pauly, honours, Publications, Rashid Sumaila, Villy Christensen, William Cheung

Hindcasting the Salish Sea reveals long-term patterns of environmental change

Hindcasting the Salish Sea reveals long-term patterns of environmental change

Greig Oldford, PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbia’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (IOF) recently co-developed The Hindcast of the Salish Sea (HOTSSea) to address gaps in historical observations.

Posted in 2025, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with British Columbia, climate change, ecosystems, Global Ocean Modelling, IOF students, ocean ecology, Salish Sea, Villy Christensen

Ecosystem Modelling with EwE – new textbook

Ecosystem Modelling with EwE – new textbook

This book will be used for future FISH 501 courses, and for the IOF ecosystem modelling micro certificate course.

Posted in 2024, IOFNews | Tagged with Carl Walters, Ecopath, Ecopath with Ecosim (EWE), Publications, Villy Christensen

Villy Christensen named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Villy Christensen named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Dr. Christensen, a professor at the UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, is the principal architect behind the Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) modelling approach and software.

Posted in 2022, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with awards, Ecopath, Ecopath with Ecosim (EWE), Royal Society of Canada, Villy Christensen

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, killer whales, Pacific, salmon, sea lions, Villy Christensen, whales

New FCRRs: Historical Ecology in Burrard Inlet and Reconstructing the pre-contact shoreline of Burrard Inlet

New FCRRs: Historical Ecology in Burrard Inlet and Reconstructing the pre-contact shoreline of Burrard Inlet

These two new Fisheries Centre Research Reports will help us understand the overpowering changes that colonial settlement and development has had on the marine ecosystems surrounding the Lower Mainland area of British Columbia.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Aboriginal fisheries, birds, British Columbia, coastline, FCRR, fish, fish stocks, fishing practices, Indigenous fisheries, IOF students, ocean ecology, Publications, Research, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Villy Christensen, whales

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

Countries likely missing out on revenue from catch share fisheries

Countries likely missing out on revenue from catch share fisheries

Despite harvesting an estimated global value of US$17.7 billion worth of fish, many catch share fisheries may be paying little or no royalties on their harvests, with countries likely foregoing this potential source of revenue.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Blue economy, finance, fisheries economics, fisheries management, IOF alumni, IOF students, marine catches, ocean economy, Villy Christensen

Villy Christensen named Fellow of the American Fisheries Society (AFS)

Villy Christensen named Fellow of the American Fisheries Society (AFS)

Fellows are members who have made outstanding or meritorious contributions to the diversity of fields that are included in the American Fisheries Society.

Posted in 2021, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with awards, biodiversity, Ecopath, Ecopath with Ecosim (EWE), faculty, Global Ocean Modelling, Modelling, Villy Christensen

PROFILE: Finding novel ways to use modelling to solve oceans, fisheries and social problems

PROFILE: Finding novel ways to use modelling to solve oceans, fisheries and social problems

GOM took advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic, moving online, and connecting with researchers from 29 countries.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with British Columbia, Ecopath, Ecopath with Ecosim (EWE), faculty, Global Ocean Modelling, IOF students, killer whales, Modelling, Peru, Research, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Villy Christensen, whales

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